https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:54:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2087417 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:09:19 +0000 The Cat 2087417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry, Angie. (And thanks to Deb, who gave me a Comedy Award anyway. ) I would be grateful if anyone here would care to explain the difference (between "poison eye" and "style pet peeve") to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2087083 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 18:45:41 +0000 Angie 2087083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>The Cat</b>, a style pet peeve is not the same as poison eye. Like I said in my comment, there are looks I am extremely unfond of, but they are not poison eye </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086987 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 09:54:37 +0000 Style Fan 2086987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Slim cat, those bits bother my sensitive skin too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086752 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:13:48 +0000 Jenni NZ 2086752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet’s comment resonates about over-designed items- overly embellished. We have a well-known designer here in NZ called Trelise Cooper who tends to do that. I like the look of her pretty dresses in magazines and then I look closer and think- why does there have to be that pretty beading AND lace AND ruffles, couldn’t one be enough? It’s like over-engineered.<br /> I have a sugar eye for fringe though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086516 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:10:04 +0000 slim cat 2086516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabric tags inside the clothes that hard to remove with little bits killing my sensitive skin. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086511 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:03:44 +0000 The Cat 2086511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, Angie, in your profile you have actually listed quite a few Style Pet Peeves ... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086142 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:50:14 +0000 Angie 2086142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm thrilled to report that I have ZERO POISON eyes. </p> <p>That said, there are a handful looks that I am extremely unfond of at the best of times. Yet every so often, someone pulls them off to perfection which offsets my poison eye for the vibe thanks to the incredible DYOT trend.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086114 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:43:31 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2086114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anchie! Lol. Certain positions don’t work well in them, that’s for sure. But in Berlin I see women riding bikes in them all the time—with very thick tights. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2086108 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:12:12 +0000 anchie 2086108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think short skirts are more uncomfortable to those sitting across LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085893 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:16:53 +0000 deb 2085893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mixed plaids do not necessarily need to match if the plaids are random. If they are not random, then they need to match. I also need horizontal stripes to match at the seams.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085776 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:42:48 +0000 Anonymous 2085776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*wipes coffee off phone @ Cindy's comment* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085775 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:41:39 +0000 Janet 2085775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cindy, I can’t do fringe either. I think it sometimes looks great on others, but it ain’t happening for me. And I’m super super picky about ruffles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085773 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:40:13 +0000 Janet 2085773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do have a poison eye for overly embellished, over-designed pieces — items that have one (or more) too many *things* going on in them. The INC line at Macy’s often falls into this territory for me — I’ll see an item with an appealing print and then realize they’ve also added rhinestones and cutouts and ruching... and I drop it like a hot potato! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085771 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:35:06 +0000 Preppy Pear 2085771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I think I meant short skirts could be potentially uncomfortable for the wearer in terms of tugging into place/adjusting. But if it doesn’t seem to bother the wearer, it doesn’t bother me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085749 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:45:31 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2085749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Cindysmith, I saw the coolest fringe jacket the other day. Very simple, a rich brown with a row of long (4-6”) fringe across the back and some more at his sides or sleeves or bottom of the jacket. I don’t really remember, just know that it moved just right and he looked so supremely confident, like he owned the neighborhood where we both got off the subway. It was classic Davy Crockett, yes, but also classic 70s disco funk. How could you object to that? </p> <p>Preppy Pear, ita on high heels and tight clothes looking unbearably uncomfortable. But short skirts? Did you mean to say that is uncomfortable for the wearer? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085706 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:03:30 +0000 Preppy Pear 2085706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Strappy tops and dresses layered over another top, especially layered over high necks. Just can’t abide. Hated it in the 90s and hate it now. When Angie posted about this trend awhile back, I was seeing it fairly frequently on campus. It seems to have gone away for now, thankfully. </p> <p>Anything that looks like the wearer is uncomfortable. But, while heels, short skirts, and tight clothing would make ME uncomfortable, if others wear that sort of thing and seem to be feeling fine, then it’s all good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/3#post-2085704 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:00:19 +0000 cindysmith 2085704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Buttons on shoulders bother me, too, although not as severely as they bother you. I have a fairly violent reaction to anything with a ruffle. Ruffles make me want to run screaming in pain LOL. I mean, what is it with all these random ruffles on the bicep portion of sleeves, random ruffles on shoulders, bewbs, etcetera?