8 Menswear Trends That Designers Hate

"Floppy Hats. You know where you got that hat from, and it damn sure wasn't the men's department."

"I usually don't use the word hate; it's a strong word. I find if I use the word 'hate,' I could end up eating my words. I'm always about freedom of expression, style and individuality. With that said, there's a couple trends out there that are absolutely questionable. The fake wannabe Just Don caps, come on. He owns it, stop biting. Another look that I think is off are tank tops with bad sayings. Oh, and one word of advice for new brands? Get your fabric game up."

"Pajama bottom pant cuffs. I understand that it shows off your sneaker game, but it looks silly on damn near 90% of the people that try to pull it off. 4" elastic cuffs around your ankle is straight nap time steez. Wonder if they're flame retardant like kid's jammies."

"How about if I said a big 'fuck you' to the people that think leather is a 'trend?' Leather could never be a trend because it always will be in style. What needs to die is the trend of random brands trying to do the all-leather look all of a sudden with cheap leather and a poor execution. They should fall back so I can continue doing what I did from day one and at a much higher level than them."

"The most annoying trend that has to leave this earth ais the generic all-over print cheap sublimation tees that everyone is doing now. All the new guys starting up brands and overpricing their clothes without the quality attached. At least if you have quality that stands behind it, then amazing, but if you don't, what makes it ill enough to charge those high price points? I'd rather give my money to the old fashion homes that design with quality then give it to a new brand trying to milk the game."

"If there's one thing that I am particularly tired of reading about, it's constant, gratuitous 'collaborations' of two philosophically and aesthetically indecipherable streetwear brands. Rather than present something interesting, or challenging the status-quo, they fart out T-shirts with two logos haphazardly smashed together, and hype the shit on their respective Instagrams as if they expect to be showered in medals and knighted by the Queen. I can't say that I have any particular stake in the skateboarding industry, or own a lot of 'swaggy' sneakers, but when I see kids lining up outside of (generic 'swaggy' company) like a bunch of peasants hoping for a taste of potato, it makes me sad that they're not spending their money on something meaningful, like drugs or girlfriends."

"There’s a lot of bad out there, including myself, so it's very hard to pinpoint any one thing. The thing that's the worst to me is when someone is blatantly just wearing something that has nothing to do with them, trying excessively hard to fit into a costume, basically. Life is too short to try that hard—like Justin Bieber. He encapsulates all of the moment's trends in one person."