It’s knees that are the problem. Not yours specifically, all knees. Your skirt needs to be long enough to meet the top of your boots
In fashion, as in food, best-before dates as proclaimed by the manufacturer should be neither slavishly followed nor wilfully ignored, but instead viewed through the prism of your own considered judgment. As a rule, the flashy stuff goes off more quickly. You don’t want to risk 10-day-old prawns; by the same token, the headline-grabbing must-have pieces fall hard when they fall. (I’m thinking of those Isabel Marant wedge-heeled hi-top trainers that spawned a million copies and that everyone wore, me included: they’re now unacceptable in polite society.)
But most cases are less black and white. If the yoghurt in the fridge is a few days past the date on the top but smells fine, I’d eat it, but I wouldn’t give it to kids or guests. The same goes for fashion trends. If practicality or speed demands, I can survive a day in a outfit that is curling around the edges without my self-esteem crumbling. But some people are sensitive to the merest whiff of style that’s anything less than box-fresh, and I would not wish to offend such delicate sensibilities, so I take my diary into account.
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