https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:28:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411472 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:42:49 +0000 bj1111 411472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>rachylou, i'm still saving up for my alien face.</p> <p>oooo, now i can't get gaga's song poker face (sung with alien face) out of my head.</p> <p>oooo, we need a ylf theme song! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411454 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:02:28 +0000 krishnidoux 411454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alaskagirl, "with a poisoned eye", genius!</p> <p>My poison eye goes to... ill fitting clothing on not-so-fit bodies. What I mean is something I see a lot of especially on younger students: for example a very revealing, form fitting and ultra short dress on a girl whose body is not in a great shape. Not plump, I mean: out of shape. slumped shoulders, slumped behind, distended frontal hanging belly, orange skin on bare legs and bad posture. </p> <p>Recently a waitress at the bar and grill I was treating my son to fit the above description. The dress was too revealing and her body made it more indecent. She often came close and bent, presenting her rear, as she reached for menus. I almost felt like a bad parent for bringing my 14 yr old there. </p> <p>Something else I can't help noticing with poison in my eye: muffin top flesh overflowing a bad quality low cut jeans that come straight up actually like the bottom portion of a muffin. The girls looks like she has no hips, no behind and a back fat. This is someone I'm sure who has a nice normal and probably even slim figure and who looks totally ugly and fat, yes, fat in a bad way.</p> <p>Or for that matter bad quality skinny jeans that just completely kill a short woman's silhouette, rendering her legs shorter and stumpy, her middle shapeless. Then I would advise heels. </p> <p>Or a tall, broad shouldered girl trying to wear a floral baby-doll type summer dress with spaghetti straps with platforms. So she's towering over every body. And the poor girl looks ill at ease, awkwardly hunching sideways because she's probably self conscious, when her statuesque silhouette is actually stunning and would look fantastic in shape appropriate clothing and shoes.</p> <p>I would like to say I don't mind but I do... </p> <p>Do you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411452 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:51:18 +0000 April 411452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those giant, flowery, quilted overnight bags that every college girl is carrying. Hate the overly sweet color combinations, hate the impracticality of an overstuffed bag with skinny straps, hate getting whacked in the head by them as the girls go down the aisle of the train with them slung over one shoulder... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411434 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:45:59 +0000 Ornella 411434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's not the look.</p> <p>In my case I have poisoned eye for bad, bad posture. I cannot see beyond that. Prime example is <a href="http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/miley.jpg">here</a>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411429 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:32:30 +0000 Patty 411429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am pretty open and some pull stuff off better than others but as a trend that may boomerang is the tie at the waist soccer pant--NGAH---in taupe!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411397 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:45:28 +0000 Aziraphale 411397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Poisoned eye, haha, you're so funny and clever, Una. :-)</p> <p>It's funny how quite a few of the looks various people dislike so intensely happen to be looks that I just love. Goes to show, it takes all kinds. Variety is the spice of life. You know what it mean! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411363 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:47:01 +0000 ironkurtin 411363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anyone who looks mean or miserable in their outfits. My office used to share a building with a major fashion mag. The women there reminded me of a twitchy, overbred whippet a friend once had - stick a cigarette in that dog's mouth, and you have the entire staff of Harper's Bazaar, only walking fast through the snow in high heels to a cab. It didn't matter that these ladies were wearing the loveliest clothes. They weren't enjoying them one bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411360 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:35:59 +0000 rachylou 411360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, bj1111. But do you have Alien Face?</p> <p>My foster daughter is totally into this look. She swears to me you can never have too many pairs of hoochie hoops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411127 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:53:42 +0000 Elly 411127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Polo shirts<br /> too short pants on men<br /> mandals except on nicely manicured toes in beach settings (thongs) or chacos on equally nice feet in hiking or river settings<br /> capri pants<br /> grandma clothing on anyone that isn't 65 and a grandma<br /> elastic waist legging jeans and old school reeboks<br /> nose rings that look crusty on women without a boho or edgy style </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-411007 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:45:17 +0000 christy 411007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this - what a great thread! I'd say I have a poisoned eye towards princess sleeves - the sleeves that have a poof at the shoulder? I just can't see myself wearing them, but I'm seeing them quite a bit these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410993 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:33:48 +0000 bj1111 410993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>rachylou...you just described many items in my closet...except for the hoochie hoops. still looking for those! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410914 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:34:23 +0000 Beth 410914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I hate to disappoint Angie, but I have a wild aversion to midi-length skirts. Possibly because they never went away in the fashion desert that is my work setting.</p> <p>Also, shoes with greater than a half-inch platform, fluorescent colors, exaggerated flare-leg pants, and rompers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410906 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:15:59 +0000 rachylou 410906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOLOLOL, Alicat </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410901 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:05:44 +0000 Anonymous 410901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think if you can say no to these two questions, your outfit might be safe:</p> <p>1. Would this look better on my six-year-old neighbor?</p> <p>2. Might this outfit be worn on "Real Housewives of the OC"? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410899 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:03:15 +0000 rachylou 410899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No no, not my puff sleeves! LOL. No, it's OK. I understand I have a Baby Jane problem.