Pet Peeves #219
The Fall Fashions Get Ugly.
I am loathe to admit just how much time I spend in front of the mirror, how much brainspace I use to choose just the right outfit. I troll through the sale racks of stores, I live in the pages of Vogue: trying to find a way to combine the two. To find the magic outfit that will change who I am: make me look thinner, prettier, hotter, more successful, more confident, etc… all through the magic of clothing.
So it infuriates me when ridiculous things come into style. I adore Marc Jacobs and Burberry Prorsum, but they must be trying to torture me. Harem pants, heels with socks, cargo skinnys? What look do they think we ladies want to achieve? We’re not trying to look like fat-hipped, rejected extras from the live-action show of Aladdin. And heels with socks? Please. I always thought the point of heels is to elongate your legs, make them look slimmer, sexier, more like Barbie… less like a cankled Josie-Grossie. And where is the fun in reviving the hideous cargo-pants look for a skinnier age: since when do we ladies want to look like hip construction workers, anyway?
I mean, if these ladies look ridiculous in cargo skinnys… what chance do the rest of us have?
