34 Outfits So Terrible They Deserve Jail Time With No Parole (Best Of All Time)
Interview With ExpertHumans have been making and designing clothes for thousands of years, and to this day, we still find ways to transform them and come up with something new time and time again. However, some attempts at doing so aren’t always successful and (nowadays) end up online for everyone to see and critique.
Today, we present you with a best-of-all-time compilation of badly designed clothing pieces we’ve previously featured on Bored Panda. They are the perfect proof that you can’t just slap some fabric together and call it a garment.
While you're scrolling through, don't forget to check out a conversation with freelance fashion designer Harriet Goodings, who kindly agreed to tell us more about dress design in particular.
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They even included the pockets women want, but too far down to reach 😅
Load More Replies...The only things stupider than the design of those pants are the idiots who spend $648.00 on them
Outcome and placement aside… who thought of this and was like “Yes. Good.”
I don't free bleed and I definitely don't need clothes that make me look like I am.
Why is no one mentioning the hat? The dress is disturbing but the hat adds a weird surreal sailor suit aspect that makes this so much worse.
But boss it is hideous. I'm a famous designer slap my name on it and they will buy it.
It's hard to tell whether these clothes and dresses, in particular, are trying to make a bold fashion statement or are truly the epitome of poor design. To be able to differentiate between the two, we reached out to freelance fashion designer Harriet Goodings (@harrietgoodingsdesign), who's been in the fashion industry for more than 12 years.
"Poor design can be a dress that doesn’t fit correctly, maybe the collar stands away from the body or the armhole is in the wrong place," she explains.
do the legs have some anti gravity device in them to keep them from sagging elastic can do a lot but not that?
I have seen similar looks on drag queens with better style and e*******n
Yeah I feel like if a drag queen wore this it would be adjusted and have some flair and style to it.
Load More Replies...Well, considering Balenciaga sells an outrageously expensive trash bag, this is not even the worst.
You know,I would totaly carry around celery stalk and enjoy the stares. But that price is ridiculous.
Or pregnancy check cows. also if it rains it would funnel the water down to the hand.
Load More Replies...Whereas a bold fashion statement is something that turns heads and gets people talking, she tells us. "It’s more of an emotive response," Harriet notes.
"It’s also dependent on the wearer. If the person feels good, who is anyone else to say the design is poor?"
What do you want to wear ? Pants. Okay, with what ? Pants.
Reminds me of the picture of the kid that wanted to be pants for Halloween. (Maybe that's where they got their inspiration.)
At least the kid was only temporary and like Chewy said he wore it better.
Load More Replies...As a man gets older he tends to hike his pants higher and higher. This is the logical conclusion.
At least with these pants we won't be treated to the spectacle that is his glorious under pants.
When they try too hard to convince you they wear the pants in their relationship. Yup. Sure you do buddy.
Just want to scream like Mr Incredible math is math... pants is pants people!
Not to be Buzz Killington, but this a crop top; those aren't legs, they're to tie into a bow under the bust. Took me a while though...!
I believe you need to wrap those thingies around you and tie with a bow....
Or lay it out on your bed and accidentally lay down on it
Load More Replies...If it was a little half the price, I would buy it. Pull all the Legos off of it and throw rest of it away.
That's one way to make sure they don't leave their clothes on the floor
When it comes to the construction of dresses, Harriet says that depending on the complexity of the design, they're usually neither more difficult nor easier than any other type of garment to make.
"A ready-to-wear dress will involve many rounds of fittings and smaller quantities of production. Whereas a fast fashion chain will have strict deadlines and may not meet the high standards of fitting, attention to detail, and sustainability like their RTW peers," she explains.
My mind is trying think of ways this might work, probably ought to stop scrolling now
The right size would help. And you know you're gonna keep scrolling. We have to. It's like a disturbing compulsion to see just how bad it can get
Load More Replies...So he bought a warehouse of unsold trench coats and is trying to figure out how to make some money from them
Skeeter! Stack the hay bails and tell ma to pluck a few chickens....we gonna have us a weddin' yall.
Load More Replies...The perfect combination for combing your two… ohhhh wait… one family.
