Fashion No No’s

For the love of god, why? They were heinous the first time they were popular, and certainly they have not aged any better.

Tapered pants (as in, so tight at the ankle you can hardly get your foot through) were like, totally awesome in the '80s. But not really. Because as soon as we realized how ridiculous they looked, (and certainly they did) we embraced the boot cut. And now tapered pants are, like, totally grody.

"Totally to the max," agrees Carrie Krysanick of Hyde Park. "They just make for bad silhouettes." As one who "pegged" her pants in college and at one point even diagonally hand-stitched some jeans for a tighter calf-hugging fit, Krysanick is a near-expert on the phenomenon. But even she cannot explain the recent return of the taper.

Jane magazine said to "Do this don't." The "don't" was wearing tapered jeans with heels. The magazine said it would "slim" the leg - except that only tall, already-slim women can pull this off. And there are only about 12 of them in the whole world.

Then the Wall Street Journal put the look on its Marketplace cover, complete with drawings of women in tight-tapered jeans with heels, off-the-shoulder Belinda Carlisle-esque tops and big hair. (OK, so the Wall Street Journal isn't exactly a bastion of fashion. Nonetheless. The whole situation is terrifying.)

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