I ventured to a local shopping centre today to find some work clothes, because I've heard that wearing clothes is important and not wearing clothes is possibly a little inappropriate in my line of work. And, you know, I thought I'd find something wearable in a clothes shop.
To be honest, I am a little mortified by the current approach to fashion. I expect it’s not the fault of the youth of today; I mean, I wore eighties fashion once too. In the eighties. Which is where it all best belongs. I do tend to convulse a little when I see ra-ra skirts, stonewashed jeans and anything at all made from taffeta.
I am still trying to forget the racing green taffeta ensemble I wore to my Year 10 prom formal thing, in the very, very late eighties, mind you. I’m not that old. My mum made it – which was a fairly popular method of attaining the formal dress back in the day – and I still have it, and it is absolutely hideous, but I adored it at the time. So I’ll let the teens have their moment wearing stuff I wore twenty years ago, but then they must shift along to the 21st century.
1 comment:
You are so right!! One minute people are shaking their heads at tacky retro fashion the next they're all wearing it like it's the urban uniform! I think people believe that what looks good is an objective concept, but this is obviously not the case when you see opinions changing so frequently, even irrationally.
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