Posts with tag BadFashion

We've all had a bad hair day or two or eighty, but a great majority of them go undetected, hiding away under hats or hoods or in the darkness of our own homes. However, sometimes those bad hair days encounter an unwelcome camera and we're stuck with a documented fashion tragedy for the rest of our lives. If you're looking for a bit of schadenfreude to soothe your soul because you've had one bad hair day too many, just check out this oddly beautiful hall of shame called Sexy People. Hopefully these photos also serve as reminders to stick with making basics look good instead of being a slave to fads and trends.

Some of our favorites involve laser beam backgrounds or big hair; if you're lucky, you may catch one with both. Also, evidently, it's submitted by the very same people in the terrible photos, so don't be afraid to laugh. Here are some excellent ones to get the ball rolling.

Crocs, the rubber shoemaker that seems to have both captured a nation and reviled fashion lovers everywhere, has severely cut its first quarter estimates. Not only are revenue predictions down $25 - $30 million, earnings per share have gone from a 46 cent a share profit to either break-even or a 5-cent per share loss. Ouch! The company is also closing its Canadian manufacturing operation.

When one thinks of "Manolo Blahnik", two things usually come to mind. The first is, of course, the dainty (although sometimes scarily veiny) feet of Ms. Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City. The second thing is usually the word "fabulous".

Well, Manolo Blahnik is now trying to work some of his shoe magic on the male crowd through this collection of, um, monstrosities. Thank goodness the collection only has six pieces, because I don't think my eyes or poor heart could take looking at many more photos. Blahnik has approached the line with some serious aggression in both pattern and palette. I mean, experimentation is fun and all, but the end result of a lot of these is just sad. Just look at that perfectly good blue shoe, cut into bits. Where would a guy wear that? A formal beach? And don't even get me started on that scary leopard print sandal. Wow, I actually almost typed "sCandal" because my subconscious is so outraged.

Sorry, Blahnik, but Carrie would never let Mr. Big anywhere near these.

Ouch. It looks like Beyonce has been raiding the shoe rack of Optimus Prime's trashy girlfriend. The singer was spotted at the American Music Awards sporting these $4,175 heels from Balenciaga, which Lauren mentioned earlier this year. Yeah, I said $4,175. I would rather eat that much in a green, cash salad than buy these monsters to put on my feet.

I must admit, this shoe has done a number on my imagination. If one ignores the pointy heel bit, the awkward straps kind of make the shoe look like one of those sandals that a lot of dads like to wear with socks. That's never a fun quality to have on a shoe for a night on the town, right? When I look at this, I also think of what hardcore Global GUTS fans would have made their mothers wear. It'd be like GUTS' equivalent of the soccer mom. My brain also starts conjuring up images of people on the corner of NYC's Canal and Broadway, trying to sell knock-off versions of this made of Legos and aluminum foil.

Sad thing is, I'm sure they'd make at least one sale. Yuck.