- New fashiontrends come out with the turn of every season— they then walk off the runway into stores and finally our closets.
- But just because something is on the runway doesn't mean it should be in your wardrobe.
- There have been countless fashion mishaps throughout the years, from poodle skirts to trucker hats.
- INSIDER turned to freelance stylist and former fashion market editor at V Magazine, Scott Shapiro, to help us dissect some of the very worst fashion trends that came out of the past century.
In the 1910s, hobble skirts were all the rage, but we have no idea why. Their name tells us exactly what it was like to wear them — women were hobbling around with floor-length skirts tight around their ankles.
Source: Harper's Bazaar, Business of Fashion
Even though the shape of the skirt was thought to be flattering, the ability to step more than a few inches at a time seems like a high price to pay for fashion.
Source: Business of Fashion, Mental Floss
Fashion in the 1920s is somewhat polarizing — people either love it or hate it. Scott Shapiro, a freelance stylist and former fashion market editor at V Magazine, told INSIDER that he loves almost everything about women's fashion from that decade, even the shoes, "which some might deem heinous."
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