An excess of gold braid and glittery beads gave the costumes a tawdry look.
Tawdry clothes right you put them in a dryer.... Now that is out of my system try his: The town was a tawdry little place, filled with sinners.
Definition: cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality (adj.) Example: tawdry lace a tie of lace for the neck Definition: cheap showy finery (noun)
My goodness, this is a rather tawdry scene!
Jan's tawdry taste in clothing was an embarrassment to her boyfriend.