Clothing Which, In Retrospect, Was A Bad Idea

Ever bought any clothing which you thought would be just fabulous, but which actually, when worn, made you look a bit-of-a-***?

Probably my worst offence was a massive pair of 1970s platforms - massive 6 inch block of a heel, with matching equally high front platform. The uppers were tastefully (I thought at the time) done in stylish cream with brown stitching.

They were in the sale and were an absolute bargain. Despite all advice to the contrary, I was convinced I'd look the nuts in them. After all, they were just like the ones they wore on top of the pops.

I saved and saved and eventually became the proud owner.

I always was a tall lad anyway (over 6 feet) and it only took me about five minutes of wearing these monstrosities to find out that

A) It was like wearing two miniature breeze blocks on your feet

B) That I could hardly walk in them and worst of all..

C) That rather than making me look like a trendy member of The Sweet, they in fact made me look like Herman Munster trying out special orthapedic footwear.

I don't think they got more than 10 mins wear in my whole ownership before they were binned.

 

Those clothes in the 90's that changed colour depending how cold/warm/hot it or you were.

Didnt have the shorts, the shirt was bad enough without revealing member location.

 

I still wear most of my clothes from the 1990s though most of the underwear has had to be replaced.

 

So the shirt would only reveal your nips whilst the shorts would have revealed where your member was. Were some of the colours it turned transparent?

 

Another bad footwear choice was a pair of, what I considered to be, quite dapper dark blue suede shoes - again in the sale.

Unfortunately, on their one and only outing, they provoked my mates into singing "Don't step on my blue suede shoes" the whole night whilst trying to stamp on them.

 

I thought I looked good in a pair of blue & white striped dungarees that I bought.

Instead I looked like Andy Pandy.

 

Purple corduroy bomber jacket in the 70s. What was I, or any of us, thinking back then?

 

Lord only knows - I had a bright orange safari suit back then. It looked good on the shop dummy - but not so good on this dummy when I put it on at home. I still cringe with embarrassment when I think of it.

 

I've said it before - Clive's judgment is not to be trusted

 

Playing football as a kid in these was a nightmare. No idea how many times I went tumbling, catching my foot in the opposite flare.

 

Sounds like the VIP floor at Guantanamo.

 

These do look familiar.

Mine were more 4'' heels. Ideal for playing footie & riding the moped.

 

It’s the word ‘most’ that stands out here.

 

Not something I bought myself, but had bought for me at my request. In the early 90's, for my birthday I wanted (and got) an all-turquoise shell suit. I wore it for the first time to the school disco, and genuinely believed it would turn me in to a fanny magnet. I pretty much strutted in to the school hall, with a total lack of awareness regarding how much of a **** I looked.

After being ignored by every girl present (including the mingers), it dawned on me that maybe my new clothing wasn't the hot ticket I'd thought it would be. Problem was - because my folks had spent quite a bit on it, they expected me to wear it often.....

I did my best to ruin it as quickly as possible by playing football and all sorts in it.

Similar to this one, only it was all turquoise, no other colours!

 

Holebas territory.

 

I just dug my England Euro 96 shirt out of the loft and it was an XL. I've always been a small or medium, but it's huge - what was I thinking??

Found several late 90s Watford shirts too and they're all L or XL too. One gust of wind and I'd have been away.

 

Fantastic. Isn’t David Icke into stuff like this? He has the turquoise years if I remember as it was a colour of power.

 

Are you David Icke?

 

I used to go to Kudos in a green rollneck, white chinos and a navy blazer. Some pleb knocked me out in there once.

 

Call me a pleb again and you'll get another.

 

Alan Partridge lookalike night?

 

Mine always got chewed up in the gears of my pedal bike (the right leg that is).

My biggest fashion mistake? Cowboy boots. I was already 6' 4". Worn with cord trousers in 79-80. When I was really into two-tone. Cringeworthily awful choice of footwear!

 

I saved long and hard for something. For something similar to this:



Still not sure if it was worth it or not.

 

Same here. Found my old Blaupunkt number 6 Ramage shirt went I was back at my parents' recently. XL, could genuinely have got me and a couple of my equally weedy teenage mates in there at the same time.

 

Haha - now you mention it that was pretty much the look. Except with curtains hairstyle.

 

Nearly everything I purchased in my teen years was abysmal. I should have been shot.

 

I did exactly the same thing last week! I had a sort through some old football shirts and t-shirts from the 90's and like you they were XL. I'm an M now and these shirts are still huge on me! I guess it was the fashion but I don't remember the fashion being that baggy.

 

Yes, wouldnt want people to notice you tucked it away I suppose.

 

When rocking the Richard Ashcroft look in 98 I went for cord drainpipe flairs. Great look but the feckers soaked up every bit of stray beer so by midnight the flared bit would be then picking up everything from the floor like a Henry Hoover. Not a good look to bring a girl home with when the lights came up.

 

Blue bolt jeans, ridiculously baggy. Dready/Spliffy clothing, Kappa tracksuits.