The nylon shell suit, popular with all Bailey Button Ugg Boots ages a few decades ago and a particular favourite of Jimmy Savile, came first of the horrors on the list compiled by fashion website missbutterfly.com.
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A company spokesman said: “Shell-suits definitely deserve to be voted the worst fashion crime of all times.
“I can’t believe how much they took off in the eighties. Let’s just hope they don’t make a return.”
Unfortunately, the Welsh hip-hop band Goldie Lookin’ Chain appear to have a liking for the brightly-coloured suits, and there is danger of a mini-revival at least.
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The tenth-worst item, furry Ugg boots, have a similar endorsement from celebrities such as Kate Moss and Sienna Miller.
Miss Moss has also included item number six, tank tops, in her collection for Top Shop – proving once and for all that it doesn’t pay to follow the crowd.