How I wish I had kept my military style coat because it’s back in fashion. So are the cape I consigned to the rag box and the fur trimmed ankle boots the spiders lived in up until they got lost in the house move. Mmmm! I wonder; can spiders carry big stuff off the way ants do??? Sadly I don’t foresee the husband’s platform boots coming back into fashion so he really should consign them to the by-gone-for-good box.
According to day-time TV, 50’s style is back in fashion. Not a look I could carry off these days but then again, not many of us look like Grace Kelly … more’s the pity says Tiger.
But one of the things I hate about the world of a la mode is that I can’t find a snazzy pair of jeans that actually sit on my waist anymore. Not because my waist has moved … ok, it has moved outwards a bit. But all I can find in the stores are those low rise jeans (what a strange name!). They are just awful. I tried a pair but they kept falling down. Even a belt couldn’t do anything to hold them up and I spent all day hoisting them. I had visions of my denims ending up around my ankles as I walked along with my hands full of shopping bags. How embarrassing would that be? Not to mention horrifying for passers-by.
It seems that the big shops are saturated with whatever attire the style Guru’s deem to be “in” and no space is accorded to clothes that are practical, comfortable, stylish and actually fit well.
On the other hand there are peeps who just wear the wrong things.
I cringe when I see girl peeps with substantial thighs wearing really short skirts. With said thighs being welded together they have to waddle along like penguins. This is not an attractive look ladies.
Nor are leggings a good look for ladies with ample thighs, bums and tums. They may be comfy and handy but do nothing to enhance the more abundant figure. Why not try a pair of well-cut wide leg trousers or a skirt that swings and flows beautifully?
And those pumps!!! They may well be in fashion but they are not fashionable. It’s excruciating to watch girl peeps trudging about in those things … feet all splayed. Do they have any soles? They appear to give no support whatsoever and can’t be good for your arches my dears.
And guys! What is it with those jeans worn around your knees? Have you seen yourselves from the rear? When did “builders bum” become a fashion statement? Just because some dim wit with low self-esteem decides to wear that gear doesn’t mean you have to. Those baggies remind me of the “Shell Suit” era!!! Never, never go there again fashion freaks.
I have had a few fashion faux pas in my time and even tucked the hem of my dress into my underwear, then stood at the bar in a crowded hotel on New Years Eve. No one … and I say again, NO ONE, said a word. When I turned around the husband, then the boyfiend, nearly choked on his sherbet as he caught sight of my big red knickers. He had to take me home and I wasn’t seen again until Easter. And only then, in a bunny suit. Anyway, that was in another life … I hope.
In my opinion style is wearing clothes that fit; which are flattering and comfortable and make us feel good and therefore look good … and not about the wearing of stuff that makes us feel all wrong about our bodies just because it’s “in”. Fashions come and go but true style is something that comes from within as well as what is displayed on the outside, and it endures.
I do find myself an advocate of going to the shop in my PJ’s though. How wonderful to get out of bed on a crisp autumn morning; brush the teeth and hair and put on the super fluffy dressing gown and slippers and head into the garage for the Sunday papers and a ready-made fry up? Food and Wear Heaven …
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