Fashion Red Flags: Women’s Edition
Alright ladies, it’s your turn. I couldn’t dish it out to the guys and not accept that we women too make some pretty wretched fashion mistakes ourselves, most while thinking that we look totally hot. If you were ever out at the club scopin’ out some guys and everyone just seemed to turn away, repulsed, it could’ve been some style piece you were especially proud of. So here they are, the Top 5 Fashion Red Flags.
1. Uggs with skirts
This is the fashion equivalent of wearing a winter coat with flip flops. It just doesn’t looks right. It just screams, “It’s cold out but I must have one skanky item of clothing on to meet my skank quota.”
2. Capri pants
There was a phase back in the early ’00s where it seemed that everywhere you turned there there was a woman purposefully trying to make her legs look short and stumpy by way of the capri pant. For some reason they are usually an obnoxiously bright shade of teal, too, which amplifies the mom-ness of the fashion. Pair your capris with some round toed shoes and you’ve transformed into a dwarf.
3. Skunk hair
For some reason, most women who do this are hairdressers, and as a fellow BCU staffer said, “It’s the worst self-advertisement ever.” I’ve never understood why women think the skunk hair is attractive, especially since it’s inevitable that the ends are as frayed as an old broom.
4. Massive sunglasses
Here’s the thing about big sunglasses. They aren’t inherently unattractive, it’s just the fear of what they could potentially be hiding… a giant zit, some eyeball-disfigurement, or just a haggard face in general. Keep the glasses to non-cartoonish proportions and you should be safe.
5. Old-lady waisted skirts/jeans/anything
Remember that SNL sketch about Mom Pants? Although we ladies love the high-waited trend thats coming back, guys look upon it as a plague, destroying the sexiness of women everywhere. Wear these out to dinner with the girlfriends, not to the club, or plan on not being approached by any guy.