We’ve written many articles explaining how people ruin their chance at getting a date, through their actions, manners, and behaviors throughout the first meeting. However, did you know you can ruin any chance of getting a date/a girlfriend/laid within the first moment of meeting? It has to do with your style, my friend! Women don’t expect you to be Karl Lagerfield  himself (or even know who that is), but they’d appreciate you not look homeless, either. Here are BCU’s Top 5 Fashion Red Flags: Guy Edition.

1. The Deep V

You know, I’ve always been fond of guys in V-neck shirts. They’re a nice divergence from the boring crew-neck tee, and on most guys they look pretty damn sexy. However, a flurry of metrosexual designers have now been coming out with shirts that look like someone Hulk-ripped the neckline and then left it like that. You might think it looks hot, but dude, it makes me fully aware that you spend a hell of a lot more time in front of the mirror than I do.

2. The Fake ‘n Bake Tan

Looking at this photo is like looking at a new species of douche.  That color does not exist in nature. I mean, neither do those muscles, I suppose, but those we could overlook if you weren’t prancing around looking like you’ve been sunbathing on the planet Mercury.

3. Jean Shorts

The above example might be the worst of the worst, but jean shorts, as a rule, are always unacceptable. There is no length that doesn’t make you look like you fell out of 1999, and no shade of denim dark enough to mask the fact that you are wearing JEAN SHORTS.

4. The Fantasy Shirt

Whether it be unicorns, dragons, fairies or anime characters, if they do not exist in real life they have no place on your black-with-blue-flames button up shirt. Those shirts usually imply that you don’t shower enough and have creepy long toenails. Sidenote: there is a reason these are the only shirts that come in 6XL.

5. Crocs

Did you know your chances of getting laid are inversely correlated to the number of Crocs you own? It’s true! It’s a strange phenomenon, but it could be due to the fact that putting Crocs on your feet automatically makes you look like a chubby, club-footed toddler.

Ladies- don’t think you’re off the hook… Tune tomorrow for the Women’s Edition of Fashion Red Flags!