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Fringe skirt by Kettle Black, $146.00 at shopbop. I don’t know how to tell you this bro, but your skirt has muttonchops.

Fringe skirt by Kettle Black, $146.00 at shopbop.

I don’t know how to tell you this bro, but your skirt has muttonchops.

Destroyed jeans with attached lining by 7 for all Mankind, $198.00 at Tobi. Are we - the fashion buying public - so lazy that brands are now pre-layering our denim and leggings?  Or do they just think we are?

Destroyed jeans with attached lining by 7 for all Mankind, $198.00 at Tobi.

Are we - the fashion buying public - so lazy that brands are now pre-layering our denim and leggings?  Or do they just think we are?

Silk faille tulip skirt by Oscar de la Renta, $1,290.00 at Net-a-Porter. The description of this says that the blob on the side of the skirt is supposed to be a rosette.  How?  It looks like they had some extra fabric, crumbled it into a ball, and put some stitches in it.  OdlR can do so much better.

Silk faille tulip skirt by Oscar de la Renta, $1,290.00 at Net-a-Porter.

The description of this says that the blob on the side of the skirt is supposed to be a rosette.  How?  It looks like they had some extra fabric, crumbled it into a ball, and put some stitches in it.  OdlR can do so much better.

Acid wash torn leggings by Nightcap, $99.00 at Revolve Clothing. Now we may add another chapter to the skirted leggings saga.  Individually, I think all the of trends represented here can work (ok, I hate skirted leggings, but I admit I may be unfairly biased), but when you put all the extreme trends together in one piece, it looks messy and and makes you look like a fashion victim.  Sometimes, less is more.

Acid wash torn leggings by Nightcap, $99.00 at Revolve Clothing.

Now we may add another chapter to the skirted leggings saga.  Individually, I think all the of trends represented here can work (ok, I hate skirted leggings, but I admit I may be unfairly biased), but when you put all the extreme trends together in one piece, it looks messy and and makes you look like a fashion victim.  Sometimes, less is more.

Cotton Pom Pom keyring by Lanvin, $235.00 at Net-a-Porter. If you thought that last post was a poor attempt to use up all the scraps from other designs, then you are in for a treat.  This pom pom key chain takes shreds of fabric, presumably from actual designs, ties them in a ball, and sticks them on a metal keyring.  Viola, three hundred bucks of fashion.

Cotton Pom Pom keyring by Lanvin, $235.00 at Net-a-Porter.

If you thought that last post was a poor attempt to use up all the scraps from other designs, then you are in for a treat.  This pom pom key chain takes shreds of fabric, presumably from actual designs, ties them in a ball, and sticks them on a metal keyring.  Viola, three hundred bucks of fashion.

Tight leather patch jean by Cheap Monday, on sale for $29.95 at Karmaloop. Why are the leather pieces so clean and geometric on a distressed jean?  It seems haphazard to me.  No wonder they are on sale for over half the original sale price. Oh, and they are also really ugly.

Tight leather patch jean by Cheap Monday, on sale for $29.95 at Karmaloop.

Why are the leather pieces so clean and geometric on a distressed jean?  It seems haphazard to me.  No wonder they are on sale for over half the original sale price. Oh, and they are also really ugly.

Gladiator Sneakers by What Comes Around Goes Around, $145.00 at Singer22. Nothing I have posted has enraged me quite like this pair of shoes. WCAGA took a pair of Converse All-Stars ($38.99 on Amazon) and cut them up.  They then charged hundreds more for these sliced and diced shoes than their original retail price.  They did not conceive of the shoe, or even made their own knockoff version, they simply edited it and put it back on the market.  How is this acceptable? WCAGA also offers their butchered Converse in bedazzled versions, which cost even more.  At least these are trendy and cute, the cut up versions remind me of Keens.  Still, the only thing that would justify the price is if the studs were made out of actual gold. Now, I know I am picking on WCAGA a bit, but I will end with saying that this brand is far from the only one committing this fashion failure, Bess has their own version of studded Converse for 264 bucks. View high resolution

Gladiator Sneakers by What Comes Around Goes Around, $145.00 at Singer22.

Nothing I have posted has enraged me quite like this pair of shoes. WCAGA took a pair of Converse All-Stars ($38.99 on Amazon) and cut them up.  They then charged hundreds more for these sliced and diced shoes than their original retail price.  They did not conceive of the shoe, or even made their own knockoff version, they simply edited it and put it back on the market.  How is this acceptable?

WCAGA also offers their butchered Converse in bedazzled versions, which cost even more.  At least these are trendy and cute, the cut up versions remind me of Keens.  Still, the only thing that would justify the price is if the studs were made out of actual gold.

Now, I know I am picking on WCAGA a bit, but I will end with saying that this brand is far from the only one committing this fashion failure, Bess has their own version of studded Converse for 264 bucks.

Oversized thrashed tee by LnA, $88.00 at Singer22. OMG, you’re telling me that I can get a baggy, cut up t-shirt for only 88 bucks?  BRB, getting my credit cards and ordering it in every color. View high resolution

Oversized thrashed tee by LnA, $88.00 at Singer22.

OMG, you’re telling me that I can get a baggy, cut up t-shirt for only 88 bucks?  BRB, getting my credit cards and ordering it in every color.