Top 10 Summer Fashion Don'ts

Sunday, 12 August 2012


 I'm not sure if it's the sticky-hot temperatures or just the memory of carefree childhoods, but there's something about summer time that encourages adults to lose a level of decency and taste. It happens year after year -- the streets are suddenly flocked with unflattering and juvenile fashion statements, young and old, men and women, professional and non-professional alike. We might shrug our shoulders because it's summer and it's hot, but there are certain summer fashion faux pas that simply make you look ridiculous. And you need to stop it. Here are my (and surely, yours) 10 top worst pet peeves about summer fashion gone wrong


Photo by: Flickr/calleecakes
Speaking of feet. Men and women alike are guilty of this, and it's probably my biggest pet peeve. If you aren't going wear your pretty little sandals or your manly summer flip flops, at least make your feet look presentable.

Another major office (and even more baffling, out-of-the-office) fashion DON'T that always reappears when the temperatures spike is the short-sleeved button-down shirt. I have two words for you: Dwight Schrute. At least wear it in a solid color, no prints


Photo by: Michelle Horton
Women: Follow the basic role of accentuating (or exposing) one area at a time. So if you're showing a lot of leg, put away the cleavage. If you're wearing a strapless dress, slightly lower the hem past peek-a-boo status. Men: No one wants to see your upper thighs. Fact. P.S. Denim on denim is very in these days -- needless to say, he didn't pull off the look.... more 

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