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What Trend Are You Totally Sick Of?

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2016 Update: Check out our latest discussion on trends to NOT wear to work, here.

I thought a fun conversation today might be about trends — specifically, about which trends you're completely, totally, “why won't it go away?” over. Obviously, there are a ton of trends that filter through to business clothes — neon accessories (which do look kind of great with gray dresses), peplums, boldly patterned “party pants,” colorblocking, cut-out details, and more — but for purposes of today's discussion, let's broaden it to any trend. For my $.02, I'm sick of:

  • Peep-toe booties — they just do not make sense to me and my New York/Midwestern sensibilities! They're way too hot for the summer, and if it's snowing or raining the last thing I want to be wearing is peep toes.
  • Hi-low dresses. This trend's only been around for half a second but I'm already over it.
  • Cropped shirts. See above. Can't we just leave the cropped shirts in the early '90s, where they belong?
  • Short suits. I think they're cute for socialites and other ladies who lunch, but they just confuse everyone else who thinks they're appropriate for the office.
  • Daytime sequins. No. Just… no.

Ladies, what trends are you sick of? Are there any used-to-be-a-trend-now-it's-just-a-modern-look (like skinny jeans or extremely strappy sandals) that you've accepted the longer they've been around?

246 Comments

  1. Oh man. Peep-toe booties and gladiator sandals, wearing 3242934 bracelets on each arm (I’m convinced it’s just a marketing ploy to make us buy more accessories), cardigans with the front longer than the back (I have a couple of these because I couldn’t find any regular cardigans, boo), top knots, cropped tops of any kind, peplum anything (I am sorry, I have hips!)

    I love wedges and pencil skirts. I do enjoy the color blocking trend.

    And just for the record…I believe that one should only wear camo if one is in the armed forces.

    1. Based on your last point, Barbados would be an excellent country for you to visit :)

    2. “And just for the record…I believe that one should only wear camo if one is in the armed forces.”

      Sooo agree!
      I have to admit, though that I didn’t have this opinion before I married a military man. I didn’t have an opinion about camo period.
      I am especially annoyed by bedazzled dog tags and there like.

  2. I do not like the high-waisted shorts look. I have yet to see it look attractive on any female.

    Ugh…wish I could focus on work but DH and I found out we’re pregnant this weekend and, while very excited, my mind is crowded with thoughts of OBGYN appointments, not choosing a sald with cold cuts, and getting on day care waiting lists!

    3. Don’t give up cold cuts! I mean, every pregnant woman should assess her own comfort with “risk,” but … a lot of the restrictions on food for pregnant women are really demonstrative of a super-ridiculous-abundance-of-caution approach. You may find you don’t want to have that much caution about everything for nine months. And that is okay. So don’t despair! Research and make up your own mind before giving up your favorite foods! (It’s also okay if you want to give them up, of course.)

      And… congrats! It’s really hard to focus on work when you’re pregnant!

    4. Awesome news. Congrats to you and the DH. I remember feeling like I couldn’t concentrate on anything for the first few weeks. Actually, I still can’t, and I am at 5 months.

  3. Colored jeans (especially pastel colored/neon skinny jeans). I just can’t. Also in this category are floral printed jeans, which are even more retina scarring. Let’s also just throw neon anything (except belts) in with this as well.
    Peep toe booties
    Topknots

  4. Flip flops worn everywhere. What’s wrong with actual shoes (or sandals)? And why oh why do people wear flip flops on rainy days? I just don’t understand.

    1. Yes yes yes. I hate the shuffling walk of people in flip-flops and the hwack-thwack sound they make. I hate how I have to see SO MUCH FOOT out in public (to be consistent, I also hate non-flip-flop, really bare sandals, I guess I have issues with seeing feet) and how they make the wearer look as if he or she has giant Fred Flintstone feet.

      I really cannot think of another item of clothing I hate as much as flip-flops. I can smile benignly at the hip young things in their weirdly-printed pants, topknots, and clunky glasses. I’ll even admit to having seen some non-stripper-looking platform shoes, and have contemplated nude-for-me shoes. But flip flops are for the shower or the beach/pool.

      1. You can come sit by me. I despise them, and I live in Houston where it is apparently acceptable to wear them year-round.

        And not just a pair of Reefs or Havianas or whatever. No. We are talking giant black rubber hunk of sole with conchos and rhinestones all over them. Not just to the pool or in the gym shower.

        When we first moved to East Texas, I nearly stroked because it was January and I saw half a dozen women in church wearing capri pants and those horrible giant shiny flip flop monstrosities.