<br /> And fringe. Why do they do the same thing with fringe?<br /> Ruffles and fringe are my poison-eye items. I just cannot.<br /> And if a store is playing country music, I develop poison-eye for every dang thing in the store. This is Texas, so that happens frequently, which is bad for stores but good for my wallet </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085698 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:33:53 +0000 Gail 2085698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not a fan of any pattern not matching up however if it's a small one such as a polka dot I'm mostly ok with it unless the mismatch is front and center and really noticeable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085668 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:03:06 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2085668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two questions for those who can’t it when plaid doesn’t match up at the seams: Do you feel that way about other patterns, and if an outfit includes more than one type of plaid, is it then less irritating if the pattern doesn’t match at the seams of one of them? I feel like multiple plaids in an outfit, in a playful "crazy" way, change the way I interpret the mismatch at the seam, and it's just more crazy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085665 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:25:41 +0000 rachylou 2085665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. It’s true, while I don’t object to the cold shoulder in principle, I have mostly objected to it in practice... lol ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085623 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:12:04 +0000 deb 2085623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, what a wide variety of poison eye items. I have to admit, the unmatched plaid seams really, really bother me too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085620 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:06:36 +0000 Gail 2085620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Highly distressed jeans with major holes in them.<br />Plaids that don't match up<br />Cold shoulder tops<br />Leggings as pants<br />Fuzzy pajama bottoms worn out as regular pants </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085607 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:43:27 +0000 Anonymous 2085607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Irina and Molly Mac, leggings as pants.&nbsp; Even if they are opaque, they reveal parts that no one should see and the jiggle of hips and thighs.&nbsp; A short dress or long tunic that covers crotch really helps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085596 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:11:33 +0000 Jaime 2085596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Truthfully my poison eye is very context driven. It is not the clothes, it is the wearer and the situation. So I will keep my opinions to myself . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085593 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:01:51 +0000 Echo 2085593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm still not on board with too-short pants, especially cropped flares. And I am not a fan of the "cold shoulder" look, either. </p> <p>But I'm pretty sure not everyone sees me as fashionable, either. So I am mostly grateful that there is more choice in fashion than there used to be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085582 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:22:18 +0000 The Cat 2085582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>... Here are the other items (in addition to skulls) that I have listed under "Style Pet Peeves" in my profile: Acrylic fabrics, distressed denim, unkempt shoes, and obviously fake nails.</p> <p>How about the rest of you--have you checked your profiles? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085556 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:40:00 +0000 Kari 2085556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Body-con clothing that is nearly the exact same tone as the skin of the person who wears it, having a “nude” effect. I don’t have a poison eye for footwear, but for shirts/pants/dresses/swimsuits where it’s nearly the same color. I also don’t have nearly as much of a poison eye when there’s a LOT of texture on the clothing, like a formal gown that is very floaty and sparkly, as opposed to clingy and matte. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085555 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:38:48 +0000 The Cat 2085555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skulls. I simply don't understand why anyone would want to wear pictures of the sad remnants of dead humans. To me, this shows a lack of respect for the dead as well as for the feelings of those who have lost some they love (and who hasn't?). However, I suppose those who enjoy wearing skulls have their reasons--which I just don't know--and that most of the skull wearers don't intend to hurt others' feelings and are likely unaware that they do so.</p> <p>On the other hand, several of the items that some fabbers in this thread dislike are ones that I actually like. Among these are: buttons on shoulders of sweaters and on sailorpants; viscose; shirts with knotted tails at the waist; loafers.</p> <p>I find it interesting that our poison eye items--and preferences--are so different. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085554 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:35:50 +0000 taylor 2085554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Clothes that look dirty, wrinkly , ill fitting , or sloppy ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-your-poison-eye-item/page/2#post-2085549 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:51:54 +0000 Joyce B 2085549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like JAileen, I cannot stand plaid that is mismatched at the seams. </p>