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The Year In Fashion Disasters
Bidding farewell to bikini jeans, fleece-lined Crocs, and (ugh!) Uggs—and other fashion faux pas of 2008. Plus: The Daily Beast celebrates the best (and worst) of the year.
Trends, by their very nature, are not meant to last. Yet sometimes they persist season after season, well past their shelf life. I mostly blame celebrities and teenagers for this problem, but the fashion industry is also to blame.
A new year is upon us, but rather than burn our mistakes and completely forget about the worst fashion moments (so 1968), we should examine the sins of 2008 so that we never repeat them again. A gallery of the year's worst fashion offend-ers, and some suggestions for what to do with them in 2009 if you’re still secretly stashing these items in your closet.
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pickwickianmom
I just saw a croc someone had thrown away on a trail yesterday while I was taking a walk. Good move, whoever you were.
I had those nerd glasses in the 70's and it wasn't because I wanted to wear them. The writer called it: it's because we were poor. Still, now that I'm getting old(er), they are sort of cute on the kids. Maybe they came from Harry Potter.
Headbands we did when Olivia Newton John did it. In pink. terrycloth.
I'm unlikely to give up the uggs since they are really an excuse to wear house shoes out on errands. I know that isn't fashionable, but I'm far too old to care anymore.
The bikini jeans---the WORST!! Where did you find those? I missed them. Although I'm not sure the jeans Brandy wore the other day with the entire leg missing were much better. On second thought...anything is better than these things. Garish.
ColorBox
Sorry. Not giving up the Uggs. I live in Chicago where the snow is up to my shins and the wind chill right now is below zero.
They're not a fashion statement, although I happen to like the way they look. They keep me warm, they look good and I don't care about what some fashion maven says. I also have crocs...I don't wear them outside of my own property though.
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