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Hang up the bootcuts
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Jess Cartner-Morley
Saturday December 10, 2005
The Guardian
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Much of fashion is strictly optional. Unless you work in Vogue House, no one is going to raise an eyebrow if you pass up the trend for capes and stick to last year's trenchcoat. If you so choose, you can ignore my bleating on about belts and pencil skirts, and spend the winter in wide-legged trousers - there's no higher authority to which I can report you. But there are some elements of your wardrobe that you must keep up with, because not to do so makes you appear oblivious to the world around you.
Some people, of course, pride themselves on being hopelessly out of touch with fashion, in the same way that they like to show off about not knowing who the Arctic Monkeys are or who Kerry Katona is. But you and I know that such an attitude is unbecoming the modern, culturally mobile mover and shaker. Yes, we do.
Now, here's the really scary bit: I'm talking about your favourite jeans. Your Seven jeans, or the Moto versions: the bootcut ones that hug the thigh and flare out from just below the knee in a way that is oh-so-flattering. These have become such a staple part of our wardrobe that there is a danger we will carry on wearing them, despite the growing evidence that the drainpipe is not a cruel joke, but the new world order, for women at least.
Bootcut jeans and trousers are a hard habit to break, because they look so damned good. Personally, I still can't do drainpipes, but I have compromised on a pair of Gap jeans that, while not tight at the ankle, hang straight down the calf so that they hug a pair of high heels. (Don't panic. There is a third way: wide-legged trousers are fine. It's just bootcuts that are done for.) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but hang up those bootcuts. And, gentlemen, that kipper tie could do with a break, too.[/FONT]
Hang up the bootcuts
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Jess Cartner-Morley
Saturday December 10, 2005
The Guardian
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Much of fashion is strictly optional. Unless you work in Vogue House, no one is going to raise an eyebrow if you pass up the trend for capes and stick to last year's trenchcoat. If you so choose, you can ignore my bleating on about belts and pencil skirts, and spend the winter in wide-legged trousers - there's no higher authority to which I can report you. But there are some elements of your wardrobe that you must keep up with, because not to do so makes you appear oblivious to the world around you.
Some people, of course, pride themselves on being hopelessly out of touch with fashion, in the same way that they like to show off about not knowing who the Arctic Monkeys are or who Kerry Katona is. But you and I know that such an attitude is unbecoming the modern, culturally mobile mover and shaker. Yes, we do.
Now, here's the really scary bit: I'm talking about your favourite jeans. Your Seven jeans, or the Moto versions: the bootcut ones that hug the thigh and flare out from just below the knee in a way that is oh-so-flattering. These have become such a staple part of our wardrobe that there is a danger we will carry on wearing them, despite the growing evidence that the drainpipe is not a cruel joke, but the new world order, for women at least.
Bootcut jeans and trousers are a hard habit to break, because they look so damned good. Personally, I still can't do drainpipes, but I have compromised on a pair of Gap jeans that, while not tight at the ankle, hang straight down the calf so that they hug a pair of high heels. (Don't panic. There is a third way: wide-legged trousers are fine. It's just bootcuts that are done for.) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but hang up those bootcuts. And, gentlemen, that kipper tie could do with a break, too.[/FONT]