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" \n &amp;quot;I loved Sex and the City when it was on TV and took a lot of style pointers from Carrie. I particularly liked the phase where she wore a big flower pin on her clothes. I couldn&amp;#039;t find one at my local mall, so I went and bought fake flowers and glued on safety pins to fasten them on my shirts. I started with just one, but I had so many that eventually I would wear five of them at a time. I thought it was a really unique look. Now, I realize that the fake flowers were tacky and having so many of them on me at once made it look like I had a garden on my boobs.&amp;quot; \u2014Eliza, 25 &amp;quot;When I was in college I saw this music video where the female lead singer was wearing a mini skirt, tights, and then had cut off the legs of a pair of jeans and safety-pinned them to the tights. It looked so rock &amp;#039;n roll on TV and seemed pretty easy to recreate. So, I decided to replicate the outfit on a night I was heading to a concert with friends. I cut up some old jeans and attached them to my tights and thought it look pretty cool. But by the time I was at the concert, the weight of the jeans had torn huge holes in my tights and I just looked like a freak. My friends have pictures of that night and still tease me about the terrible look.&amp;quot; \u2014Morgan, 26 &amp;quot;A few years back a popular store was selling these mini-dresses in metallic colors like gold and silver. They were really stretchy and showed off your figure. I figured the silver would be perfect for a New Years party I was going to so I bought one and wore it. It looked great in my bedroom, but the minute I got to the party, I knew it was a mistake. It was made from such thin fabric that I was constantly nipping out. And the stretch fabric meant that every time I took a step, it would slide up my thighs and practically exposed my privates to everyone. Instead of looking sexy, I looked like a hooker.&amp;quot; \u2014Sara, 23 &amp;quot;When I graduated college the school I went to threw a big gala for graduates. It was formal, and deciding what to wear was really fun. I decided to go with a long, simple black dress and then pile on jewelry. I wore gold bangles on both arms that practically reached my elbows, a few rings on my hands, and then piled on every gold necklace I owned. I figured I would look very Mary-Kate Olson. A few weeks later when I looked at the photos, I realized that I looked like I was being eaten alive by my jewelry. I looked so uncomfortable.&amp;quot; \u2014Megan, 27 &amp;quot;I was a bit of a rocker chick in college. I dyed my hair hot pink and thought it looked awesome. Seriously, Pink (the singer) was my inspiration. I loved my hair and decided I wanted to create a signature style to go along with it. So, for three months while I had that hair, I would only wear hot pink. I painted my finger nails that color, wore lip gloss that shade, and every article of clothing was shockingly pink. It seemed cool at the time, but now I realize I probably looked like a piece of bubble gum.&amp;quot; \u2014Ann, 31 &amp;quot;I met a new guy and was going out with him. We decided to go to a fun biker bar. I really wanted to look hot for him, so I decided to wear leather pants and a leather vest that I had. I had never worn them together, but thought it would be sexy and appropriate for where we were going. I got to the bar and immediately started sweating. It was warm out that day and the place had no A/C. I could not cool down. I kept having to wipe sweat from my brow and was totally mortified. In hindsight, the all leather look was not only hot (literally), it probably looked a little dominatrix. We never went out again after that.&amp;quot; \u2014Sue, 29 &amp;quot;I used to work for a sexual awareness group that promoted safe sex. I&amp;#039;m really passionate about it and always try to tell people why it&amp;#039;s so important. A few years ago, I decided that instead of telling people, I would wear my message. So, when I would go out with friends, I would wear a necklace I had made of strung together condoms. That way, when they asked why I had condoms on, I could explain what I did for a living and how important the message was. I really thought it was a great conversation starter. Finally, my best friend told me I had to stop because I looked like a big weirdo.&amp;quot; \u2014Stephanie, 27 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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