    2. I will admit it – if I’m not at work and it’s a warm day, I will absolutely pick flip flops to wear – I’d much rather my feet get wet while outside and then dry off within a few minutes of coming indoors than deal with wet, squishy shoes all day (yes, in theory I realize the most practical thing to do would be to wear waterproof shoes, but I don’t have any and my system works for me).

    3. I love my flip flops more than just about anything. If its not raining and reasonably warm, I will wear them constantly outside of work. I think they are comfy and I was basically barefoot my entire childhood and they are the least amount of shoe that I can wear while walking outside my apartment so I will wear them for as long as possible.

      I manage to not make the make the thwack sound without shuffling though. That is key.

      1. Same here.

        I make way less noise in my flip flops than the woman in my office who recently wore silver, evening type heels with no ankle strap and nearly drove me insane with all of the thwapping. If she can wear those in a professional office, I can wear flip flops to the grocery store.

    4. But do you live in a city? The water pools at corners and looks filthy. And do you really want only a thin slip of cheap rubber between you and the subway? The thought of wearing flips around town on a wet day really skeeves me out. And if you wear them as commuting shoes, aren’t your feet dirty when you put on your work shoes?

      [note: I am not personalizing this to anyone who’s replied in defense of flips, but it sounds stuffy to use “one” instead of “you”, and I figure I already sound like an old curmudgeon with my flip-hate, and don’t need to emphasize my fogey-ness]

  5. 1. kitten heels.
    2. peep-toes, especially without toenail polish
    3. denim shorts.
    4. coach.
    5. cheap delicate jewelry. (cheap jewelry is great. delicate jewerly is great. cheap + delicate = awful)
    6. plain black flats. (while it may not be an obvious faux pas, they look good with nothing)
    7. earrings anywhere but the lobe of the ear.
    8. bra straps showing, thongs showing, underwear lines showing, and ultra low-rise jeans.
    9. suits worns with the shirt collar on the outside.
    10. kitten heels, kitten heels, kitten heels.

    Wow, that was catharctic.

    2. I’m curious about the hate for “cheap, delicate jewelry.” I own my love of cheap jewelry, so am really not offended or anything, just curious. What sort of jewelry are you talking about?

      Signed, just bought a three-pack of hoops from Old Navy. Shiny silver, shiny black, and matte black. They are thicker and on posts (so the whole hoop doesn’t go through the ear – slightly huggy style, I guess, but bigger) and I really like them.

      1. mostly because they tarnish so, so quickly. i love me some huge plastic beads from claire’s–but anything silver or gold-colored looks awful after a few wears. i have a friend who has been wearing the same pair of dangling silver-colored earrings for years now and they have turned to orange/black and she still wears them all the time, even though she can afford new earrings! i want to buy her a new pair soooo badly.

    3. Sooooo much yes. Feel you on the cheap delicate jewelry – it just ends up looking like children’s jewelry

    4. I’m also not sure what is meant by cheap delicate jewelry.

      I don’t get the plain black flats hate and I would not count peep toes as a trend. I think it’s a style of shoe that is here to stay, though I do agree that it tends to look better with a pedicure. And, even though kitten heels might be having a moment the last few years, I think they’re more or less a classic that here for the foreseeable eternity, too.

      1000% with you on the collars though – collars outside a suit are a huge pet peeve for me.

  6. Really high heels and platform heels.

    I want more attractive 2.5-3 inch heels. Ones that don’t look like something my mother would wear.

  8. Kat, I *completely* agree on crop tops. I cannot believe anyone wants to bring them back!

  9. Pencil skirts, peplum, colored jeans including floral patterns *yuck*.

    I am on the fence re: skinny jeans. I think they are overused. I like them with tall boots and a tunic, but not as a substitute for regular jeans. Just not comfy, either.

  10. I’m laughing a little bit because the things that I would have put on this list one year ago are all things I’ve now “adopted” — skinny jeans and exposed zippers.

    Right now I despise maxi dresses, high waisted anything, and patterned pants. I really hope I’m not wearing all of those things a year from now, but I don’t exactly have a great track record!

  11. Maxi dresses
    Leggings as pants
    Shoes with a platform in front and a skinny heel in back
    Shrunken blazers
    Booties – peep toe or not

  12. Uggs.

    Especially Uggs with running shorts and Northface jackets at the same time, topped off with… pearls? Really?

    1. haha. this was practically a uniform at my alma mater. (I never wore it. My mistakes were on the artsy/theatery end.)

