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Out of MTV's history of storied, retroactively weird reality/contest shows, it doesn't get more bizarre, cringe-worthy, and ultimately hilarious—in a word, '90s—than its dating show Singled Out.
From 1995 to '98, Chris Hardwick, now the annoying dork behind AMC's Talking Dead, hosted the game show along with the likes of vivacious co-hosts Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra, giving randy college students a platform to possibly get laid. It was also lowkey a platform for them to swag out, and in our nostalgia running through clips on YouTube, we discovered Singled Out may have quietly been one of the freshest shows of the garishly dressed period. Here are 10 Reasons Why Singled Out Was the Most Stylish Show of the Decade.
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First off, this was the standard of dress. When the width of your collar is larger than your dignity, you're clearly in rare territory.
Even host Chris Hardwick, arguably the walking current-day embodiment of swaglessness, managed to stay pretty fresh.
This fashion-forward futurist in the red, who rocked the then-dwindling shirt-around-waist look, clearly knew it would come around again today due to the cyclical nature of fashion.
The show served a visual reminder that there was always room for improvement. But that didn't mean you had to give one self-conscious fuck about personal appearance in the late '90s, which is the very definition of swagger.
Today's top influencers and their style, like B. Sales' angelic futuristic swag, were definitely taking cues from the show. Would B. Sales have achieved lord status if it weren't for recurring character Cupid (it's a dating show, duh).
This repeat contestant (shockingly always denied) reminded us to be fearless when it came to style.
The show serves as a reminder of simpler times, when the vest flourish was strong; as proved here by Fake Daniel Radcliffe and Not Anthony Mackie.
Boy Meets World did a crossover episode where Chris Hardwick completely cloned Eric Matthews' (Will Friedle) TGIF-approved sweater-Hanes-floppy hair look.
There's diddy-bopping and then there's whatever you can possibly classify the moves this young man busted out to win the girl. Swag level unapproachable.
