I was ever so kindly requested by the Knightbeat Staff to give my opinions on what I believe to be the most unforgivable fashion faux pas. No one expects our hallways to be runways, but there are a few basic rules of fashion that simply cannot be violated without suffering embarrassment and scorn.

~Underwear worn as outerwear

Possibly the tackiest faux pas of them all, nothing is nastier than someone’s panties peeking out of the back of their khakis in school.

It does not matter how good looking you or your underwear are (or think you are), no one wants to see your private business hanging out of the back of your pants. So girls, pull your pants up, tuck your underwear in, and save yourself (and others) from this mistake.

~Camo

Unless you are in the armed forces, camouflage should not play any part in your wardrobe. The multi-toned green of camouflage was designed to be indiscreet, and it simply does not stay that way when worn in a setting anywhere but the jungles of Vietnam.

On the contrary, camo usually stands out as trashy and unnecessary. If you are wearing camo as a tribute to our American troops, please consider another option, such as a small American flag pin (worn tastefully by our own senior James Ryan).

~Back-pocketless jeans

One of the great things about clothes is that they can subtly disguise body flaws with style. For example, everyone knows black is slimming and that high-heels can do wonders for a girl’s legs.

Why, then, would anyone choose to deform their figure by wearing jeans without back pockets? These pants, usually tight and ill-fitting to begin with, always seems to enhance all the wrong parts of the feminine figure. As they say, one picture is worth a thousand words, and so I make my case in point with the pictures shown here.

Crocs

This fourth faux pas may come as a shock to many of you, but it needs to be accepted. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW COMFORTABLE CROCS ARE, THEY ARE HIDEOUS. There is no getting around this fact.

What may have started as a conveniently washable garden shoe has exploded into a full-blown epidemic, complete with kid Crocs, multi-colored Crocs, Croc decorating pins, and, this is just heart-breaking, camo Crocs.

As was once stated by Canadian Trevor Kjorlien, “Crocs are to your eyes what second-hand smoke does to your lungs.” I beg Croc owners everywhere to put down their tastelessly dyed, perforated rubber and find some real shoes that do not squeak immediately.