Bad Taste 101
The 101 Things A Man Should Never Wear
by Shawn Rahman and Peter Carbonaro
125 x 125 Style

Although it's sometimes hard to place a finger on good taste, it's much easier (and a hell of a lot more fun) to point out the "dont's" of personal style. Below, our list of one hundred and one things a man should never, under any circumstances, wear. Enjoy, but more importantly, heed our warnings.

1. Bucket hats. 2. Visors. 3. Sideways visors. 4. Sideways baseball caps. 5. Headbands. 6. Mullets (the haircut). 7. Mullets (a type of fresh-water fish typically used for bait). 8. Hair that has been manipulated for an hour to achieve the desired "tousled" look. 9. Enough hair on the back of your neck to indicate that it's time for a haircut. 10. Shoulder-length perms. 11. Ponytails. 12. Comb-overs. 13. Nehru jackets. 14. Short-sleeved dress shirts with ties. 15. Band-collared shirts. 16. Tee shirts with oh-so-humorous messages on them. 17. Tee shirts with oh-so-offensive messages on them. 18. Tee shirts that expose one's midriff, intentional or otherwise. 19. Polo shirts with the collar turned up. 20. Any article of clothing at all with the collar turned up. 21. Sheer shirts. 22. Sheer pants. 23. Spiked collars. 24. Speedo bikinis. 25. Thong bikini underwear. 26. Any pair of underwear that features a depiction of an elephant or Pinocchio on its frontal side so as to imply that the wearer's penis is akin to an elephant's trunk or the magically-expanding nose of a wooden puppet. 27. Any underwear that, in the event it must be exposed in the process of getting undressed to have sex, will immediately cause your sexual partner to put their clothes back on. 28. Unibrows. 29. Tie-dyed anything. 30. Turtlenecks with double-breasted suits, Staten Island notwithstanding. 31. Brightly colored weightlifting pants. 32. All other weightlifting pants. 33. Jeans with elastic waists. 34. Bell-bottomed jeans. 35. Acid-washed jeans. 36. Jeans so loose you can see your underwear. 37. Jeans so tight you can see your underwear. 38. Shorts so short you'd better be wearing underwear. 39. Shorts so long they might as well be highwaters. 40. Highwaters. 41. Knickers. 42. Jodhpurs. 43. Capri pants. 44. One pant leg rolled up, the other not. 45. Black jeans with white sneakers. 46. Black socks with white sneakers. 47. Sneakers with suits.

Number 6.

Number 25.

Number 27.

Number 72.

48. Knee-high white socks with shorts. 49. Knee-high black socks with shorts. 50. Socks with sandals. 51. White athletic socks with dress shoes. 52. Slides. 53. Mules. 54. Platform shoes if you're over thirty. 55. Platform shoes if you're under thirty. 56. Fanny packs. 57. Chest hair so abundant it looks like you're wearing your sweater UNDER your shirt. 58. Enough cologne to have passersby notice you're wearing cologne. 59. Clothes with brand logos large enough to be read by the elderly. 60. Nail polish of any kind. 61. A pinkie ring. 62. A college ring. 63. A nipple ring. 64. A nose ring. 65. More than one ring. 66. Dangling earrings. 67. College apparel from a school you didn't attend. 68. Kilts. 69. Anything with sequins. 70. Anything with feathers. 71. Anything with sequins AND feathers. 72. Monocles. 73. Logo watches. 74. Calculator watches. 75. Mickey Mouse watches. 76. Mickey Mouse ANYTHING. 77. For that matter, anything with a cartoon character on it, Disney or otherwise. 78. Clothes with team logos outside a stadium. 79. Kelly green. 80. Hot pink. 81. Photojournalist vests, unless on assignment in Chechnya. 82. Long nose hair. 83. Long ear hair. 84. Any ear hair. 85. Clothing acquired through the consumption of several hundred packs of cigarettes. 86. Novelty neckties. 87. Bow ties if you're under forty (except with Tuxes). 88. Bolo ties. 89. Cowboy boots over pants. 90. Cowboy hats. 91. Cowboy boots and cowboy hats with suits. 92. Clip-on ties. 93. Clip-on suspenders. 94. Whimsically patterned suspenders. 95. Suspenders with belts. 96. Dress trousers without belts. 97. "Kiss Me, I'm _________" (Insert Nationality Here). 98. Pocket protectors. 99. Enough pens and pencils in your pocket to warrant a pocket protector. 100. Members Only jackets. 101. And, most heinous of all, sweaters worn jauntily over your shoulders, the Upper East Side notwithstanding.

Shawn Rahman thinks that the monocle is making a comeback. Peter Carbonaro has only been guilty of Number 71, and he was roaring drunk at the time.