So Fugly

What is the DEAL with ugly clothes lately?

You know it's getting bad when Andy - who shops nearly exclusively at Goodwill - starts complaining. He described the clothes at H&M as "things homeless space cowboys would wear if they were hippies." It's true.

In every clothing department, grumbles and mutters disappear into the overstocked rows of gaudy sweaters as the public fruitlessly browses stores; "That is SO UGLY!" "Who would wear this?" "It just looks weird on me." "I don't wear shiny things."

Groans are heard behind dressing room doors as women discover the bitter reality of the clothes they tried on. Clothes they had hoped would look better in person than on the hanger elicit only sheepish laughter or desperate cries of embarrassment.

It's a given that Walmart will have really crappy clothes, but typical mainstays in inexpensive, decent clothing have been plauged by cheap materials, tacky prints, unflattering cuts, unfinished hems, billowing sleeves, and too much shine.


Shirts do not need gigantic, puffy sleeves, nor do sleeves need huge flares and ruffles. Did we learn nothing from the "Puffy Shirt" Seinfeld episode? Men should not wear tight, stretchy, tapered pants for any number of appalling reasons. Overdone wedges, short boots, and enormously chunky heels are just silly. Seriously, stop with the metallics and don't let the 80's get any closer.