</p> <p>I have poison-eye for the Baby Phat look and all its knock-offs (including *Keeping Up with the Kardashians* and *Big Rich Texas* styles): Metallic everything, hoochie hoops, stilettos, puffers with fur trimmed hoods, big slouchy bags, big cat prints. And in the context of *Big Rich Texas* - the bleached hair, black mascara, cosmetic-surgeon-sculpted "alien face," and loads of beige clothing that blends in with all your beige furniture.</p> <p>Sometimes, when I'm in a mood, I can see that it's all crafted to a highly disciplined aesthetic. But then the allergy kicks back in... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410835 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:22:55 +0000 Aida 410835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Kari *giggle* the never nude cutoffs! I didn't realize it but I totally associate that with cutoffs now too...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410400 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:52:59 +0000 Girl X 410400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Platform shoes! I can take (and own) a small platform, but anything over an inch makes me cringe. I see them all the time, they can have thousand dollar price tags, my favourite designers have favoured them for years - hell, over half the Louboutin line up features huge platforms. Still can't stand them. It might go back to some long forgotten childhood trauma, because I've hated them since I was 3 or 4!</p> <p>When I see women wearing platform shoes, I mentally edit so the shoe ends before the platform. Beautiful hovering women, much better </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410398 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:40:48 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 410398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, the only generally accepted trend/look that I can think of that I just don't like is midi-skirts. I also am not wild for the socks with sandals/heels thing either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410375 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:45:46 +0000 Kari 410375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll also admit that I have hard time wrapping my brain around certain styles and not seeing them as frumpy, such as very chunky, squared-off women's shoes, or most maxi dresses, that others do like. It's just not my personal cup of tea and I don't think it ever will be.</p> <p>For myself, I don't think I would ever wear floral pants/shorts again. I did a lot of that when I was a kid and some when I was a teen.</p> <p>I happily remain "poisoned" to Uggs and Crocs, thank you very much!</p> <p>YouLookFab has totally poisoned me to PPL-breaking pants and capris (longer and wider than clamdiggers.) I'm too conscious of the pants length breaking the long leg line to be able to like them on someone else!</p> <p>Ditto with someone with a cute outfit but a very poorly fitting bra - I almost can't concentrate on the look because I so badly want to help this poor woman get in for a fitting. (And this is totally the pot-of-2006 calling the kettle black - 5 years ago a very kind and tactful sales associate in a lingerie shop where I was buying undies asked if she could help me out with a fitting. It changed my world.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410329 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:19:30 +0000 san 410329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't mean to offend anyone with my cap sleeve remark. I think if your arms are nice enough to wear a cap sleeve, they do look just fine. I was refferring more to a combination of a cap/puff sleeve, with some gatthering and a little ruffle or elastic to finish it off, which looks like something we'd see on a little girls dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410326 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:05:08 +0000 catgirl 410326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, pigtails! I was at an evening party where a very fit-looking woman had her back to me - she was in cross-country ski gear (the party was at a ski hut) and blonde hair in two little pigtail braids. I thought she was about 25, then she turned around and was not only at least twice that, but overtanned, wrinkled, and drunk as a skunk. It was quite a shock. I see a lot of women here doing the Nordic look (Icelandic sweaters, ski pants) with that same hairdo. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for/page/2#post-410315 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:43:23 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 410315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most recently, those patterned, often ethnic or floral print, pants which The Guardian called "cocktail trousers". They just remind me too much of the 80s, which was the last time that patterned pants came out to play. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410305 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:28:22 +0000 Kari 410305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cut-off shorts, because thanks to Arrested Development, I automatically think "<a href="http://www.ifc.com/videos/arrested-development-never-nude.php">never-nude</a>." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410229 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:09:41 +0000 Anonymous 410229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>C1, I mentioned the pigtail issue in Una;s "Playground Observations" thread. I'm with you 100%. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410221 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:02:22 +0000 crazyone 410221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jonesy et al: I find it really jarring when I see a woman walking around in pigtails and her head turns and I realize she's about 45. Not the most open-minded of me but it's true. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410216 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:58:15 +0000 Jonesy 410216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, if I'm being perfectly frank, I'd say clothes that look too tight, or look cheap (I'm not talking about clothes that are cheap--I have plenty of those and wear them happily--just those that *look* cheap :).</p> <p>I second (or third) the poison eye for little girl clothes on women, or women's clothes on little girls. </p> <p>And I realize that I will have to wear some sort of poison-deflection shield if I ever find the perfect patterned pants and sport them on YLF :)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410208 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:52:37 +0000 Suz 410208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a poison eye for grown up women looks on little girls! </p> <p>Not to mention wall to wall pink for young girls. Believe me, this is AWFUL if you have a daughter who prefers androgynous dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410182 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:13:51 +0000 Anonymous 410182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*clutches my cap-sleeved dresses to my chest*</p> <p>I won't give them up! ; D</p> <p>Just kidding, it's really fun to hear everyone's little pet peeves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410175 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:07:15 +0000 san 410175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a poison eye for dresses on grown women that look, to me anyway, like they are designed for little girls. Cap or puff sleeves would be part of that style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-looks-do-you-have-a-poisoned-eye-for#post-410160 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:50:15 +0000 Kristine 410160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skinny cargos. To my eye they look like cargos which were accidentally thrown in the dryer. But I grew up wearing slouchy cargos, so that's probably why. </p>