When you want casual and you compromise with the family that thinks it needs to be elegant
The bedazzling on the plaid shirt really makes a statement...
Load More Replies...Worse. A garnent created from brand-new but cheap and shoddy material designed to look like an upcycled garment to satisfy fast fashion demand.
Load More Replies...Millions of tailors and seamstresses saw armholes without single dart and cried in terror.
The process of making a dress usually involves coming up with a design (which can sometimes take a lot of research), making a pattern and cutting it to size, making the toile, fitting, choosing the right fabric, and making the final garment with some last touches of draping and styling.
The toile in clothing design refers to an early version of a finished garment, or simply put, it's a draft of the final design. It's usually made of cheaper fabric (cloth or canvas) to test the design and perfect it before making it out of the final fabric. Toile allows designers to visualize their design and make any necessary tweaks to it.
We can't even see the word S>E>X>Y anymore? Really BP? Are we in pre school?
I saw a blurred S word and automatically S-H-I-T-T-Y, which honestly seems more appropriate here.
Load More Replies...Is this little denim teaser for when your multiple personalities start to split and you keep flipping side to side trying to figure out which one of them you are gonna be???
If I think a car is s e x y, does that make me a pervert or predator? Maybe I'm a car predator...I lurk in the darkness, watching cars go by..with my night vision goggles..
I don't even want to know what's on your computer
Load More Replies...I’m sure some will find this offensive, but I’m convinced that there must be a Helen Keller School of Fashion Design somewhere that explains these monstrosities
So it's going to be cool and breezy on your right side and hot and sunny on your left
Guess it doesn’t take much to become a fashion designer these days, oh well, if I ever lose my job I can go into the fashion industry too.
The design of the dress itself is gorgeous...the fabric and print choice? Utter trash
Plus it's oddly placed and cropped. They could have pulled this off making it abstract or centering the image
Load More Replies...It's getting pretty sad when I get excited about this dress -- because at least it's intact.
oh i would absolutely wear that to a party or smth just to be annoying
The first thing I saw when I noticed the green and blue was just a windows XP dress, and the teletubbies realization did not improve it.
On top of this, clothing brands have tech packs for their designs, which are essentially blueprints for final garments. It includes sketches of the design, information on materials to be used, measurement specifications, size gradings, colorways, etc. Tech packs are used as a tool to communicate with manufacturers so the accuracy of design and quality are ensured.
SHEIN has become so trashy. My daughter got a couple of things from them when they first opened and they were cheap and good for maybe one wear. Supporting this site is supporting excess water, including your own money.
They still have some good clothing, only need to know what you are looking for.
Load More Replies...From Shein this is probably a production mistake. "But what the hēll. Let's try it. These fools will buy anything now."
Ugly,i want to say pants? Killer legs. Just really top notch leg.
Those Fred Flintstones sandals really do pull her whole racy evening cavelady ensemble together very well! 🪨
True, but Supergirl has better fashion sense
Load More Replies...Forget about dress, what's wrong with fingers on her left hand?
looks like somebody took a hot pink sharpie and drew an outline of bra and panties on this photograph???
However, tech packs don't protect from poor design choices of the designer. One of the most common design mistakes that Harriet sees in dresses is having too many details.
"The design is supposed to elevate the look of the wearer by complimenting their proportions and making them feel good wearing it. If the silhouette isn’t considered, it can be quite jarring on the eye," she explains.
Could you imagine trying to wear this if you even had the slightest hint of a breast?
they have been photoshopped out to oblivion
Load More Replies...And now I imagined it on cat... with multiple covers for one side nipples
Load More Replies...The dress is the least of her worries, look what it’s done to her right arm!
How hard it must be for her to find fashionable clothing with that arm and only one breast.
This looks like the 90's idea of what it thought daring fashion would be now.
I wonder how many Danish shortbread tins were emptied to make that
Someone read about the Pearly Kings and Queens and went low budget…
Yeah I can't judge if it's clever or creepy without seeing it modeled.
Load More Replies...I think it's pretty cool, but most likely not very comfortable to wear. And, whoever posted this: please learn how to spell.
