I have a question about Netflix and chill. I love asking awkward questions about Netflix and chill, and watching all you millenial young’uns squirm and go pink as you try and explain how box sets and sexy time have been combined in the frankly baffling world of modern dating. It’s like the birds-and-the-bees conversation, but with the kids having to explain to the grown-ups How It Works.
The bit I don’t get is: now that watching TV is a hot lifestyle move, what do you wear? What’s the Netflix and chill dress code? Clothes are how I make sense of the world. They give me, like Cher Horowitz in Clueless, a sense of control in a world full of chaos. If I can figure out what to wear for any given occasion, I feel like I have got a handle on it. All of us do this, to an extent: it’s why we stress so much about what to wear to job interviews, or first dates. The right outfit is as much about getting your own head in the zone as it is about what anyone else makes of it.
Continue reading...