Ugly fashions

Oreo

DM’s were ugly too when in fashion and worn with pretty dresses😬

Ooh, I still love a pair of DMs!
And some of the loveliest, least judgemental people I've known have had either tattoos or piercings, or both. Never judge a book by its cover...

I don't like tattoos, one son has four on his arms, one of which, the first one was a homage to his older brother, my stepson, who died when he was 18 and a great loss to my children, but as my husband said to him at the time, "he was your brother, but he was my son, and I certainly don't need a tattoo to remember him by, but I almost understand you doing it, don't get anymore" but he did! My other son has never been tempted, mainly because his girlfriend and partner of over ten years really hates them, but that aside I don't think he would anyway he's not easily led by what other people do.

Having said all that, there was an advertisement on tv, where a woman who had to have a mastectomy for breast cancer, had a climbing rose, I think, tattooed where the missing breast had been. For the first time I really got why she'd had that done, a celebration of her survival in a place that would be only visible to her. Although when I see people who have them in such obvious places as face neck and hands it makes me shudder, they're there forever.

I had to laugh when I read about David Dimbleby having one on his back, and why do people have them their back but getting to whatever age he was at that time, he suddenly has some sort of light bulb moment, "I must have a tattoo!" oh go away and behave, you affected old pseud why do it in a blaze of publicity Or pretentious inscriptions in say Sanskrit, Chinese lettering like the wearer grew up fully conversant with a language that is relatively obscure, worse still the geographical co-ordinates of where children were born. God why would anyone want that all over their back? I don't mind a discreet one, but oh wasn't it terribly daring to learn that Sam Cam smack arsed face's wife the new PM's wife at the time had a lovely little dolphin on her ankle, how very bang on trend and damn edgy, I couldn't help wondering if he had one too somewhere, something that would resonate, "Greensill" maybe?

butterandjam

@keepingquiet

"I am thankful that neither of my children have tattoos or piercings. I must have brought them up right. lol."

That sounds very judgmental about other parents……..

@keepingquiet

"I am thankful that neither of my children have tattoos or piercings. I must have brought them up right. lol."

lol, or maybe you successfully brought up your children to keep quiet....

about tattoos and piercings in places mother will never see/ know about.

foxie48 👏👏👏

I think there are two sorts of people, well maybe three.

Those who are genuinely offended and upset by how other people look.

Those who don't like some other peoples looks but take the attitude "Their body their choice."

Those who really couldn't give a monkey's about what other people look like.

The older I get, the less inclined I am to judge the choices others make unless they adversely affect other people. My mother hated pierced ears, but I had mine pierced and always wear ear rings. I'm not keen on lots of ear piercings but my younger daughter has several and wear lots of little ear rings. Her ears, her choice! She also wears a discreet nose ring. She's got 16 letters after her name and is a fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, I doubt any of her patients care much about her piercings! My older daughter has a large tattoo although she now regrets having it. However, it was her choice and she's having to live with the consequences but it hasn't stopped her from having five books published! FGS live and let live. There's a phrase, "don't judge a book by it's cover" and for anyone to suggest that someone has been brought up badly if they choose to have piercings or tattoos is somewhat sanctimonious.

Chocolatelovinggran

My son shaves his head because he is almost bald. I think that he's quite good looking, and so does his lovely wife.

Same with my son - so much better than a seventies comb over!

Tizliz

Things change. 20 years ago I was an engineer co-ordinator, any of my engineers who had tattoos were issued with long sleeved company shirts in case they offended customers.

A young car hire company employee we encountered in Cyprus a few years ago, told us he really regretted the tattoos on his arms, because the company insisted on long sleeved shirts to cover them up - in that stifling summer heat.

Babs03

I thought this thread was about the awful wide legged trousers dominating the fashion scene.🫤

Me too! Extra wide, and barrel legs. All utterly hideous IMO.

RosieandherMaw

ViceVersa

Wow, awful lot of judgemental people on here!

Well if you have a thread entitled”Ugly fashions” it’s going to be judgemental by definition isn’t it?

Yes Rosie, and judgemental is what interests me. It's interesting what criteria people hold to.

Things change. 20 years ago I was an engineer co-ordinator, any of my engineers who had tattoos were issued with long sleeved company shirts in case they offended customers.

Oreo - exactly! But as I said with the tatties, it's their bodies and choices, although I do find it repulsive!

I still think that tattoos on a slim, attractive 20 year old will not look the same in another 40 or so years.

Flabby, wrinkled skin. Not a pretty sight.

DeeDaa, if I'd have seen that spidoid tattie on his head I'd have dropped dead with a heart attack as I'm arachnophobic!

Hard to imagine any person wanting the pain of a piercing on their thingie😂

DM’s were ugly too when in fashion and worn with pretty dresses😬

I know various people who are covered in tatties. I have no objection to tatties, it's their bodies and they can do what they want with them, a couple of women who work at our 2 convenience stores - one is the manager - both have arms and hands covered in them - but I can't abide seeing them on necks, faces or heads.

The teardrop below the eye indicates prison/gang culture, even if you've never been involved with such things!

As for piercings, I can't abide them, full stop, not even ears. If I were an employer and someone came in for an interview and their ears were full of these huge CD disks and/or multiple piercings and the same to the face, they wouldn't get the interview!

I used to know a woman in her 20s - this was 20 odd years ago - who had chains pierced into her belly button and down into her ... you know what -! And a male work colleague had piercings in his ... you know what! - He offered to show me, which I refused point-blank, and I ran out sickened just thinking of it!

When I was working as a bus driver, a male driver said to me''have a look at this photo on my mobile'' It was his friend's ''thingie'' absolutely covered in piercings!

Just basic ear piercing makes me sick!

Deedaa

My daughter has a small tattoo of a dolphin, which is only visible if she wears a bikini. On the whole I don't like women with a lot of tattoos because very few clothes seem to look good with them. Presumably the women who have their arms and chests covered aren't as bothered. I met a man who was completely bald and had the most amazing tattoo of a spider covering most of his head and I stopped and had a long chat with him.

Shudder!

My sons have got tattoos - I hate that. Whatever made them get the tattoos, I don’t know. I truly hate seeing tattoos.
Fortunately, their employers did not ask them whether they had any tattoos. One is a neurosurgeon and the other is the General Manager of a Pharmaceutical Company.
They certainly would not be able to get jobs as fashion models. 😂

My daughter has a small tattoo of a dolphin, which is only visible if she wears a bikini. On the whole I don't like women with a lot of tattoos because very few clothes seem to look good with them. Presumably the women who have their arms and chests covered aren't as bothered. I met a man who was completely bald and had the most amazing tattoo of a spider covering most of his head and I stopped and had a long chat with him.

I thought this thread was about the awful wide legged trousers dominating the fashion scene.🫤

My son shaves his head because he is almost bald. I think that he's quite good looking, and so does his lovely wife.

I don't like walking past tattoo parlours and seeing the customers with every bit of visible skin tattooed or pierced. I would not employ anyone with visible piercings or tattoos. I also don't like a shaved head with a a mohican on the top and naked midriffs on a flabby body.
I look at photos of me in mini skirts and they really were mini but mother never commented. I think every generation want to be the opposite of their parents.

I don’t mind the small pretty tattoos, a butterfly on the shoulder or ankle.Less is more.