Every fashionista knows about man repelling — dressing oneself in fashion trends that women love but guys despise. Shoulder pads, booties, sequined anything? The ladies swoon, but dudes dispatch. And Fashion Week, which kicks off tomorrow at Lincoln Center, is the Olympics of Man Repelling. If you’re looking to lock in a man, tight jeans and a T-shirt may get his attention. But at Fashion Week, where turbans and drop-crotch pants resembling diapers rule, women want to impress a different breed of male — the one behind the lens. So if you want to be plastered across the Internet on all the style blogs, it’s time to forget all the rules about “tasteful” dressing and start piling on the layers.
Here’s my handy photo tutorial showing how to turn a sexy look into a show-stopping outfit that men will hate but stylistas will dig.