Which decade is the worst in terms of style?

[jamespowers]

She looked like she needed a hot bath and serious disinfectant lol
Even the checkout lady was scared .

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Or a tracksuit, generally in grey, with "angel" or "love" written across the seat! Do they really think it looks good...?!

Or worse, one that says "Player."

My word! Talk about schizophrenia! I'd expect to see something like that in Hollywood, not in Maine...

Maybe it was Hollywood, Maine, I know Mexico and Paris are in Maine, so why not Hollywood? lol

 

[The Good]

80s and 2000's. This decade isn't shaping up for much either.

In my opinion, our current decade so far is not really any different than the late 2000s. It's 2011, and there are still people that would look just as if they were living in 2007. Hip hop in particular, is still a strong fashion influence on much of my age group. Three years may not be enough time for noticeable differences, though... I'm going to be thinking two or three years from now, and then comparing the differences, as well.

Seen on the street this afternoon: a distinguished looking middle-aged fellow wearing an immaculate suit coat, crisp Oxford shirt, and regimental tie -- with ragged dungarees and high-top black sneakers down below. I guess that means he's a grown man only from the waist up?

Don't blame the kids. It's their parents who set the example.

I see what you mean from time to time as well. To be absolutely fair, I've seen some middle aged men pull it off, but the jeans should dark and minimally washed if at all. Two good examples of this look are Alden and Oldog/Oldtrix from the London Lounge, which I check sometimes:

http://www.thelondonlounge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=9911

The topic "Gee! Jeans."

 

[jamespowers]

In my opinion, our current decade so far is not really any different than the late 2000s. It's 2011, and there are still people that would look just as if they were living in 2007. Hip hop in particular, is still a strong fashion influence on much of my age group. Three years may not be enough time for noticeable differences, though... I'm going to be thinking two or three years from now, and then comparing the differences, as well.



I see what you mean from time to time as well. To be absolutely fair, I've seen some middle aged men pull it off, but the jeans should dark and minimally washed if at all. Two good examples of this look are Alden and Oldog/Oldtrix from the London Lounge, which I check sometimes:

http://www.thelondonlounge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=9911

The topic "Gee! Jeans."

I agree with this fellow:
"I understand wearing jeans if you're mucking out a stall, toiling in the olive groves or tuckpointing the brickwork of your home, but with a double-breasted coat or a tweed odd jacket? Yipes! is this a lapse of a well-dressed man flirting with the foolishness of no-style fashionistas, or are you just having us on?
Either way, snap out of it! As an arbiter elegantarum of bespoke tailoring and accessories, don't lower
the bar; raise it high."

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[Tomasso]

I'm not a big fan of wearing sleepwear in public but I always got a kick out of the Chin wandering around the Village in his bed clothes.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

The only time I like Mullets is in car form, (El Camino, Ranchero)

Sounds like the excuse for a mullet.:eeek: :mullet:

 

[Pompidou]

I agree with this fellow:
"I understand wearing jeans if you're mucking out a stall, toiling in the olive groves or tuckpointing the brickwork of your home, but with a double-breasted coat or a tweed odd jacket? Yipes! is this a lapse of a well-dressed man flirting with the foolishness of no-style fashionistas, or are you just having us on?
Either way, snap out of it! As an arbiter elegantarum of bespoke tailoring and accessories, don't lower
the bar; raise it high."

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

I tend to think more like this one, "Sometimes that's what it takes to shake the yoke of dogma off the shoulders of faith, which is a matter of the spirit (no apologies for the pun). Does the blue of the trousers work with the brown of the jacket, are the textures complementary, is the look interesting? Let's stop wearing ideas (jeans, tweed) for a moment and try to let the eye rule our dress instead.
I don't own a pair of jeans, but Michael's post made me realize how silly this is of me and how sartorial fundamentalism is not stylish at all. I may have preferences most of the time, but can a pair of trousers deprive me of my style, if any? It's up to me to wear it well and prove that my style is not in my clothes, but beyond it."

