10 Hong Kong Fashions We Hate

Over the years we've noticed plenty of clothing weirdness trying to pass as trendiness.

When enough people start wearing the same fashion train-wrecks, we feel compelled to speak.

In no particular order, here are 10 Hong Kong fashions we hate:

1. Lace: beginning as fringes on jackets and pockets, lace has taken hold on women's clothing like mildew in plaster. It's in everything now. In fact, it's difficult to find clothing that's not trimmed or decorated with lace, ribbons or bows.

The only way Mabel can get a woman's business suit free of such tacky accoutrements is to have it custom made.

Lace is fine on a camisole, but a woman's outfit shouldn't look like it was designed by Stevie Nicks on crack.

2. Grey polyester suit, cheap black square-toed loafers, white socks: this should be labelled the official uniform of mainland China.

We see a lot of tourists dressed this way, but some Hong Kongers are known to emulate the look.

Only Jerry Lewis was able to get away with this, and that was 50 years ago.

3. Baggy-assed jeans: let's face it, the average Asian posterior tends not to be large. In many cases, it's downright flat.

So why do young women (and some men) insist on wearing jeans with a seat that hangs halfway down the back of their legs? On a woman with a flat butt, the jeans are worse than unattractive; they make her look as though she's wearing a diaper under them. Adding to the fun: the jeans taper with elastic gathers at the ankles.

Jeans are supposed to look like pants, not hip-waders.

4. Rolled-up tank tops: middle-aged men walk about in the heat of summer wearing white tank tops which they roll up to their armpits, exposing their bellies. This is not cool.

5. Capri pants combined with the wrong footwear: worn on the beach with bare feet, they work. Worn on the street with low-heeled sandals, they work. Worn about town in stilettos results in that homemaker-meets-hooker look.

Capris are also to be avoided by those with a serious case of saddlebags.

6. Super-tight, low-rise jeans: when combined with wide belts and midriff tees, they force belly and hip fat up and out. Even if you're not overweight, this combo makes you look like you are.

We hated this look in North America; we hate it here too.

7. Sheer dress with jeans: if you're going to wear a dress, wear a dress; if you're going to wear jeans, wear jeans. Wearing a dress over a pair of pants, no matter how sheer the fabric, just looks stupid.

It's like men who wear suspenders and a belt at the same time. Pick one.

8. Little Bo Peep: on any given weekend we can spot girls dressed up like Little Bo Peep. It's that cosplay/lolita thing.

Pedophiles love it.

9. Trucker hat worn sideways: we wish this trend would just die.

10. Fake Louis Vuitton anything: enough already.

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