StyleList Giveaway: Signed copy of Forgotten Fashion
Filed under: Runway Trends, Contests & Giveaways, Books
A little while back we told you about Forgotten Fashion: An Illustrated Faux History of Outrageous Trends and Their Untimely Demise by Kate Hahn, a hilarious book about made up, but all too real, fashions.For this week's StyleList Giveaway, we have a copy of the book to give to one fashionista who likes to accessorize with her -- or his -- fabulous sense of humor. And it's autographed by the author, Kate Hahn, and Andrae Gonzalo, from Project Runway, who did some of the illustrations.
Ready to laugh? Here's how to enter:
- Leave a confirmed comment below telling us about your most outrageous fashion attempt.
- The comment must be left before 5pm ET on Friday, November 14th.
- You may enter only once.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
- One winner will receive a copy of Forgotten Fashion (valued at $12.99.)
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia who are 18 and over.
Winners are notified by email, so make sure to check next week to find out if you're the winner!
Sarah 11-10-2008 @ 10:50AM
I once thought it would be very couture to dress up as a man in a black suit - complete with top hat and black tie. Unfortunately, I was called sir through the entire day.
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liz 11-10-2008 @ 11:13AM
I wore black leggings, a shear white mini dress, and a black sparkly tank over. I cinched the whole mess with a oversized black belt. My sister told me I looked like a hooker going to a funeral instead of a girl trying to impress a cashier at whole foods.
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James Harris 11-10-2008 @ 11:30AM
I dressed up like Brad from the Rachel Zoe Project.
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Brandlyn 11-10-2008 @ 12:47PM
I tried to dress like Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City"...she can pull off a look like leggins with neon green top and a big flower in your hair..I just got laughed at.
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K. Cleaver 11-10-2008 @ 2:38PM
I remember wearing "leg warmers" eons ago.
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Pat 11-10-2008 @ 4:56PM
Crinolines rustled their way into my teenage years. They looked attractive of the other girls.
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Sandy 11-10-2008 @ 5:54PM
could it be the flashdance look the off the shoulder- the big hair with 5 cans of hairspray..the big belt- the leg warmers or the wonderful look before that of the cowboy up north or the hamill haircut that looked more like a bowl cut
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emily 11-10-2008 @ 5:55PM
I tried the super striped hair in highschool and thought it looked great- then decided to switch my style to rocker and everything went wrong!
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Jennifer B. 11-10-2008 @ 6:50PM
Leg Warmers over jeans in the 1980's in Southern California. It was just silly.
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Leslie 11-10-2008 @ 7:11PM
My was attempting to be colorful and wore red pants, a blue and white striped shirt, a green sweater vest and a belt with a large buckle with all the above colors around my waist....it was probably a bit much on its own...but by the time I put on my giraffe print shoes, I think I went a bit overboard.
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Gaye McGill 11-10-2008 @ 8:42PM
I was in a play in high school and decided the character would be much more striking with dark hair. So I dyed my strawberry blond hair black - not surprisingly, it turned orange. "Striking" indeed.
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christopher h 11-10-2008 @ 9:01PM
i had highlights
very, very briefly
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Lauren 11-10-2008 @ 9:54PM
Let's just say that it involved a blinking pacifier, and I was 19 at the time.
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Lisa L. 11-10-2008 @ 10:01PM
Back in the day I was brave and decided to get Barbra Striesand ringlet curls....biggest baddest move I ever did.
I had to grow out my frizzy afro for a long time until I had normal blonde hair again.
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Tonya Froemel 11-11-2008 @ 12:16AM
I once wore a purple skirt and tights with a yellow top and yellow slouch socks. I live in WI and only an hour from MN and all day everyone kept asking if I was a MN Vikings fan.
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David Bertolo 11-11-2008 @ 2:05AM
I once wore assless chaps to a club.
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bob keck 11-11-2008 @ 6:06AM
I saw David's ass - not bad, could have used some contouring. I'd go with 80's glam drag with the eyeliner and foundation for men. How fun to see heterosexual males flirt with their feminine side.
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Amber 11-11-2008 @ 6:50AM
I once paired polka dots with plaid...the colors sort of matched and I thought it would be a fun combination. Long story shot, I thought wrong.
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Karen Gonyea 11-11-2008 @ 10:22AM
Count me in please :)
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Bo 11-11-2008 @ 11:51AM
It was in the 80's when Cindy Lauper was big and I was quite young. I had just gotten engaged and my first "meet the inlaws" event was a family wedding. I chose a dark blue and multi colored polka dot sleeveless dress with layers of multi colored crinoline underneath to make the skirt twirl as I wore it with dark blue tights, slouch socks and red granny heeled mid calf lace up boots. (the kind with the cut outs in the feet? Remember those?). I thought I looked hot but after meeting my intended's 76 year old grandmother, she pulled him aside saying; "Is she going to change before the wedding?" He said; "No why?" Reponse; (and I swear this is true); "She's a very pretty girl, but what about her mind? Only the crazy one's dress like that."
Looking back, I deeply feel that anything one did regarding fashion in the 80's didn't count. We must have all lost our minds to buy into such awfulness.
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