  14. Ballet Shoes – I commute by bus in the Pacific NW. I’ve got long skinny feet, ballet flats just don’t stay on. And I hate not wearing socks; half the time I feel it’s to cold to not wear socks. But the “flats” section in stores seem to be dominated by ballet shoes.

  15. Platform/super high heels
    Maxi dresses
    Chambray
    Flat sandals with ankle straps
    Waterfall and closure-less cardigans
    Anything that looks remotely bedazzled (studs, rhinestones, crystals)
    Cutoffs so short that the front pockets are hanging out the bottom
    Ombre

  16. wearing leggings, especially as a substitute for pants or skirts. Embarrassing! Ballet flats without any padding or foot support. Wearing closed shoes on bare feet. Brightly colored jeans or capris. Weird prints that come and go in fashion (birds, apples, etc.) I am sure I have lots, lots more but I’ll just stop there.

  17. I’ve seen some NYC hipsters running around in hammerpants lately… that’s something that should have stayed in 90s music videos where it belongs.

  19. Cropped pants/capris. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m in middle school, have sprouted in a recent growth spurt, and am wearing “floods”.

  20. Large platforms on heels. They’re just ugly. Also, crazy high heels. I’m going to have enough knee problems in my old age, can you at least give me some cuter low heel options, shoe designers? Plzkthx.

  21. Ha, this is fun.

    Agreed on platforms and super high heels! I hate those both with a passion!
    Top knots
    Huge ugly black hipster glasses. They scream trend slave and don’t flatter anyone.
    Greige (and it’s million variations) nailpolish. Not flattering, not cute.
    Anything from American Apparel

    1. Also: vibrams, toms, bandage dresses (so, so sick of the super short, skin tight herve leger knock offs! you are not kim kardashian, and you are not a sausage. let your skin breaaaathe.

    2. I was just going to post about ugly thick-framed hipster glasses. Watched the Bachelorette premiere on DVR last night, and two of the men showed up in those awful Zooey Deschanel-ish frames. I hate them. (One had the good sense to take the glasses off once he got inside the house.)

  24. I am tired of twee/juvenile prints on clothes for adults (like birdies, rainbows)–they remind me of Garanimals. Also, the 80’s thing with giant oversized t-shirts and neon sunglasses–it’s just so unattractive.

  25. High-waisted jeans. To me they just scream “Mom jeans.” Plus they are uncomfortable. AND they are so horribly unflattering on pretty much every body shape. Do you really want to make your butt look long and weirdly shaped, shrink your torso, and somehow still manage to emphasize your lower stomach or upper pelvis? I just don’t get it.

  26. 1. “arm party”
    2. when recently engaged women paint the nail of their ring finger a sparkly color different from the rest of their nail polish
    3. silk or leather shorts
    4. peep toe booties
    5. those weird swimsuits that are basically bikinis with a piece of fabric connecting the top and the bottom but only in the front
    6. shirts that are only tucked in the front
    7. printed denim
    8. dolman sleeves
    9. vera bradley

    Phew that felt good.

    1. #2 intrigues and disturbs me. I have never seen this, but I would like to concur wholeheartedly in your disdain for this trend.

  27. Overtweezed brows. There is no reason to have a thick brow near your nose, thinning out to a skinny “tail” going toward your temple. This looks ridiculous!

  29. I’ve seen cut outs on business dresses, which is pretty heinous. (like this: http://images.bravissimo.com/products/bp-ap04pws-smallthumb.jpg )

    In every large office there is this one creepy guy, and you just know he will want do something inappropriate that involves that cutout. You also know there are at least 10 bored people counting down until he will…

    I like peplums, but havent found the right one for me yet.

    And I have peep toes, with ruffles….*Ducks to avoid rotten tomatoes*…But they are pretty conservative; no platform, moderate heel.

  30. I’m sick of the trend where it’s okay to bash fat women, or women with broad hips who dare to wear skinny jeans. My fat arse is a lot more attractive than your attitude towards my body & fashion choices.

  31. Oooh, fun….Hating on: trashy platform heels (Aldo, I’m lookin’ at you) , banded waists on knit tops (is that every flattering on anyone?), sequined t-shirts (hang on, make that sequined anything), ballet flats with elastic at the heels, excessively ruffled tops, ikat print, and high-waisted pants (bonus points if they’re also wide-leg).

    On the other hand, some trends I love that I never expected to: skinny belts on top of sweaters, grey anything, heeled booties, blazers with the sleeves rolled up for a more casual top layer, ponte knit dresses, and monochromatic looks.

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