Which era do you think had the ugliest fashion sense?

[drumwolf]

I would say the period from 1979 to 1985.

People will be tempted to answer with a whole decade (i.e. "the '70s," "the 80s"), but my observation is that fashions aren't that similar WITHIN a particular calendar decade, and they really tend to change around the middle of a decade, not the start of one.

[rooboy]

1. March 2003.

[Misunderestimator]

3. LOL... Oh man... that deserves a special prize!

[blondeatlast]

5. I have a headache... nt

[terrya]

6. A Republican, of course.

That's Victoria Clarke. I remember that hideous outfit very, very well. You can't come up with that kind of eyesore without some effort. :-)

[Atlas Mugged]

17. WOW - that's bad!!!!

Is that the Garth Brooks line for Chanel???

[drumwolf]

18. Good Lord!

:wtf:

When I looked at it at first, I didn't immediately see how hideous that outfit was. For about the first couple of seconds I just thought the, er, color coordination was a result of the way the photograph came out.

[xmas74]

2. I don't know

I have some pictures that prove that I looked hideous from around 1984-1990. And I dressed in the height of fashion!

[blondeatlast]

4. I say the entire 1970's.

The influx of polyester, hippie chic, leisure suits, and disco.

OTOH, I was in junior high then, and I wish I had my clothes from that era, I could make a fortune!

[Bronco69]

7. I agree, the entire 70's.

Because not only were the clothes hideous, white people with 'fro's was just stupid. What were they thinking?

[leftynyc]

8. 70's without a doubt

synthetic fabrics, loud colors - it was a disaster.

[Redstone]

12. Yes, the 1970s, especially the

"style" of men spreading their shirt collar out over top of the lapels of their leisure suits.

Redstone

[Demit]

9. The Norma Kamali enormous-shoulder-pad look of the 80s was

pretty awful, looking back. We all looked like middle linebackers, lol!

[Misunderestimator]

11. LOL... and it took me a while to get used to having normal shoulders

after that fad went away... You couldn't FIND a shirt or dress without shoulder pads at the time.

[bleedingheart]

16. in my family all the women tore out those shoulder pads because

we already had shoulders like line backers and that look made a few of my cousins look like Jack Hamm wannabees for the Steelers...it was just atrocious....and they stuck them in all jackets....ick

[Feathered Fish]

10. The eighties by far

and the current revival makes me want to punch someone. Ugh. Second on that list would have to be the late 70's disco fashion nightmare.

[SKKY]

13. The 80's without a doubt...

...I mean, "Parachute Pants" and a flock of seaguls haircut?? Come on!

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. The period from roughly 1967 to 1983 or so.

Although "fashion" generally tends to be pretty horrible...why else do you think it changes so often?

[sendero]

15. Fashion: a definition

Fashion: the 'art' of trying to make clothing look different but not stupid. Generally fails.