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One of the biggest disputes you will always find online is which decade takes the trophy as the one responsible for the worst fashion trends. Today, one of the most common opinions is that 2000s fashion was truly the master of bad outfits. But while the early aughts did have their fair share of questionable outfits and trends, a lot of people will argue that the ’80s and the ’90s weren’t any better. Others might say that whatever is in fashion today is the most hideous style since the 15th century hennin.

As with any other matters of taste, fashion styles are a subjective issue. Often, when something new becomes trendy in fashion today, we are very excited to try it out, but a decade later — or sometimes as soon as just a couple of years — we look back at the trend and seriously question everyone’s sanity for ever choosing to wear it. 

In this article, we’ve collected some bad fashion trends as named by users online. How many do you agree with? Vote for the ones that you would never want to come back, share this article with your fashionista friends, and in the comments, tell us what the worst outfit ever in your wardrobe was.  

#2

Fake pocket on checkered jacket "Fake pockets. To hell with them I say."

OutrageousMix5145 comments: "The shorts I'm wearing right now have fake back pockets. I've tried putting my phone in my back pocket about 10 times today and am ready to just rip the damn shorts off my legs at this point. Yes, I checked to see if they were sewn shut. They're just fake."

rosetacks , assholedesign Report

#3

Botox flasks on doctor hands "Lip injections like half the size of your face don’t make you look more attractive."

ItsYourBoyReckster , Jonathan Borba Report

#4

"Still has to be guys with their pants falling down and their underwear showing. How in the world did that ever become fashionable?"

corbie Report

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#5

"Cut outs in every dress and crops everywhere! Like just let me buy something that covers up all my pudgy belly."

keillamarie replied: "I look like Winnie Pooh with all that cropped stuff."

reddit.com Report

#6

Man in Black Suit Jacket "For the love of God, why is the mullet back?"

whateverisnttaken22 , Ann Vosk Report

#7

"Most women's clothing products are thin and aren't quality, if I'm paying for a $40 shirt I'd expect it not to be see-through or shred up in the wash."

user agreed: "Yes! I feel like I waste money replacing worn-out clothes, and it’s so hard to find anything of quality because even ‘high-end’ expensive stuff is thin and flimsy."

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#8

"Treating the human body as a fashion trend. Plumped-up lips, fox eyes, labial trimming, b*tt implants... just let bodies be bodies. Change the clothing, the makeup, but surgery for fashion really grinds my gears."

salmonsashimiplease Report

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#9

T-Shirts on display "Text on everything! No, I don't want to wear a shirt that says 'Sweet angel'. And clothing with city names I've never been to."

Lextube comments: "I'm from the UK and bought some cheap t-shirts from Primark a few years ago and one of them had the name of some American university on it. A few months later I'm out shopping and an American tourist comes up to me all excited telling me he went to that university and asked when I graduated I felt bad explaining to him it was some 3 quid t-shirt from Primark and I'd never heard of the place."

phisequence , Artem Zhukov Report

#10

"Dried out, untrimmed, long beards."

reddit.com Report

#11

Women's hand with bracelets "Burberry literally burns their merchandise, just for the sake of maintaining their 'luxury' and 'exclusive' corporate image. Literally destroying perfectly usable clothing or products and wasting our world’s finite resources. Screw Burberry!"

s001196 , StockSnap Report

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#12

"Anything written across the arse. Hate that with a passion."

AmosDallas Report

#13

African American Fashion Model Wearing Yellow Short Jacket and Red Pants Women's jackets that stop just above the bottom rib. When I'm wearing a jacket, I'm wearing it because I'm COLD, not as a fashion statement!"

Legitimate-Fish-9261 , Kweku Ananse Report

#14

"This is not clothes related but these Instagram house decors where everything is either beige or has an accent of sepia colors. Even the kid's clothes match the decor. That ain't real life."

TAOS086 comments: "Grey faux wooden floorboards have entered the chat."

varginie Report

#15

Women walking down the street with a shopping bag "Fast fashion. Not just because of short-lived seasonal trends that are in for 3 weeks. Rather because of the damage fast fashion production does to people and the planet. Everyone suffers from it, but especially the people forced to make clothes in cramped spaces and horrid working standards for minimal pay just so people can buy a shirt for 3 dollars from H&M."

wintersoldiette , Fernand De Canne Report

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#16

"More than anything else women’s shorts that are so short you can see the inside of the pockets hanging down. Obviously, it’s stupid but for some reason it really irritates me."

Oroku-Saki-84 Report

#17

"As a woman, sheer shirts and dresses. I don't want to have to wear a cami under every damn shirt!"

yma_bean replied: "I think it’s a way to get you to spend more money."

xanadu-in-sedona Report

#18

Person crossing street "EXTREMELY ripped jeans. Every year it gets worse and worse."

BlackGuysYeah comments: "I grew up working construction. Lots of rips in my jeans. Every once in a while the trend would circle back and there I’d be, in fashion, accidentally."

CookiesChoco , Ban Yido Report

#19

Closeup photo of USA flag "Using the U.S. flag as a garment."

Mr_Frible , Samuel Branch Report

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#20

"Just trends in general. Wear what you love whenever you want!"

BugsRFeatures2 Report

#21

Person holding sandals with a fake fur "I'm not a fan of those wide panel sandals with the fur/fake fur over it. They look like you're wearing slippers out in public."

LeggoTart , QueenChoco Report

#22

"Plucked out and drawn on eyebrows."

reddit.com Report

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#23

"Instagram face. People's faces are starting to homogenize because they’ve all had exactly the same procedures. I saw it described recently as 'trying to look like a sexy baby.'"

pigadaki Report

#24

"Cringe couples clothing. Like 'King and Queen' hoodies, or 'Beauty and Beast shirts."

