Nene Leakes Cold Shoulder

This garment demonstrates lazy fashion design, as if a suburban housewife who makes her own clothes converted a bed sheet into a blouse on her home sewing machine.

Fash-Sin Porsha Williams

The fash-sin of Porsha Williams - dressing like a Las Vegas call girl.

Socks with Flip Flops

It's November, stop wearing flip flops.  Also, never wear socks with flip flops.

Hipsters

Unless you want to look like a deranged farmer or lumberjack, avoid this hipster look altogether. 

Kick-Ass Look of the Week: Jennifer Hudson

Kudos to Jennifer Hudson for wearing this sleek, elegant black dress.

Rachel Roy

Do not wear a blazer with a dress.  Avoid cluttering your outfits.  This look comes off as way too busy.

Drop Crotch Pants

Do not wear drop crotch pants.  Even this professional model cannot pull off the look.  The excess material looks like a pouch for carrying a fatty tumor.

Alex Preston on American Idol

I hate the dufus-hipster trend of rolled pants with no socks.  What seems edgy and idiosyncratic now will devolve into an embarrassment within five years.

Rihanna

Do not expose the crack of your ass at a formal gala.

Whoopi Goldberg Once Again

Whoopi Goldberg once again commits a fash-sin with these gaudy, horrendously colored shoes.  By posting a photo on Facebook of this footwear (which looks as though detached from rollerblades), Whoopi Goldberg apparently seems interested in style.  In response to a post citing these shoes as "just awful ugly,"  Whoopi Goldberg politely responded with "Okay.  That is fine.  You have your taste and I have mine.  But thanks!" 

Kim Kardashian in Balmain

Kim Kardashian demonstrates that a dress which may look spectacular on some fails to flatter others.  Kim lacks the elegance to wear this dress well.

19 Kids and Counting

I realize that the mother and older daughters aim for modesty.  Their inclusion of colors show an obvious concern for style, but the results are boring and dowdy.

Nicki Minaj at Kmart

I wonder if Nicki Minaj  would wear this tacky piece of junk found on the sale rack at Kmart.  Do not wear blouses ruined by gaudy plastic gold spikes. 

Derek J

Do not wear tacky metallic hot pants, especially if your physique fails to flatter the outfit.

Derek J demonstrates additional tackiness with these atrocious green pants and soccer-mom top.

Justin Bieber

Do not allow your pants to look like they're doubling as a bag.

Confederate Flag

Wearing the Confederate flag demonstrates tackiness, insensitivity, and a lack of patriotism. 

Women Wearing Fedoras

Women, do not wear fedoras.  Even though they don't look bad, avoid marring your style with a flimsy fashion trend which will expire within five years.

Jen Arnold: Always in Good Taste

Jen Arnold demonstrates all-around good taste, both in the style of her clothes and home.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Wealth sometimes fails to buy good taste.  Do not dress like a Barbie doll or a beauty pageant contestant. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolled Up Pants

Do not wear rolled up pants as part of a hipster-dufus image.  It looks ridiculous.  Guys who consider themselves edgy and trendy now will feel embarrassed in five years when they view old photos of themselves in their cutesy rolled up pants.

Exception:  Unless you're sporting a sharp pair of socks.

The Oscars: Best and Worst Dressed - Charlize Theron and Whoopi Goldberg, Respectively

 Charlize Theron for best-dressed, for her stunning sleekness. 

Whoopi Goldberg for worst-dressed.  She looks as though she cut the bottom out of a laundry bag, then put it over a white blouse.

Best Dressed Woman Under 40: Lupita Nyong'o

Refreshing to see a young woman who embodies elegance.  She's stunning.

American Idol Stylists

American Idol stylists should not get paid to dress contestants this poorly for television.

Problems from left to right:  Combining different patterns sometimes works, but this ensemble comes off as a mess. The pink and blue pants (a nauseating color combination) look like tacky pajama bottoms. White pants with a black top, jeans with a white T-shirt, and jeans with a blue shirt all betray an embarrassing lack of creativity.

Chanel Backpack

Haute couture posing as junk, with an obnoxious price tag to show off status.

Pants Above the Waist

Men, do not wear your pants high above your waists.  I have no idea why some men do this, since it consistently looks ridiculous.

Fabulous Rebecca

I did not know her.  She did not work in my department.  Of the hundreds of people on the floor, she stood out.  The first time I saw her, I thought she was fabulous.

She wears burgundy, today's version of a Renaissance aristocrat.  Funky and elegant.

She's glamorous!  She's fabulous!

Carol Channing: Woman of Style

Happy Birthday, Carol Channing, you are a woman of style.

Zebra Print

Do not follow the example of Paula Patton, whose dress was overpowered with zebra print.

Worn judiciously as part of an outfit, zebra print can work, though.

Beyonce

Do not dress like a doily.

Store Snobbery

Do not consider places like Walmart and thrift stores beneath your fashion dignity.  I found two sharp blouses at Walmart tonight for my mother at a combined cost of $8.00.

Coco Chanel Sneakers with Dresses

Coco Chanel, by passing off sneakers as haute couture, bypasses fashion as art to cater to the dress-down crowd.  I've seen women at work wear flip flops with dresses, and now Chanel dilutes style with sneakers.  What's next, house slippers with formal  gowns?

Whoopi Goldberg: Fashion Fiasco

She dresses as though she's mocking fashion, has no clue, or does not care.  She inspired Lupita Nyong'o to become an actress, but she certainly did not inspire Lupita's exquisite fashion sense.

Sorority Asses

Do not use your ass to let everyone know that you belong to a sorority.  Yoga pants may be so trendy, but large letters on the ass are a tacky fash-sin.

Trust the Mirror

Ignoring the mirror results in fash-sins.  Sometimes an outfit which looks good in my mind's eye fails to look good in the mirror, so I change the outfit until the mirror gives me positive feedback.  An outfit which looks spectacular on some people may look ridiculous on others, so don't blindly follow the lead of models and celebrities.  If the mirror tells you that you look boring, drab, dowdy, or tacky, change your outfit until the mirror reflects an image of sharpness, style, edginess, or glamour.  The mirror is your final arbiter.

Oversized Polo Shirts

Do not wear oversized polo shirts.  It looks like a mess.

Pee-wee Herman

Do not dress like Pee-wee Herman.

Short Sleeves over Long Sleeves

If you're too old to attend high school, do not wear short-sleeved shirts over long-sleeved shirts.  What's the point?

Denim Skirts

Do not wear denim skirts if they make you look dowdy or somewhat Amish.

Socks with Sandals

Do not wear socks with sandals.  This is a mortal fash-sin.

Brooks Brothers vs. Walmart

Do not be intimidated by high-quality stores.  I have bought items at Brooks Brothers less expensive than Walmart.  I paid $3.74 for the shirt I'm wearing today from Nordstrom Rack.

High-heeled Shoes

Do not wear high-heeled shoes in snow.  They may look good, but don't take fashion to the point of idiocy.