What Not to Wear

There was a question on my February board asking what your worst fashion mistake was. It got me thinking about mistakes I've made in my life fashion wise. I do think I have a really bad one but it wasn't documented on film. I cut off a pair of white Levi 501s that had been dyed pink. Then I paired that with a black mock turtleneck and a pair of my dad's black dress socks. The socks came up past my knees. I thought this was beyond cool and wore it often. What makes it worse than anything else I've done is that I had three friends that would wear almost the same thing. One day my mom drove us in to Raymond where my boyfriend lived and when we went to pick up said friends, they all had "the outfit" on and so did I. I remember feeling so stupid that we were wearing matching outfits. I doubt I ever wore it again. To this day I really have an aversion to matching clothes. I'm going to post some pictures of bad fashion I sported in my teenage years. The one above is about 1991. I was coming out of the "I wear black out the outside because black is how I feel on the inside mock turtleneck phase". Those jeans are $60 Guess jeans that I spent my hard earned money on. The sweater I bought on a band trip to Pocatello, ID. I wonder if my glasses could be any bigger? The peace sign I'm flashing brings the outfit together.



I found a picture of the pink cut off shorts but not paired with the black socks and mockneck. I remember I bought that shirt at Benneton in Calgary and thought it was fabulous. I wore it a lot. Yes we are wearing shorts in the snow. It could have been the middle of July in Waterton. I just noticed that my legs are the same color as my shorts.


This is what I thought was "cool" circa 1990. Note the horrible haircut, oversized blazer, very pegged jeans, black mock turtleneck and black clunky shoes.


Yes this outfit was a frequent one. I bought this sweater at Value Village (thrift store) in Lethbride and thought it was rad. The hat I wore a lot also and still have. I must have really liked the cut off 501 since I'm sporting it here also. Question is: Where was this photo taken? I expect all Southern Albertans to know this one.


I've already posted this picture but I wanted to show the horrible choices in it. Matching outfits is the first, all denim is the second and the headband is the third.


Moving into my hooker phase. Just kidding! This was my outfit for 80's disco skating night at Classic Skating in Orem. It was Noelle's surprise birthday party in January 1993. That's a pretty cool outfit to find at Savers don't you think? The coat was real suede.