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These tired items are closet clunkers

By Sharon Fink, Times Staff Writer
Published October 20, 2007

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"Classic," "timeless," "old-school glamor" and their semantic relatives have been the big players in fashion during the past year.

This is much to the relief of those who feared that low-rise pants, leggings and flip-flops were becoming fashion's equivalent of Dictators for Life.

Classic clothes and accessories have gained eternal devotion because they make us feel stylish, confident, well-dressed and sexy no matter the situation.

On the flip side, some things will never be classic. As such, they need to go away forever. These items detract from your image with their dated trendiness, tackiness, lack of style and personality.

Here are the top five things that should be banished from the closets of all men and women who care how they look.

 

For women

VISORS: If you're doing something athletic and no one cares that your hair is sticking out at weird angles and a duck bill is protruding from your forehead, they're great. Otherwise, wear a hat, which is better sun protection anyway.

ANYTHING CAMOUFLAGE: Unless you're hunting or in the military, it's just plain ugly.

HEELS ON FLIP-FLOPS: The shoe equivalent of bad cosmetic surgery.

GAUCHOS: There is no way to wear them without looking like you're going to a costume party.

SWEATER SHRUGS: They look like regular sweaters that shrank in the wash, and they look even more out of synch layered over long, oversized tops.

 

For men

ANYTHING CAMOUFLAGE: What? Are you hiding?

PLEATED AND CUFFED PANTS: Two wrongs don't make a right. They just make you look 20 pounds heavier.

HUARACHES WITH BUCKLES (A.K.A. "man"dals): Commit! You're either wearing shoes or you're wearing sandals. And if you can't wear your sandals without socks, toss them, please.

SWEATER VESTS: Send all you have to the NBC TV network, marked ATTN: Friends/Chandler Bing circa 1995 Memorial Project.

CLIP-ON TIES: It's time to be a big boy and learn how to properly knot a tie.

 

Times designer Josh Engleman contributed to this report. Sharon Fink can be reached at (727) 893-8525 or fink@sptimes.com.

 

 

 

 

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