History Main / ImpossiblyTackyClothes

* In a sketch parodying ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' ("Went With the Wind!") on ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'', Carol (as "Starlet O'Hara") appears in a dress made from curtains, ''complete with the curtain rod'' (parodying a dress in the film, made from curtains ''sans'' rod).

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** In one strip set at a golf course, another golfer asks Jon 'Would you mind observing proper golf etiquette there, mister?' Jon apologizes for yelling at Garfield and Odie, and the golfer responds 'No, I'm talking about your outfit'. Now think about some of the outfits you see on golf courses outside the pros...

* ''Videogame/BrokenAge'': The offerings to "Mog Chothra" in the beginning wear extremely pimped out dresses.

* [[BigBadWannabe Benny's]] checkered suit in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', which is a sightly-more-than-slightly exaggeration of real life mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, one of the driving forces behind the Vegas Strip. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIk2ensUEAAZyaf.jpg Bugsy himself had a checkerboard suit but the squares were a lot smaller.]] Once the Courier kills him, several [=NPCs=] will comment on how tacky the suit was.

* In the Creator/DougWalker video "Reverend Nutjob", he encountered a man wearing a light yellow suit and declared "Lord, heal this man's fashion sense!"

* Jon Arbuckle in the various incarnations of ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}'', is well known for this. Mismatched patterns and polyester abound. It became a plot point in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' when the only way to stop a monster that ate clothing was polyester plaid leisure suits as found in Jon's wardrobe, which the monster hated.
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* In the Creator/LouisaMayAlcott novel ''Eight Cousins'', NaiveEverygirl Rose is dressed a very "fashionable" outfit. As it's a book, much is left to the imagination, but the narrator and characters comment on how overdone and awful it looks on her, except for the slave-to-fashion aunt who put her in it in the first place. Rose's uncle even lambasts the aunt on how unhealthy it is. (Then again, whalebone corsets? He has a point.) This is a case of WriterOnBoard, as Alcott has Rose then put on a much more modest and simple outfit to emphasize the simple, modest young lady she is (and that all her readers should strive to be).

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* In ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996'', particularly the live-action adaptation and its sequel starring Glenn Close, Cruella's outfits are monstrously over-the-top and shock anyone who sees them - but nobody is brave enough to confront her about it. Cruella is in search of the "perfect" fur coat and is convinced that it must be made from the skins of the dalmatian puppies.

* The ABBA outfits in ''Film/MurielsWedding'' (which clearly inspired the film ''Mamma Mia!'') are just truly horrible.

-->'''Winston:''' You look like a prostitute for wizards.
-->'''Cece:''' I look like a bullfighter in space.

--> '''Sven:''' Ah! Nooo... ''[Olive takes out the machine from his hat]'' Ahhh, how did you-
--> '''Olive:''' It's the only reason you'd wear a hat like ''this.''

--> '''Oprah:''' Since we're ahead of schedule, Otis is getting a new jacket.
--> '''Otis:''' What's wrong with this one?
--> '''Olympia:''' Mainly the entire ''back'' of it.
--> ''[Otis turns around to show his ripped jacket]''
--> '''Otis:''' It's just a little worn-in, is all.
--> '''Ms. O:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Otis, this is a]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor professional workplace.]]''

-->'''Maria''': Nicky, if you ever buy me clothes again, just follow this simple rule: Nothing that ''glows'' in the dark.

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* The ''entire point'' of Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "[[http://youtu.be/zq7Eki5EZ8o?list=UUshnCkfV7U6DqR4IHbQbI7Q Tacky]]" music video.
** Also mentioned numerous times in the song itself: wearing stripes with plaid, suspenders with a belt, socks with sandals, Uggs covered in glitter, pink Crocs covered in sequins, and an Ed Hardy shirt with fluorescent orange pants.

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* In ''The Comedians of Comedy'', Patton Oswalt talks about how he hates stand-up comics who start their bits by making fun of the clothes they're wearing. Not only does it require them to wear stupid clothes to every single gig, but it doesn't make any sense. Did someone forcibly dress them moments before they got onstage?
* Creator/RobinWilliams talked about these when discussing golf in his "Live on Broadway" special:
-->'''Robin''': Where you can dress like a pimp, and no one will care! Where you can wear clothes that would [[RefugeInAudacity make a blind gay man go, "Oh, dear Christ! That is loud! This isn't Carnivale; what the fuck are you people on?!"]]
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* In the Creator/DougWalker video "Reverend Nutjob", he encountered a man wearing a light yellow suit and declared "Lord, heal this man's fashion sense!"
* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' Cecil's attire apparently includes furry pants, a tunic, and a fanny pack. Quote Carlos on the fanny pack (albeit [[OfficialCouple adoringly]])
--> '''Carlos:''' I tell him it makes him look like a baby boomer mall mom on a cruise vacation.

