Fashion Disasters
It’s spring, the weather’s warmer and we Canadians are shedding our winter coats. And we’re starting to notice what others are wearing and, in the case of teenage girls, not wearing. I know it’s typical of a mature woman to tsk tsk that 16 year olds are dressing like little whores but…they really are! I’ve seen less cleavage on Dolly Parton.
Even though there’s a revival of the patterns, colours and styles I wore in the 1970′s fashion has changed dramatically since then, for better or worse. We didn’t bare our bellies when I was in high school and we certainly didn’t show the tops of our boobs unless we wanted to pass Grade 9 geography. I will never forget how you ignored me, Mr. Purchase. But I digress…
I had occasion to experience the joy of a walk-in medical clinic on Monday and in it I witnessed some of the most unusual fashion picks I’ve ever seen. There was a woman in a sweatshirt, formal ric-rac and sequinned skirt and running shoes but she wasn’t the winner of this little contest. Best in show was the woman wearing bright white sweat socks INSIDE her fuschia flip-flops. You know how that little gripper thingy goes between your first and second toes? Well, she had SOCK bunched up there. It was so incredibly weird I could hardly take my eyes off it. She seemed rather normal and pleasant, as did the skirt and runners woman. But she is in desperate need of a fashion magazine. Or a television. Or radio. Or perhaps some honest friends.
Now, I’m no runway model but I think that on a pretty regular basis I know how to put an outfit together. My habit is to wear something that needs to “go” just one more time – and that last time makes me feel very uncomfortable and like I’m the only kid in school wearing pyjamas. (We ALL had that dream!) But sweat socks with flip flops and a formal skirt with a threadbare sweatshirt and runners? Never in a million years! I wish I had had my camera with me just to submit these two gems to Glamour Magazine for their fabulous “Don’t”s page!
