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www.handbag.com reveals the all time worst fashion faux pas
www.handbag.com reveals the all time worst fashion faux pas
As tartan and patterned tights are set to make a fashion comeback this autumn and leap from the catwalk to our wardrobes, www.handbag.com asks what are our all time worst fashion faux pas are by decade and what should be relegated to room 101?
www.handbag.com's findings revealed, although leggings keep reappearing on the fashion pages and the likes of Sienna Miller and Kate Moss seem to favour them, it seems they are our most hated fashion trend. An astounding 34% of respondents name them as their worst fashion faux pas, however they were closely followed by:
Dungarees
Shoulder pads
Leg warmers
Stone washed jeans.
Belinda White, Fashion Director at www.handbag.com, says: "Although leggings are a fashion staple for a lot of women, unless you know how to wear them they are no more then a piece of tight lyrca that clings in all the wrong places. Let's be honest unless you have the legs of Elle MacPherson, leggings should never be worn on their own, because when they do it's a huge fashion no no."
With fashion trends constantly changing and designers taking inspiration from past decades, www.handbag.com asked women to plot the worst fashion disasters by decade:
Top 5 Fashion disasters by the decade:
1960's | 1970's
| 1980's | 1990's | 2000's |
Beehive hair do's
| Polyester leisure suits
| Short hair with a ra'ts tail plait
| Caps with tags left on
| Burberry print
|
PVC mini skirt
| Pom poms on everything
| Shoulder pads
| Bum bags/fanny packs
| Puffa jacket
|
Culottes
| Moon boots
| Jump suit and stilettos
| Hawaiian print shirts
| Coloured Timberland boots
|
Pillbox hats
| Patch work jeans
| Fluorescent laces
| Polar fleeces
| Trainers with everything
|
Go Go boots
| Ruffled chiffon shirts
| Plastic neon jewellery
| Purple jeans
| Hoodies
|
Continues White, "Designers will always take inspiration from the past, which means these fashion faux pas will keep raising their ugly heads in fashion, but re-invented with a modern twist. This is what makes fashion so exciting, but also guarantees there will be plenty fashion disasters ahead. Celebrities are no exception."
The top five worst dressed celebrities as voted for by www.handbag.com readers were:
1 - Jodie Marsh
2 - Britney Spears
3 - Bjork
4 - Amy Winehouse
5 - Katie Price
And Victoria Beckham should not feel so smug as she was ranked at number nine, just behind Paris Hilton in the worst dressed fashion stakes.
Other interesting findings were:
A third of woman (33%) admitted to not telling a friend if they made a fashion faux pas
More worryingly 38% admitted that they secretly loved it when their friend looked awful as it made them look better
32% of respondents thought the 1960's was the most fashionable decade
41% admitted to destroying a photo as they were so ashamed of the outfit they were wearing in it
Find all the latest fashion trends, celebrity fashion inspiration, must-have designer and high-street fashion and the hottest fashion news and advice at handbag.com"
Notes to editors
About www.handbag.com
www.handbag.com took the UK by storm when it launched in 1999, as the first website dedicated to women's lifestyle. Now with over 1.5 million unique readers every month, it is very proud to be the market leader.
www.handbag.com is a stylish, glamorous, trusted and informative editorial title providing the inside track for busy women online on everyday important issues like fashion, beauty and celebrity news and relationships. With the luxury look of a glossy and the lightening reactions of a daily, www.handbag.com offers a breadth of coverage from expert writers, establishing a powerful reputation as the leader in a crowded field.
www.handbag.com was acquired by the National Magazine Co. in October 2006 alongside its subsidiary sites www.getlippy.com, aimed at 18- to 30-year-old women, http://www.allaboutyou.com/ for women aged over 35. www.handbag.com is part of the company's Hearst Digital network.
About The Hearst Digital Network
The Hearst Digital Network, a division of the National Magazine Company', publishes the following websites: http://www.handbag.com/_, http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/_, http://www.getlippy.com/_, http://www.allaboutyou.com/_, http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/_
About the National Magazine Company
The National Magazine Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst established by William Randolph Hearst in 1910.
The business comprises the core wholly owned business, also called the National Magazine Co and interests in two joint ventures. These are partnerships with some of the world's best publishers as follows:
NatMag Rodale:
A 50:50 joint venture with Rodale Inc. of the USA which focuses on health and wellbeing.
COMAG:
A 65:35 joint venture with Conde Nast, one of the UK's largest magazine distributors.
NatMag publishes 14 consumer titles in the UK: Coast, Company, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan Bride, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, House Beautiful, Prima, Prima Baby, SHE, You & Your Wedding, and Zest. The group publishes three large scale weeklies, Best, Reveal and Real People and also publishes a further two magazines, Men's Health and Runner's World, through NatMag Rodale.
NatMag division, Hearst Digital Network, publishes a number of community websites for NatMag magazines and also includes the Handbag network and http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/, the UK's leading consumer health site.
For more information please log on to www.natmags.co.uk
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