The year of 2015 will go down as many a gamechanger, but free of fashion faux pas it will not.
Families divided over the color of a curious dress; red carpets hosted cultural appropriation; and the man bun reigned over all. This year was filled with sartorial outrage.
Here are the top fashion fails we've mustered up, just in time to ring in 2016.
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1. Kylie Jenner used a wheelchair as fashion.
Sometimes, we wish the fashion industry would ask any other person on social media if their plans are, indeed, socially acceptable. Case in point: Kylie Jenner's controversial cover of December's Interview; she was photographed by Steven Klein in latex, sitting in a wheelchair. Labeled as "ableist," the shoot, styled by Karl Templer, was in poor taste.
2. A magazine retouched Zendaya to an extreme.
When a magazine photoshopped singer/actress/style star Zendaya to an extreme, the 19-year-old had none of it, taking to her Instagram to call them out. Accusing Modeliste magazine of getting rid of her curves and lightening her skin, her eventual outcry forced the publication to take their cover off newsstands and release a statement. Get it, Z!
3. Every other look at the racist Met Gala
When we first heard the Met Gala's theme would be China: Through the Looking Glass, we cringed as there would be plenty of instances of cultural appropriation. We realized -- with horror -- there was plenty of that on the racist red carpet.
4. Lena Dunham tried cornrows. Keyword: tried.
I'm sick of this. RT @BlackNerdJade: Wait. RT @aechjay: Are those cornrows on Lena Dunham's head?? pic.twitter.com/6T8fC9GklY #ohmy— Mrs. Grotke (@__BHB__) January 9, 2015
When Lena Dunham made her way onto The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in January, it wasn't her smoky eyes or her black sheath people were talking about. Rather, her hairstyle, filled with cornrows made the Interwebs go wild.
5. Miley Cyrus barely wore anything to the VMAs; the clothes she did were complete knockoffs.
She was just being Miley. The actress and singer was controversial when she hosted this year's MTV Video Music Awards, topping it off by getting into a spat with Nicki Minaj. When it came to her style, she certainly brought it -- or a lack of whatever it was -- with her slinky, barely there outfits. While it was daring and certainly courageous, some looks were blatantly stolen from Aussie brand Di$count Universe's archives. Not cool.
6. Junya Watanabe used white men to play African.
Fashion always seems to be getting inspiration from somewhere. This time it was Junya Watanabe inspired by Africa in his spring/summer 2016 show, where white men sported dreadlocks, batik-printed fabrics, beaded jewelry, among others.
7. Valentino did, too.
And then there was Valentino, as well, which followed suit with its own spring/summer 2016 collection that saw white women with their own cornrows.
8. Then they accidentally created a Swastika on Instagram
The brand posted two pairs of shoes styled accidentally like a Swastika, on their Instagram feed. They quickly took it down.
9. Man buns. 'Nuff said.
The trend needs to go. Because I said so.
10. That time Kim Kardashian wore Beyonce's old dress.
Remember that time Beyonce turned heads at the 2012 Met Gala with her Givenchy haute couture? Yep, Kim Kardashian did too, with her Roberto Cavalli number at this year's fete.
11. Speaking of dress, this dress
[img src="http://admin.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/white-gold-blue-black-dress.jpg" caption="Left: The "original" photo. Right: The photo corrected for overexposure." credit="Swiked" alt="Is this dress white and gold or blue and black?"]
Remember a better time before the nation was torn over whether this dress was blue and black or white and gold?
12. Kanye's fashion show wasn't very good.
It was the elephant in the room during fashion week when the industry came to Kanye West's show to find that his looks were less than savory. Cathy Horyn of New York Magazine gave a scathing review and summed it up brutally: "This second round of drab, broken-down basics proved he can’t be taken seriously as a designer, but nevertheless many people in fashion do seem to take West seriously — they keep showing up expectantly for his performances — and that makes them fools. Because they wouldn’t bother with this stuff if it were offered by an unknown, and if it’s the spectacle they seek, it changes as little as the clothes."
13. The year of Donald Trump's fashion fails
Whether you agree with Donald Trump or not, what's certain is his style has been terrorizing America since the 1980s. With his hair still as hilariously combed over as ever, we hoped he'd get a little inspiration from this post we put up.
14. When Giuliana Rancic was racist on live television.
It's the incident that almost ruined her career. E!'s Giuliana Rancic commented that Zendaya's braided hair made her look like she smelled like patchouli oil, or weed. She felt the wrath when the 19-year-old star released a very eloquent statement pointing out just how ignorant the TV host was.
15. That time Marc Jacobs put his penis on t-shirts
Mr. #MarcJacobs do a #Penis-"Selfie" @ his @instagram-Page yeah, the best is: i take a #Screenshot, sorry Marc pic.twitter.com/GgpmUPn5fU— Reisebiene (@Reisebiene) July 1, 2015
Oh, Marc. After designer Marc Jacobs' accidental post on Instagram showcased his endowment with "It's yours to try" in the caption -- supposedly a DM that went wrong -- the Internet went wild. First came memes, then a t-shirt, then a gaffe that was so Jacobs it became legendary.
16. A Victoria's Secret angel shut down a dumb reporter.
No wonder Reese Witherspoon has campaigns like #AskherMore on the red carpets. This time, a backstage reporter dared ask Magdalena Frackowiak, a Victoria's Secret model, what she wanted to eat after the show. After rightfully calling the question "stupid," Frackowiak told the reporter, "It seems like I'm starving myself and I can't wait for the show to end so I can eat."
17. There was black face at a fashion show. Yes, it's 2015.
“@TheRoot: Glittery blackface models spark backlash at Milan Fashion Week http://t.co/o3VvDjBeG4 pic.twitter.com/rrq1TZUvIf” ...artsy black face— X (@rad_c_x) March 1, 2015
There is absolutely no excuse for black face on the runway, but perhaps designer Caludio Catugno didn't get the memo. He showed every model painted with dark face paint for his Milan show earlier in February.
18. OCD shirt poked fun at real illness.
Target made a huge gaffe when it offered a sweater labeled "OCD" on its website. Instead of the mental illness obsessive compulsive disorder, the brand renamed the acronym to "Obsessive Christmas Disorder." Needless to say, it didn't go down well.
19. Halloween tried to make Caitlyn Jenner into a costume.
A website called WholesaleCostumes.com tried to be funny by offering Halloween costumes that mimicked Caitlyn Jenner's powerful cover story for Vanity Fair. Instead of discontinuing the style, Spirit Halloween made a statement to the Daily News: “Caitlyn Jenner has proven to be the most important real-life superhero of the year. Spirit Halloween is proud to carry the costume that celebrates her.” Okay.
20. Then there was an Angel who only had one butt cheek.
Victoria's Secret photoshop fail. Maybe don't hire blind interns to photoshop models? Where's her left buttcheek?! pic.twitter.com/h3jIlRMC7w— Steven Blomkamp (@sblomkamp) October 8, 2015
To round out this list (no pun intended), a very obvious photoshop from Victoria's Secret in September, which proves beauty standards are all but impossible.
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