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Introducing: The Hall of Shame.

July 29th, 2007, 9:38 pm · 4 Comments · posted by Sam Mittelsteadt

So, I’ve been sitting on this photo — not literally — for almost a month now, trying to figure out if I wanted to open up this particular can of worms. I mean, how judgmental can I really be when I wore Tevas to work on Friday? (Yes, it’s true.)However, this was just too good to pass up.A friend snapped this at a recent wedding she went to in the Midwest. I hasten to point out recent wedding because everything about this woman might have been a good idea a few decades ago — might.The short feathered bangs and the stringy-style perm … which has a good 3 inches of straightened roots. Never, never, NEVER a good look. This says "Ratt groupie."And the dress: Originally I had a couple of paragraphs, but after a good night’s sleep, here it goes: Stevie Nicks called, and she wants her ’80s bridesmaid dress back.This is horrible. This is frightening. If you have any of these components in your wardrobe — yes, those lace-up boots count — you need to get rid of them right now.But: Is this the worst you’ve seen? I’m thinking that, like "Hot Ghetto Mess," there are a lot of people out there in need of a good course of correction. Not a Stacey-and-Clinton-style intervention, but a "did you know you were a Glamour don’t?" kind of thing. So send me your snapshots of the tragedies you run across, and I’ll post the best — worst? — here and have a comments contest: Best one wins something from my "stash of booty" drawer. Starting .. now! (Get to work.)

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4 Responses to “Introducing: The Hall of Shame.”

  1. Jodi Says:

    You forgot to mention one important part of the story (and no, I was not the one who took the photo): This woman was ATTENDING the wedding, she wasn’t IN it. So the ’80s bridesmaid dress was even more inappropriate. And she can’t even blame it on the bride.

  2. Crazy H Says:

    She looks like she could possibly have a cute body and she wants to ruin it with that. What was she thinking?
    It is almost as bad as these ugly drapes we had in our old townhouse. Fran would always joke she would make them into a dress for me. *shiver* Thank God she doesn’t know how to sow…love you Fran.

  3. Crazy H Says:

    However, I don’t know how to type…SEW.

  4. Jen Says:

    do my eyes deceive me or are those white ankle socks under those worn cream ankle boots?

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