10 Weird Trends of 2021 That Are Actually Happening

FOMO can't fix ugly!

1. Phonecase “Handbags”

Okay slap a chain on the phone case and call it a handbag. Cool. What next? Where are you putting your money, cards, hand sanitiser and lotion, keys… It might be a quirky look but it’s far from practical, it borders on juvenile.

2. Baguette bag

Is it bread or a bag? We will never know! The baguette bag has blown up and dragged us back into the deep echelons of the early 2000’s… but not in a good way. In no way does anyone, supermodel or regular Jane, look good with one half of the bag peeking from under their armpits. Just, no!

3. Hoof Shoes

We laughed when Maison Margiela first introduced these boots with a split toe, but it’s getting serious now. Everyone has them, and being constantly bombarded by the shoes every time I turn to Instagram does not make it any less horrific! Why do you want hooves, aren’t human feet enough? Got us looking like a herd of goats, smh…

4. BBL Fashion

You know the kind, those dresses with cutouts in the most impractical places, with a look that won’t look good in anyone who hasn’t had a Brazilian Butt Lift surgery. They are usually made in an atrocious colour with either tiny strings holding it together at the side, or cutouts that suggest the designer was on a budget and had to make 10 dresses out of the fabric for just 2. One sneeze and it’s all over.

5. Chunky Slippers

Yeezy started the madness, and just like any crazy trend that is started by Kanye, we ridicule it until FOMO has us handing over our credit information. My fellow fashion darlings, keep your eyes on the prize, these things are UGLY! No amount of fomo or photos of the Kardashian-Jenners will make these shoes pretty. Yes, you may have seen baby Saint wearing them but it’s a trap! Run!

6. Baclavas

This may have evolved due to the new normal of wearing masks everywhere, but Baclavas have surged to popularity over the year. Most recently executed by Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala when she had her face completely covered in a pitch black baclava. The look was both intriguing and unnerving at the same time, with no one knowing how to react to it. Is it too much to ask that we still see your eyes while you are around us?

7. Visible thong

Some of the worst parts of Y2K fashion is rearing it’s head. Low-rise jeans paired with a thong with the intention of showing the thong off is something I hoped we had thrown away in 2004, but here we are. People think Butt cleavage is a thing again. We don’t want to see it.

8. That green Shein dress in particular

The gu print is everywhere, and tacky as ever. Make it stop!

9. Crocs

I don’t care how many bedazzled pins you adorn your Crocs with, Crocs are still Crocs. House shoes. Leave them there.

10. Drowning in fabric

Bulky sweatshirt with bulky sweatpants, or tons of layers. Why my dear? Why drown in all this fabric when we could share with the designers who make the cutout dresses…