Shirt or tattoo?

When I first saw this on Pinterest I thought it was a shirt. Then I thought it was a tattoo. I'm pretty sure it's a shirt, but the one thing I'm sure of is that it's ugly.

Let's start with the mix of crochet and animal print. Then we can move on to the mullet shirt length. I'm not sure where someone would wear this, but I'm pretty sure it's the anti-Visa - nowhere I want to be.

Here's how I see this being worn. By a biker mama for a guy who is pretending he's in a bad ass 1%-er motorcycle club. She's hard, but worn out and believes her loser boyfriend's crap.

To save you from having to look up one-percenter - here is the wikipedia entry - Some outlaw motorcycle clubs can be distinguished by a 1% patch worn on the colors. This is claimed to be a reference to a comment made by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in which they stated that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens, implying that the last one percent were outlaws. The comment, supposedly a response to the Hollister riot in 1947,^[24][25] is denied by the AMA—who claim to have no record of such a statement to the press, and that the story is a misquotation.^[26] As a result, some outlaw motorcycle clubs used it to unite or express themselves and are commonly referred to as "one percenters". According to the ATF they are also known as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs or OMGs.

In other words - Sons of Anarchy. Which is one of the best shows on TV and if you don't watch it you should start. Immediately.

Time for the mens

My first two posts were about women's fashion. But I found something in menswear so awful it had to be posted. It's menswear by John Galiano. Galiano is known for his out-there haute couture. Somehow being way out there seems less egregious in women's wear. Maybe it's just because I am more used to out-there women's fashion. Let me post the pic and then I will discuss.

Is it just me or does this look like Canadian Mountie go bad? I see this and immediately Dudley Do Right comes to mind. 

Then upon further inspection I notice the hat is something out of a bad old cowboy movie. It's the type of hat they always put on the old toothless American Indian. Usually he was also drunk. So the hat does not bring to mind a positive image for me.

Then there are the colors. The colors. Red, purple, green, and black. It's not good. Not good at all. 

For those of you unfamiliar with the work of Galiano, here is a sample. And yes, he's the man in black in the center of the photo.

Comments always appreciated.

Doily booties - 'nuff said

Today I found many things that offended my style sensability. However, I couldn't settle upon any one thing until I came across these shoes. They are mod podged. That's right - mod podged.

For that alone they are offensive. But it gets worse. They are a black ugly platform bootie mod podges in a purple doily. They look almost like they have a crocheted cover put over them. And the poster even suggests that you can do pink for Valentine's Day! Since I am single and Valentine's Day in general makes me ill, these shoes would probably kill me.

The DIY website that shows you how to make these shoes says they are a "statement piece". They are definitely making a statement to me - "the wearer of these shoes need a fashion intervention. Even Clinton and Stacey couldn't help her."

Now without further  ado - purple  doily  booties 

Do you love them? If so please don't tell me. I couldn't bear it. 

 

Inspired by Dani

There are so many times that I see something completely atrocious on Pinterest that I wanted to start a board called "Things I hate on Pinterest". A friend talked me down and suggested I blog about it instead. So here is the first thing I saw and hated on Pinterest after I decided to blog. It took me all of 10 seconds to find something so horrible that I was immediately inspired.

Can you believe someone actually pinned this as something they liked? And good news everyone! It's on sale! And it comes in NUMEROUS colors. If you buy it today at the low, low price of $158.99, you save $105.99!  Also? It comes in sizes up to 26W. As a "woman of size", I can guarandamtee you that no woman who wears a size 26 needs to be wearing voluminous green organza ruffles.

My goal is to find one thing a day that I hate on Pinterest that someone else like enough to Pin. I don't think it's going to be that big a challenge.

Happy Pinning!