It is quite hard, as a grownup, to justify buying a new pencil case. I mean, my job is writing stuff down, and I have a thing about sharp pencils, so there is always a pencil sharpener at the bottom of my handbag, but still. I would feel a bit ridiculous getting an actual pencil case out of my bag, especially since they mostly have dinosaurs on them.
But if I am too old for a dinosaur pencil case, I will never grow out of needing a back-to-school look when September rolls around – and it is not just me. The trends that fly in September are always those closest in spirit to real back-to-school. A new seasonal colour is always a hit at this time of year, because it feels as if we’ve moved en masse to a school with a new uniform. A hemline diktat makes us all nostalgic for the rules we railed against as teenagers. Logical, no; powerful, yes.
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