Results: Dressing To Offend
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Kellyanne Conway certainly raised some eyebrows in her odd choice for Trump's inauguration, creating many funny meme comparisons. In an interview late January, she was quoted as saying "sorry to offend the black-stretch-pants women of America with a little color." Now, not sure her outfit actually offended anyone, but her choice of words certainly offended a lot of women who love their black stretch pants and wouldn't give them up for all the $3,600 Guccis in the world. So, what do you personally think of black stretch pants?
Love them! It's a staple in my wardrobe
14%
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271 votes
Love them on others, but I don't wear them
6%
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114 votes
Hate them. They should be banned from everyone's wardrobe
7%
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139 votes
Like them, as long as they are not leggings
7%
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126 votes
Depends on who is wearing them, and how stretchy they are
24%
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461 votes
No opinion one way or the other
40%
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759 votes
Other (please specify)
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20 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.79% | 15 | |
| not appropriate in public | 0.05% | 1 |
| that is because people made funof her. she was just standing up for herself and others who take the time to dress up. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm a guy. | 0.05% | 1 |
| please don't give kellyanne attention | 0.05% | 1 |
| She looked fine. Get some help. | 0.05% | 1 |
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Fashion has never ceased to offer some questionable and sometimes offensive trends. Here are a few from history. Which of these trends do you know about?
Black teeth -- In early Tudor England, sugar wasn't readily available. By the time that Elizabeth I came around, it was everywhere (though at a very high cost), and the Virgin Queen had a thing for sweets, causing her teeth to become black and decaying. Though Elizabeth's teeth were a product of a sweet tooth (and a whole lot of neglect), they also sparked a short-lived fashion trend in England: Women purposefully blackened their teeth to prove that they had enough money to buy sugar.
11%
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207 votes
Hobble skirts -- In the early 20th century, the hobble skirt was designed specifically to slow women down and prevent them from taking large steps, certainly symbolic of how women were viewed at the time.
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296 votes
Bombasting (shown)-- Popular during the Elizabethan era, men and women used to bombast their sleeves to create large, leg-of-mutton arms. Men would also bombast their doublets to create a filled out belly, a symbol of prosperity at the time.
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264 votes
Codpieces -- Codpieces were the penis enhancements of the 15th and 16th centuries. They were made out of a variety of materials — sometimes even carved from wood — and served to make men feel good about their members.
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329 votes
Powdered wigs -- In the middle ages, many of those in the upper and middle classes had syphilis which produced some raunchy symptomatic smells — and not to mention, baldness. To cover the smell, many people wore goat, horse, or human hair wigs called perukes. The wigs were powdered in scents like lavender and orange, to cover the stink coming from down below.
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607 votes
Knew none of these
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1002 votes
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There have been some questionable and offensive offerings from main stream fashion retailers over the years. Here are some recent ones. Which have you heard about?
Zara in 2014 got in hot water when they sold a children's shirt that resembled Holocaust prison garb.The striped pajamas featured a yellow star, which drew similarities to the Star of David. Shirt was pulled quickly out of stores.
11%
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200 votes
Abercrombie & Fitch 2002 line of thong panties featuring sayings like wink wink, eye candy, and kiss me, in a line marketed for girls ages 7-14.
12%
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219 votes
Adidas quickly cancelled its line of shackled sneakers in 2012, which evoked images of racist slavery
7%
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127 votes
Abercrombie & Fitch again, in 2011, selling push-up bikini tops for children ages 7 to 14
8%
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150 votes
Urban Outfitters pulled a Kent State vintage sweatshirt with blood splatters although they insisted it was just discolorations
10%
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182 votes
Gap pulled a black-and-white Manifest Destiny shirt from shelves after facing backlash about the root of the phrase, which led to the genocide of millions of people, particularly Native Americans.
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103 votes
Urban Outfitters offended basically everyone when they released this V-neck t-shirt with the words Eat Less inscribed across it, after being slammed for promoting eating-disorders,
8%
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145 votes
Knew about none of these
68%
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1289 votes
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