LA Fashion Trends That Get on My Last Damn Nerve By Nanashi Okashi  [15 more lists]

<b>It’s a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped around someone’s neck.</b>

There are three requirements that warrant this ludicrous fashion trend. The first is having a neck, but that goes without saying, although there have been many a short necked girl sporting this look which is even worse. The second requirement, which would be influenced by anyone with Midwestern roots, is that the environment must be cold enough to necessitate neck warmage.

The third requirement isn't a requirement at all, it's more of an observation: the skinny scarf is a fashion statement made moot by absolute cold whether. There's nothing worse than seeing a girl wearing a fish-net skinny scarf freezing her ass off in the middle of an up-north winter because she’d rather look cute and be miserable than look cute and be warm.

<b>It's Like Being Trapped Forever in a Bret Michaels music video.</b>

We've all been guilty of owning a straw cowboy hat and a pair of suede boots with leather fringe, but once college is over and there are no body shots left to be taken for Mardi Gras, it should dawn on everyone how ridiculous it looks. You see, rockin' the cowboy look requires a matching attitude (and usually cows). Unfortunately, that attitude is more along the lines of the Marlboro Man, or Dallas' JR, but then again, it was that very attitude that got the man shot.

Welcome to the skankification of America.

Granted, a mini skirt on a girl with a great pair of legs can be rather sexy indeed, and the micro mini can be still be pulled off by a select and svelte few with the right attitude; but, it's the super micro mini skirt that may become the undoing of society. There are only three places where people expect to see ass in public: on the pole, on the street corner at 2am, and on the beach. So, ladies, do not be offended by the type of attention you attract by wearing an article of clothing that makes the act of sitting as easy as touching one's elbow to one's tongue. One final thought on this before I have a stroke: if the skirt is shorter than the pocket linings then the skirt is just too g**damn short.

I don’t see any snow, rain, or runaway calf that needs to be wrangled.

The only excuse for wearing boots in 90+ degree weather is being a police officer, being in the military, being a construction worker, being a volcanologist, being a REAL cowboy, or being a super hero. Why, o ye gods, do LA women wear boots in this kind of weather? It boggles the mind. I can barely wear gym shoes and socks in this weather, let alone a pair of wool-lined Uggs. And don't get me started on the cowboy hat, skinny scarf, super micro mini skirt, and Uggs boots combination. I mean, WTF?

Does size matter even if it doesn’t really fit?

This highest faux pas of the fashion world can be best explained in a bulleted list:

- Skinny women who still manage to have muffin top because they squeeze their size 2 asses into size 0 jeans

- Women suffering from uni-butt as a result of wearing ultra-low-rise jeans two sizes too small

- Women who insist on squeezing into a size of any particular number regardless of cut or style, because they think going a size up is worse than muffin top or cameltoe

- Men in ill-fitting trousers that show off the “family jewels” - not a good look at a business meeting

- Curvy women who refuse to wear plus - again, refusing to go up a size even though that could remedy the results of wearing clothes that are just too tight

The final word: get measured. Try on clothing from both misses/women’s or men’s/big&tall and get an honest opinion from shopping buddies or store clerks. Wear what makes you look good not what you think you can get away with. Take a tip from Finola Hughes and just ask someone, "How do I look?"