written October 29th, 2009 · 0 comments

I received a clothing catalog from Otto this week in the mail and while flipping through, found some pretty crazy/bad/ugly styling! I love looking at these kinds of catalogs after seeing what’s on the runway and in magazines, and then comparing the two! Some of the outfits are just plain bad interpretations of current trends, but others are just scary. It makes me wonder how one could come up with such odd outfits. I enjoy making fun of this kind of stuff…is that bad? I also found some obvious over-photoshopping, which always tickles me. Oh, I am such a designer nerd!

So, first off…in the image on the left…we’ve got some sleek wool work trousers paired with a paisley print hippie top and a tight jean vest. There are absolutely no colors working together in this outfit! Each piece of clothing looks like it was taken from a different women with completely different tastes in clothing. Hmmm…. The image on the right just makes me chuckle. I have never seen anyone silly enough to rock the high heels and socks look with socks such as these! Notice that the leopard pattern cuts off before the sole of the foot. Attractive!

A funny shirt/scarf combination…I wonder if the scarf is detachable.

Some funny styling…I don’t know, that belt looks funny like that. Why isn’t it in the belt loops? That nonchalant look never grew on me. I think dressing so that you don’t look like you styled your outfit, but you really did, only works in certain cases and mostly for guys.

This dress scares me. These longer plaid shirt-dresses are big now, H&M is carrying them, etc., but this one just has a bit too much poof in the skirt. It ruins the look! Now the dress looks like a young teenage girl should be wearing it and not a 20-some year old.

Scary jeans from a long lost decade! Note: you can only wear these jeans with knee-high boots, a belt and a long cardigan, because you do not want to be seen without these cover-up devices (see picture on the right!).

I always laugh when I see models in exaggerated poses. I am a fan of natural photography, where it is enough if only the essence of the clothing shows through, because I am aware that those jeans will look different on me anyways…. In this photo it’s as if the director wants to show the exact shape of those jeans on that model’s body and as a result she looks way too stiff and awkward.

Look! Wonder jeans! Haha…and what happens when you wear them a few times and they get all stretched out? This purple jacket is awful as well as the fact that they have the model wearing a hat that is not the same purple. Yuck! And the last picture…uh…ripped T-shirts? I did that when I was sixteen to my shirts…is that coming back?!? And when were hand warmers and T-shirts ever a good look together?

Oh the push-up jeans. Too bad this image is so overly photoshopped that her butt looks completely fake! Nice name for them though — Salsa Jeans:)

Her belly is strangely photoshopped here. The curve on the left looks seriously weird and unnatural.

Ahh, don’t you love how they try to sell clothes in such inappropriate ways? An outfit for work showing lots of cleavage. Very tasteful.

Just scary!!! My sister was telling my recently about the misuse of harem pants she has been noticing. Some girls just don’t know how to wear them and so they shouldn’t! Well, here is one example that I can say with complete certainty is a horrible misuse of harem pants. And what the heck is going on in the outfit on the right? Ahem…trashy…just a bit?

These three outfits, the two above and the one below, made me actually wonder if these were Halloween costumes! Very frightening and might just give me nightmares.

And finally…some outfits I liked. The models are posed naturally and relaxed. This makes me think these clothes are meant for normal people, like me, instead of for women with inflatable butts or a 16-year old sense of style. Eek!