Normally I don't do this kinda stuff but with the recent topic in the Clay Nation about Clay's new REALLY fugly shirt, I just have to point out some other really bad fashion faux pas he's made in the past 5 1/2 years. It's surprising how little he fits the gay stereotype, from ugly clothes choices to bad hair days where he doesn't care. I guess it's just a part of him that makes him that much more special. :)
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Let's start with 2003. I'm sure I can dig some up here...
Here we go. One of his first photoshoots on Idol. The dark hair looks awful and could he PLEASE get rid of those pooka shells!?
I hate this suit...it just doesn't look good on him.
Let's not even touch the outfit he wore for his audition in Atlanta!
Steven Cujocaro should REALLY have helped him pick out shirts, not jeans...
*sigh* Disco week..... bad, bad,bad.
He FINALLY got it right....at the finale.
Moving on from Idol...
WHAT is with that jacket!?
This outfit from his first ever appearance on Kimmel? Um... WOW.
And just some random ones from different appearances in general...
holy crap I never paid attention to his shirt in this one...good god!
Miss America Pagant.... geez
Really Clay? Basketball shorts as underwear? WEIRD!!!!!
Rolling Stone didn't do bad...
WHY Time Magazine, WHY!?
Well, Elle Magazine did something right! *thud*
Moving on to 2004.....
I HAVE to post these first..... fugly NAT jackets!
and a fugly NAT shirt
There's that weird white sweater mess from Kimmel...
And the jacket too!
This was hot though..I like this
And this too! *dies*
Hasn't he been told that you shouldn't wear horizontal stripes?
Oh and look..the Burberry hat...
This...when I first saw him at the AMAs..was just... words can't describe... LOL...
I'm venturing back about 8 months or so to his first tour with Kelly Clarkson...because this jacket/pant combo, as much as I love it, is a little strange.......
Back further, January appearance on Leno
'Kay how bout the Christmas appearance?
And how about some random others from throughout the year?
... the pants
FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FUGLY GREEN SWEATER!
Can't forget this mess of a shirt! (Actually he didn't pick it himself.)
2005 he was pretty scarce but let's see what I can dredge up...
Kenneth Cole is a brilliant man!
Fugly suit...but his little brother looks good!
*wow*
This just hurts to see
This one too
Few more for the year:
I actually didn't understand this shirt when I first saw it but now I like it.
Just a demonstration of what they wore in the 70s...LOL
Moving into 2006, he's had 3 years of being in the industry...surely he must have picked up SOMETHING right? ... Maybe.
Ah his trademark mismatched striped socks!
The man sure has some fugly ties too..
Can I say I LOVED the way he looked at the AMAs that year?
Okay sure stripes and dots but he's SEXY in a full tux!
Okay so maybe he looks fine here but..I'm still not crazy about that suit...I dunno what it is..
But he pulled it off as WICKED sexy in West Point..I'll say it's cause he lost the tie and unbuttoned the top of his shirt. Oh and his hair was perfection. (Great job, Jamie!)
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See how there's less and less? Maybe he did start learning something!
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2007! Keep it rolling...
A couple right off the bat early in the year!
2nd appearance on Kimmel..at vest..good god!
He actually didn't do too bad on tour that summer...solid color button downs and jeans..the only thing I might question is this track suit at the busline..
At least it it's a set.
He still has problems with his ties. This was probably his least-best look of the year...and look, return of the Waukegan suit!
This is pretty good... he made a surprise appearance at a Steven Curtis Chapman concert and probably had to dress himself.
I bet he had help here (Neil Sedaka tribute) but you know what? I don't care! He looked AMAZING!
Fugly argyle sweater at the holiday skating special rehearsals *sigh*
At least he cleaned up nice!
He did have a Christmas tour but wore the same thing every night...and looked great! *thud*
2008! We made it! And with fewer bad choices...amazing! Watch out for that stage door appearance after Spamalot though... oh dear.
He became addicted to outfits like this:
OH NO! Look what returned!!!!
But really he preferred his college hoodies with track pants and that's fine with me... UNC Charlotte, Kentucky, Brown, Princeton, and Carolina (3 versions!!!) we saw the most of...
Then he went and wore this in March....for American Idol...oh god (tie familiar much?)
Oh look couple more pullover sweater outfits:
What he wore on GMA wasn't too bad...
More argyle...really??
Wasn't a fan of this outfit either in a photoshoot for the Associated Press...
But he looked GREAT on the streets of Santa Monica on his iPhone..
Hold on...is that the shirt and tie from Leno in 2004!? If it's not, it's pretty dang close...
I don't think he'll ever stop wearing shirts like this:
Nor stop wearing weird ties...
But as of now, he's done pretty good with his clothes at stage door now that he's back in Spamalot... up until last night that is.
Pic is in the previous entry. It seriously looks like he sewed it himself, but we found the shirt online.
This was pretty fun. I think tomorrow I'll have a post dedicated to pics of him in his hoodies. He's such a hoodie ho it's not even funny.
ETA:
Well frick!!! I stand corrected!!!! This is from tonight.... god oh god.... his closet needs to be burned and started over. Seriously.