This looks like a pokemon evolution line except they keep getting uglier...
These might be some of the ugliest dresses I’ve ever seen. I cannot believe these women actually agreed to wear them, no less be photographed in them. I wonder what they did to make the bride hate them so much
I haven't seen something this ill-fitting since I tried to squeeze into a pair of 29 (m) jeans!
Harriet says that the most important thing to consider when designing a dress while ensuring that it’s both stylish and comfortable is to think about what is setting the design apart from others.
"What is your design doing that your competitors aren’t? Maybe the way the fabric moves or the subtle details and simplicity are what make the style eye-catching. Making sure that getting into the dress is easy and not too fussy. Fabric plays a big role in comfort as well as style."
Nothing wrong with the talent of the seamstress, its the choice of fabric that is awful.
Load More Replies...The bride gained 30 pounds between ordering, and the wedding day
Load More Replies...Is it made from curtain fabric? Gone With the Wind vibes if Scarlett was a redneck.
"Hey, Biff. Get a load of this guy's life preserver. Dork thinks he's gonna drown!"
This one is actually meant to be worn as a scarf. I've seen variations on this theme from a lot of places over the years, even have something like it - very practical when it's -20C and the wind is sucking the life out of you. Not one teeny draft makes it down your neck.
Dayglo green has never been, nor will it ever be, anyone's colour.
That is the most intense dayglo I have ever seen. I think I burned my retinas
Load More Replies...By the looks of the other girl, this looks like an outfit from some kind of dance show.
Yeah, neither of them are top of the fashion, only one is colored brighter. Maybe some strange idea of "retro"?
Load More Replies...Can you imagine - you finally get a modelling job and THIS is what you have to wear....
Load More Replies...If that didn't make the groom run for the hills, I don't know what would...unless he was also the dress designer
When you take the first bite of your chocolate easter bunny.
Load More Replies...The Photoshop program was hungry for digital flesh, I suppose.
Load More Replies...Tbf I think I’d like it better without the chunk of leg missing, it’s a cute outfit!
my dear, if you are asking for advise, while wearing all the extra clothing, you are probably not going to wear it come wedding day, as YOU as not happy with it. Sorry
Primary school princess outfit. Not to criticise primary school kids, either.
When the wedding is forecast to be during the middle of a blizzard. Outside
Works at any wedding where the bride and groom are first cousins and not members of a European royal family
Is SHEIN become a modern day Fredrick's of Hollywood? You remember, Fredrick's of Hollywood there used to be stores in all the big malls and they specialized mostly in cheap, trashy, street walker lingerie? Oh, and they had a big mail-order catalogue business, too. They also had a big selection of FM shoes.
It suits my body right now. Classier than pajama pants and a scrub shirt
Load More Replies...I saw one of these walking around at the mall. Could not believe someone would wear that!
Maybe, but it's still weird. There doesn't seem to be a part that lifts up for the other side, and as far as I'm aware, most breastfeeding mothers alternate sides. Also, the hole seems photoshopped because it goes through the back, and this seems like it would be pretty tacky for a backless dress, especially since you can see the back neckline.
Load More Replies...I saw Regina George wearing holes in her dress so I wore holes in my dress. #SoFetch
I see this c**p on Amazon all the time and I don't understand how others cannot clearly see it
Load More Replies...Photoshop is hitting this outfit hard! They could have at least made it look like a real outfit
Bodice "fake leather" doesn't match the dress imo, but else...depending on the occasion?
Faux leather??? Otherwise...could be worse. If it were cheaper, that is.
To quote the great Patsy Stone: I can raise hemlines so high the whole world's your gynaecologist!
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. At one point, I remember thinking, they really are running out of ideas. This article proves I was right.
Many were really terrible. A few were not too bad, and # 33 I actually like and would gladly wear it. No fashion crime in this one, imho
To quote the great Patsy Stone: I can raise hemlines so high the whole world's your gynaecologist!
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. At one point, I remember thinking, they really are running out of ideas. This article proves I was right.
Many were really terrible. A few were not too bad, and # 33 I actually like and would gladly wear it. No fashion crime in this one, imho