VolantisMoon Report

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#26

woman in blue denim jeans and white converse all star high top sneakers sitting on orange sofa "Hating on skinny jeans. They are the only jeans that fit me well, I don't wear the super tight ones but the skinny jeans I do wear fit my shape better than the other types do."

PiggyNoDance , Laura Chouette Report

#27

"The shoulder pads/poofy shoulder trend. I already have Broad muscly shoulders and upper body, I don’t want to look like the top half of the rock in a cute shirt."

Alldressedwarmpotato Report

#28

Photo of leather bags "Those microscopic luxury bags that can't even fit a phone in them."

xtina42 comments: "Yet still cost ya $500!!!"

chococlair , Ron Lach Report

#29

Close photo of women lips "Overlining your Cupid's bow. It looks ridiculous, like two blobs of bubble gum stacked on each other."

SquilliamFancySon95 , Sagonia Lazarof Report

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#30

"I absolutely hate today's fashion of 90s grunge meets sporty spice and the fact that people think they are being original. The 90s was only 10 years ago!"

reddit.com Report

#31

Person holding a blue hat "Stickers on hats."

JonnySnowflake comments: "When I was young, I bought a hat and left the sticker on, because it was the thing to do. A few years later I realized it was dumb, and also peeling so I tore it off. Turns out the hat was more faded than I thought. So I stuck my own sticker on to hide the shame."

ufenheimer , shocktroop5811 Report

#33

"Those cold shoulder shirts (shirts with the shoulders cut out but still have sleeves). They rarely look stylish and almost always look cheap. They're like shirt mullets."

Fearless_Lab Report

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#35

Person wearing crocs "Crocs. I'm sorry, but someone with them, combined with some weird chain and a broccoli haircut is a recipe for disaster."

reddit.com , Melike Benli Report

#36

Person wearing sportswear "Here in Dublin, cycling shorts are having a moment and they look hideous. It's mostly younger women, teenagers, and women in their early 20s - the kind of people who have the figures to pull off such an unforgiving item of clothing. They wear them with heels mostly - all dressed up on the top half like they are going out clubbing then, on the bottom half, cycling shorts and heels. I just do not get it! It's such an unflattering look and it also looks ridiculous."

reddit.com , haveyoumet.miss.jones Report

#37

"The 3 inches missing at the end of every single pant I buy."

milo_96 Report

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#38

"Sweats with high heels."

reddit.com Report

#39

Man wearing costume with fruit prints "I don't know if it's gotten beyond New Zeland, but here a lot of young guys are wearing matching shorts and shirts with fruit prints on them, I see it all the time, it's so bizarre. Pineapple has been especially popular this season."

Scholesie09 comments: "Sounds like British music festival outfits."

waikatom8 , ThirdStockIII Report

#41

Women wearing socks and sliders "Socks and slider. I can get the after-sports reasons, etc. But I’m talking about people wearing it as streetwear.

What I’m on about is someone walking down the street in the rain trying to look like a badman but going home with trench foot."

atoms_ , lucymannall Report

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#42

The master glues artificial eyelashes "Eyelash extensions. They just seem like a lot of work to maintain and not all that hygienic in my opinion."

SquilliamFancySon95 , Hayley Kim Design Report

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#43

Pineapple Fruit Beside Black, Brown, and Beige Herchel Camouflage Backpack "Camouflage. It looks ridiculous unless you're actively hunting or hiding in a sniper's nest in combat."

markitfuckinzero , Pineapple Supply Co. Report

#45

"Making employees wear clothes that are easily stained."

-tehdevilsadvocate- replied: "100% agree. I work at a truck dealership and they used to make us wear khakis. Even the warehouse and parts employees. It is impossible to get grease or coolant stains out of those f*ckers. Before we just decided to ignore that rule everybody was walking around with all kinds of fun and dubious stains."

OhTheHueManatee Report

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#46

Photo of Woman Carrying Fanny Pack "Fanny packs diagonal across the chest."

joanie-baloney , Athena Report

#47

"Boxy shirts. As a thin woman with a long torso but curvy hips, it is so hard to find t-shirts at the moment that are flattering on me and don't make me look like a straight-up rectangle."

Cipher1414 Report

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#48

a pair of beige high heeled shoes sitting on top of a white sheet "Spend 500$ on shoes and never wear them."

Specialist-Date-900 , NajlaCam Report

#49

Triangle bikini on a model "Wearing a triangle bikini top UPSIDE DOWN? Is it really necessary?!"

ComprehensiveMusic32 , The Bikini Block Report

#50

"When I was in high school, a lot of people would wear moccasins and Nike Elite socks. One of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen."

PrimeVector19 Report

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#51

Person wearing blue sneakers with big platforms "Those big platform sneakers."

cjay1796 comments: "Not gonna lie, they make my humongous foot look a lot smaller for some reason so I shall enjoy them for as long as I can."

tregrwells622 , Sneakers Report

#52

Hoodie Lying in a Dark Room "There are a lot of people dressed in Supreme or Gucci apparel. It's ridiculous."

ShakeOk303 , Erik Mclean Report

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#53

"The curly perm looking hair that Gen Z has now."

PixelsnInk Report

#54

Man in blue crew neck shirt wearing brown hat "Bucket hats. Teen boys in bucket hats look like douches."

ldfortheTree , Gabriel Meinert Report

#55

"That men’s underwear with 'Addicted' printed on the waistband. Addicted to what, the wearer or paying too much for skivvies? Seriously creeps me out."

BigFrizzyHair Report

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#56

Person wearing white Fila running shoes "Fila shoes. No idea why people like those bulky abominations so much, they make ya look like a Kingdom Hearts character."

DingusTardo , Jamie Street Report

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