Trends you regret hopping on

David Wood

There are a lot of trends every year or sometimes every month, but it would be really interesting to know trends you guys regret getting on. For myself, the whole trend of oversized apparel got a little too far and started becoming cringe. (this is just my personal opinion and have no personal problem with anyone who prefers the trend I don't like)

1 year ago

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Latest reply was from Sal

April

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I'm generally slow to hop so it's rare that I have trend-regret. I do have "just say no" styles (3/4 sleeves; open-front toppers; boatneck anything) but I don't think that's what you're asking.

1 year ago

Janet

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I’ve gotten better about hopping on trends unless they really truly appeal to me and I expect them to have some staying power for my personal style. I generally don’t regret a trend purchase or two as long as I don’t invest too heavily or overspend on them. Sometimes I have a weak moment and buy something trendy at Zara and then when I get home I wonder what to do with it, so if I feel silly after a try at styling it, back it goes!

1 year ago

Irina

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Well, oversized everything is maybe a trend now but it wasn’t in 2015 when I bought my first pieces. I enjoyed it since. I don’t have any regrets about trends because I don’t buy things only because they are trendy. Whether clothes, shoes and accessories trendy or not, they first of all must be close to my personal style.

More interesting question is what trends everyone wore but you never did. I never wore skinny jeans or leggings as pants.

1 year ago

Joy

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I never have bought leggings and would never wear them as pants. I avoided big gathered sleeves as I run cold and would need to wear them with coat sleeves and I hate ironing them. I am avoiding the trend of cool/cold colors and fast fashion in general, especially for summer, no polyester. It is hot and smelly. I have to be careful of the oversized trend and am regretting clothes that are too big and wear me. I am short. I regret the clothes that are too big.

1 year ago

Suz

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My overall style is very classic so I enjoy injecting some trends to add currency. I rarely regret it. Even if I don't end up enjoying the trend or the item a lot, I look on it as a learning experience.

I also stay away from trends that don't appeal or won't look good on me or fit with my personal style. I try the ones that interest me and that I think I could wear with confidence. For me, that ruled out the super oversized look from the start. It also rules out teen tiny crop tops and bare midriff.

1 year ago

Roberta

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Last year I bought several really distressed pants (corduroy, denim, twill). I still really like them, but I can absolutely see myself in two years wondering what I was thinking!

1 year ago

rachylou

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An interesting question. I think I have more regrets around missing out on trends. I’m sad I didn’t move faster to find a pair of balloon jeans; I never did. Maybe if there’s one thing, it’s jean jackets. They’re so cute, but the weather is never right for me to wear one.

1 year ago

Jenni NZ

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I don’t hop on trends, so I can’t regret them!

1 year ago

cat2

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I am with Rachy Lou on the jean jackets. I liked the ones I bought when I bought them but never wear them. I am now keeping one in my car for weather emergencies.

1 year ago

Angie

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What Suz said.

I can't think of a trend I've regretted wearing at the time. I've made plenty of shopping mistakes over my 52 years - but they weren't trends I've regretted wearing. I enjoyed them, even if for just a season, and to say no thank you after that

I've regretted NOT hopping onto a trend soon enough - like Rachy! 6 to 8 years ago asymmetrical midi skirts and full swooshing midi skirts in gorgeous patterns and colours were very popular, and everywhere. But I was not in a skirt mood. I was in a DRESS mood. So I ignored them and focused on dresses. Now I wish I had more of those skirts because I can't find what I want!

Oh well! They will resurface at some point.....

1 year ago

Anonymous

Mainly I regret buying too much of trends when I like them. I need to stick to just 1 or 2 pieces in any particular trend.

1 year ago

LaPed

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No glaring regrets; it's all a learning experience! I am happy to buy a few experimental pieces each year -- sometimes trendy, sometimes simply new-for-me -- and accept that some of them will work out and some won't.

1 year ago

Sal

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I think for me it's not hopping on the trend that I regret but diving too deep into one. For example I really liked puffed sleeves - and I still like them - but I have four puffed sleeve pieces - I think I overdid it.

Another example (from a while ago ) was the tunic over legging stage with ballet flats. I overdid it and kept trying different variations to make it work on me (from memory I recall four different tunics and four different pairs of ballet flats). One of two of them worked okay but I should have left it there.

I mostly now try and think about just one thing of that genre - the power of one. That way I don't end up with three or four pieces from a look I am tired of, but just one that I hopefully have almost worn out.

But I missed that on the puffed sleeves trend...thinking one was a dress, one short sleeved blouse, one long sleeved blouse and one a knit!