FASHION FADS and FASHION CRIMES

Fashion faux pas were the topic of April's Urban Rant. It seems Britain's major cities are in the middle of a crime epidemic, with serious crimes against fashion being committed almost daily.

CHAVS

Chav fashion got an enormous amount of flak from you with many ranting about the naff uniform of this urban underclass. Items to avoid include anything Burberry...

"What's with the Chav thing? We've had a laugh, but now it's plain annoying! The pattern is starting to give me an actual headache, and when it's combined with the mandatory Louis Vuitton handbag... 'nuff said"

"Just wanted to say that I'm sick of hearing what a fashion icon Wayne Rooney's girlfriend Colleen is - I think she is a total Chav and her dress sense is awful!"

BOOTY-LICIOUS

Female footwear was put under the spotlight, with many ranting about the more eccentric toe-covering devices worn by women in public - such as Ugg boots, cowboy boots and those "furry" boots:

"Coming from Australia, the home of the mighty UGG boot, I find it highly amusing that these boots are now considered highly fashionable on London streets. Back home they're worn in the comfort of the home and you'll only see them paraded outdoors by people we affectionately call "Booners" (a "chav" equivalent)".

"Cowboy boots should be worn whilst riding a horse in Texas, chasing cattle ... not worn with floaty skirts and t-shirts walking through a Tesco Metro"

"Those great big furry boots that women insist on wearing just look utterly stupid. They look as though they've trodden in road-kill, and teamed with a short skirt it just shows that popular culture does not equal taste"

DENIM

We know from our previous Urban Life survey that denim is an Urbanite second skin. However, it seems you've got to be really careful with how you wear it:

"I absolutely hate it when people wear matching jeans and denim jackets - yeuch!"

"When did women start tucking jeans inside their knee length boots. Do their realise that they look like really bad 1970's hookers???"

"What's with all the pre-faded jeans? When they get to that stage that's when I want a new pair!"

FLABBY FLESH FLASHERS

Many men ranted about women who flashed their flabby bellies...

"I have seen a number of females of questionable age wearing short tops to show off their, often, bulging bellies. Do they have no shame, or no mirror?!"

"Young girls can look attractive without showing off their mid-riff. Too many young girls show off their unattractive mid-riffs under pressure to conform with those who can get away with it."

OUTER UNDERWEAR

We had a lot of rants about the fact that underwear should be just that - underwear. For women, this meant not wearing low-slung hipster trousers that flashed a G-string every time they moved.

"These low slung jeans that women wear. They hang half way down their bums showing off their underwear and you just can't help looking and if the girl catches you, you get a filthy look as if you're some kind of pervert. Then if the pants aren't half way down the girls are constantly hitching them up. If their gonna wear these low slung jeans go commando girls"

"All the young celebrities who make dressing up look like a night on the town in an Essex techno-club need to think twice. The dresses are so short now that you can practically see their knickers. You can look sexy without revealing your privates and it's about time Jordan and Jodie Marsh amongst others just put it away. They make Britain look trashy"

CHARITY WRISTBANDS

Many of you ranted about people wearing multiple coloured plastic wristbands (usually worn to show support of a particular charity), for the sole reason that they thought they looked good, rather than supporting any cause.

"I can't stand these bands people are wearing. They were brought out for a good reason (cancer) by a man who is a real life hero. The whole thing has just been undermined now by money grabbing fat-cats who are preying on what started out as a way of raising money for charity. I see kids walking around with god knows how many bands on their arms, and I was disgraced to see a shop near where I work selling fake bands at double the price of the ones that are on sale for charity"

ANTI-FASHION

We also had some distinctly anti-fashion statements:

"The supposedly 'original' boho look gets right on my nerves! I've been sporting that look for years as an anti-fashion statement, and now it's in bloody fashion! I've had to put my beads and silver jewellery away to avoid looking like a sad fashion victim for the last few months"

"Why are we so obsessed with fashion? Every day people spend so much money on items they are told are glamorous by ugly celebrities with no style and they follow suit. The amount of no-style "gimboids" I see every day who believe that because they wear the right thing (according to a magazine) they will be stylish, when it's a fact that the truly cool will wear what they want, and look good because of it"

"Female fashion crimes: baggy jeans tucked into boots, fishnet tights, gold hoop earrings, tops with random things written on them (e.g. "Sassy Bitch"), clothes with strange frills/ruffs/holes/beading/lace/sequins, the stupid 'ethnic' look that's in at the moment, clothes made to look tatty with holes and fraying, jeans with random bleached bits up them, anything with the name of the company that made them written on them - they should pay us for free advertising! In fact, most of the clothes available on the high street are utterly hilarious - designed by gay men to make women look stupid"