 

[shazzabanazza]

Im gana have to pick 80's as being the worst for style and also 1920's womens flapper fashion, hideous!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Im gana have to pick 80's as being the worst for style and also 1920's womens flapper fashion, hideous!

^Unpopular opinion, that I have to agree with^ Flapper clothes were not very flattering.

 

[subject101]

The worst decade ever in the whole human history, including the stone age, is the 1970 decade.

Second worst era would be something like (kinda like you know KLYK) 1964-1990 years.

In my opinion, our current decade so far is not really any different than the late 2000s.

I agree! I don't like 2000 and 2010 style, if there is such a thing. However I like the fact I can dress vintage in my A-2 and my chino pants and I can pass totally unnoticed.

 

[Drappa]

Im gana have to pick 80's as being the worst for style and also 1920's womens flapper fashion, hideous!

I totally agree on both accounts! I personally love the late 60's and 70's, they had lots of ugly style, but also beautiful silhouettes.

 

[Edward]

However I like the fact I can dress vintage in my A-2 and my chino pants and I can pass totally unnoticed.

This really cannot be emphasised enough. Ideas of fashion and style have become so fragmented - at least over here in the UK- in the past thirty years that now, unlike any other time in modern history, we have the luxury of being "different" without it being a problem. I remember a teacher of my parents' generation telling us how much she admired the fact that our generation were so individualist (this in the very early 90s), whereas back in the Sixties in her youth they had all been so conformist to mainstream fashion right across the board.

 

[Mr. Fancypants]

In my opinion, the 1970s was terrrible, absolutely cannot stand flared trouser or platform shoes. There are also elements of modern fashion I dislike, such as tucking your trousers into unlaced 'combat' boots and those baggy trousers which look akin to pyjama pants, and trousers that are 'fashionably' (read: look like your younger siblings) short, all of which are rife in my college.
Although I don't mind modern slim fit trousers as long as you have the legs to pull it off, not what appears to be two tree trunks attached to your pelvis.

 

[Widebrim]

The worst decade ever in the whole human history, including the stone age, is the 1970 decade.

I think Toynbee and H.G. Wells would agree with you on that one, if they were alive...

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Im gana have to pick 80's as being the worst for style and also 1920's womens flapper fashion, hideous!

Interesting that you mention both the '20s and the '80s. I remember that '20s inspired fashions were popular for a time in the early '80s (circa 1982-83).

 

[Widebrim]

Interesting that you mention both the '20s and the '80s. I remember that '20s inspired fashions were popular for a time in the early '80s (circa 1982-83).

The 1920s also inspired "fashion" in the late 1960s, at least for women.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I think the single worst fashion trend of the last forty years -- bar none -- is the idea of low-rise pants on men. They make virtually every man who wears them look like he has short, stumpy Charlie Brown legs -- and if the guy has any kind of a belly, they make it hang out like a sack of wet dough. I don't remember seeing this much before the '90s, and I wish I never had to see it again.

I don't claim to understand modern aesthetics, but somebody please explain: Why is this supposed to be good-looking?

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I never understood these either, I thought it was just because I have a bit of a gut and short legs, but I'm glad I'm not alone!

I think the single worst fashion trend of the last forty years -- bar none -- is the idea of low-rise pants on men. They make virtually every man who wears them look like he has short, stumpy Charlie Brown legs -- and if the guy has any kind of a belly, they make it hang out like a sack of wet dough. I don't remember seeing this much before the '90s, and I wish I never had to see it again.

I don't claim to understand modern aesthetics, but somebody please explain: Why is this supposed to be good-looking?

 

[jamespowers]

It's up to me to wear it well and prove that my style is not in my clothes, but beyond it."

That guy didn't but you can try if you want.

 

[jamespowers]

The worst decade ever in the whole human history, including the stone age, is the 1970 decade.

Amen! It stunk. The Herb Tarlick wear was horrible.