* CostumePorn (as in the loads of detail are still tacky, or becomes tacky by sheer excess[[note]]Heck, this trope could have been called "Costume Gorn", if not for the confusion with wearing gore as clothes, like GenuineHumanHide[[/note]])

* CostumePorn (as in the loads of detail is still tacky, or becomes tacky by sheer excess[[note]]Heck, this trope could have been called "Costume Gorn", if not for the confusion with wearing gore as clothes, like GenuineHumanHide[[/note]])

* In one strip from the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Betty wants a new dress for a dance -- but her mother refuses to let her wear a rather daring gown. Betty promises to do all sorts of chores if her mom will let her wear it, but her mother refuses; she then says that if Betty will do those chores, her mother will ''make'' the dress. Unfortunately, the mother makes a dress that would have been embarrassingly out-of-date when ''she'' was Betty's age (it has puffed sleeves, which were in vogue in the ''late 1800s'')[[note]]This would have been the case even if you take into account when this comic was originally written. If we assume Betty is 17 in 1941 (the date ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' began), her mother would have been young enough to be aware of such dresses either going out of style, or being unfashionable altogether.[[/note]]
, and Betty is humiliated. Luckily, a man there likes the dress and takes Betty as his dance partner for the evening.

* In one strip from the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Betty wants a new dress for a dance -- but her mother refuses to let her wear a rather daring gown. Betty promises to do all sorts of chores if her mom will let her wear it, but her mother refuses; she then says that if Betty will do those chores, her mother will ''make'' the dress. Unfortunately, the mother makes a dress that would have been embarrassingly out-of-date when ''she'' was Betty's age (it has puffed sleeves, which were in vogue in the ''late 1800s'')[note]This would have been the case even if you take into account when this comic was originally written. If we assume Betty is 17 in 1941 (the date ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' began), her mother would have been young enough to be aware of such dresses either going out of style, or being unfashionable altogether.[[/note]]

* In one strip from the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Betty wants a new dress for a dance -- but her mother refuses to let her wear a rather daring gown. Betty promises to do all sorts of chores if her mom will let her wear it, but her mother refuses; she then says that if Betty will do those chores, her mother will ''make'' the dress. Unfortunately, the mother makes a dress that would have been embarrassingly out-of-date when ''she'' was Betty's age (it has puffed sleeves, which were in vogue in the ''late 1800s''), and Betty is humiliated. Luckily, a man there likes the dress and takes Betty as his dance partner for the evening.

* ''Series/TheChase'''s Bradley Walsh gets a ton of mileage on Paul Sinha's straight from the 70s white suit. So does Paul. [[http://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/people/300/p/paul_sinha_the_chase.jpg Behold]]. There's a reason his twitter feed lists him as a: "Prisoner of ITV's Fashion Consultants".

* The ABBA outfits in ''Muriel's Wedding'' (which clearly inspired the film ''Mamma Mia!'') are just truly horrible.

[-[[caption-width-right:300:''"But the guests will mistake me for a present!"'', she cried.]]-]

* Most of the bridesmaid dresses in ''Film/TwentySevenDresses'' are considered to be tacky. The male lead thinks all the brides made Jane wear such ugly outfits on purpose because they couldn't stand having a gorgeous, tall, and elegant woman like her next to them.

* In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' this is Jessica's opinion of the loud and colorful dress patterns favored by Pam, the secretary ([[YourCheatingHeart also lover]]) of [[AmoralAttorney Jeri Hogarth]].

** Kell talks Sheila into helping her stepdaughter Leona with planning her wedding with the threat that if she didn't, Leona would make her a bridesmaid instead and make her wear a dress which we don't see, but Sheila declared hideous. (The actual wedding shows that her bridesmaids avert this...kinda. They're wearing the wedding dresses that ''didn't'' win Leona's poll on which dress to wear.)

-->'''Mittens''': That dress. What was she thinking? It would've been more tasteful if she wore the wedding cake. It's got less flowers on it, and mercifully no Styrofoam birds. Though you’ve gotta admit, it’s better than Penny’s bridesmaid dress. She looks like a banana split, complete with sprinkles.

** Kell has to wear an embarrassing number with feathers and a tail when she was a bridesmaid in her secretary's wedding. She thought in her head she could use it for a Halloween costume.