History Main / IWasQuiteAFashionVictim

* One Majima Everywhere event in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kiwami'' has Majima in his "24 Hour Cinderella" outfit from ''0''. Even he has no idea what the hell he was thinking with it.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' had a strip where Jeremy asks his dad what he was like at 15. Apparently, he had a large poofy afro, bell-bottom pants, ridiculously tacky jacket and shirt, and had braces and granny glasses. Oh, and he played the clarinet. The image scares Jeremy enough it gets rid of his hiccup.

* The ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' episode [[Recap/DeathBattleS10E10ColeMacGrathVSAlexMercer "Cole McGrath vs. Alex Mercer]] is presented as a lost script that was originally written in 2013 and recently rediscovered, to reflect how the ''VideoGame/InFamous'' and ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' series that the combatants respectively hail from were at the peak of their popularity in the late '00s and early '10s and how long this episode had been planned given the DuelingWorks nature of their games. Throughout the episode, Wiz and Boomstick cringe at the dated internet humor on display throughout the video, including unironic use of the word "awesomesauce", asking WhoWritesThisCrap on more than one occasion.

This is virtually universally TruthInTelevision for people looking back on their younger days. Remember, people: whatever fashions you think are cool/hip/trendy/stylish today will eventually look ridiculous to future generations and/or yourself some years later.

* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'': Creator/JohnOliver [[SelfDeprecation often ridicules his older hairstyle]] which he wore when he was part of ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart''.

* In ''Series/TheNanny'' episode "The Kibbutz", the '70s flashback scenes show Fran Fine wearing ''10''-esque cornrows, Maxwell Sheffield wearing a leisure suit and PornStache, and C.C. Babcock with long, black Music/YokoOno-esque hair.

* Happens to a lot of young people when they first start choosing their own clothes and hairstyles. They can look ridiculous because they haven't found what styles work for them or they want to be part of some subculture.

* In IDW's authorized comic book ''[[Series/DoctorWho The Forgotten]]'', the Tenth Doctor and Martha discover a museum exhibit displaying several of the Doctor's past looks. Martha's reaction to Six's jacket: "Were you trying out for [[Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat Joseph]]?"

* Silk Spectre II mentions it in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''.
* [[Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' does this a lot, with regards to both his scaly green underoo Robin costume and his first, disco-ish Nightwing costume, though DependingOnTheWriter he doesn't actually see anything wrong with the latter.

* Parodied in ''Film/TheMuppets'': While they're tidying up the studio, Fozzie finds an EmbarrassingOldPhoto of him with EightiesHair ... or so he says. In fact, he looks exactly the same as he does now.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fancomic [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/1772Old "Maid Alliance's Dark History Presentation"]] has Kanako dig up some dirt on Sanae's past. [[http://i.imgur.com/QzFKd0t.jpg Such as this image.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/VentureBros'': In one episode, Brock and Rusty reminisce about a past escapade, and we see in the flashback that they've got ridiculous handlebar mustaches. The pair then share a self-deprecating laugh about having grown them.

When an old, embarrassing outfit is spoofed InUniverse.

Sometimes it's the character acknowledging how dumb they looked, but just as often it's their friends laughing at how dumb they used to look and that character not denying it, or we see the character back then and get a good laugh out of it.

* ''Guitar World'' magazine had a monthly feature where guitarists would answer reader-submitted questions. Alex Lifeson of Music/{{Rush}} was questioned on the band's stage clothing in their early years, and he responded, "We're hardly the only band to regret what we wore in TheSeventies."

* ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': In [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/ep-22-the-tournament "The Tournament,"]] the CoolAndUnusualPunishment for losing the bat family's video game tournament is to wear Dick Grayson's original Nightwing costume (one with a very deep V-Neck) for two weeks, which they treat [[FauxHorrific with great horror]]. Dick has no idea why his old outfit is treated as a punishment instead of a prize, while Barbara Gordon remarks that he's impossible to embarrass.

* ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': In [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/ep-22-the-tournament "The Tournament,]] the CoolAndUnusualPunishment for losing the bat family's video game tournament is to wear Dick Grayson's original Nightwing costume (one with a very deep V-Neck) for two weeks, which they treat [[FauxHorrific with great horror]]. Dick has no idea why his old outfit is treated as a punishment instead of a prize, while Barbara Gordon remarks that he's impossible to embarrass.