The Fashion Faux Pas - Unforgivable Sin or Just Yesterdays Trend?

We all have favourite outfits - I'm intending on covering a fair bit about fashion, trends and possibly a celebrity style crush here or there, but I bet that most of us can remember our fashion faux pas far better than we can reel off the outfits we love on a daily basis.

I'll start you off; popper pants. Now those were really quite something. A truly revolutionary trouser which with a mere rip at the ankle area tore away your trouser leg revealing what was probably far too much leg in a playground at 11 years old. Nonetheless, these trousers could still be bought at various levels of 'cool'. Something I only realised when a new girl started at our primary school and hers literally ripped the whole way off, I mean, can you imagine? Well needless to say my mum (who like most mums did not understand the sheer 'I will die if I don't get some' importance of having trousers that can be discard with a simple tug) was having none of it. An unfortunate error in fashion etiquette, yes, but a fashion faux pas I'm proud to have done business with.

The list continues:
- Skirts attached to trousers
- shag bands (must wear atleast 2,000 the whole way up your arm)
- Hair mascara (not an item of clothing I know, but an equally hideous crime)
- Sun In (Ginger In more like - see above)

The list could go on and on, but I'm probably making you cringe so I'll stop.

My point is this, on a daily basis I read and browse fashion sites which champion the latest trends. I'll admit it, some of these 'must have items' really do make me wince. Often they grow on me and become less visually offensive as I become accustomed to a certain style or see people wearing said items looking great.

Growers have included:

Leather as anything other than bedroom wear (trousers, skirts etc - skanky secretary or sexy secretary, you decide?)

Jumpsuits - I really wasn't into these at all and even now, I'll stick to the short playsuit thank you

Leggings  - now it wasn't so much leggings themselves I was opposed to, it was the sheer number of people I saw who thought they were a healthy (tight and see through) alternative to trousers. Worn with large white knickers and a crop top. Nuff' said.

 The Tragic...

And a couple which you couldn't pay me to wear in the comfort of my own home, let alone in public:

Crocs (I seriously do not care how comfortable they are - I wouldn't give them a go even if they gave personal pedicures)

Vuitton's latest 'Neck Collar' (I assume no explanation is needed here...)