Not that I am time-wasting or anything...

[susie_flo]

....but this 3-minute fashion video from The Guardian on "how to wear a silk shirt"  is so hideous and unflattering I almost took it to be a spoof.
 
The outfit being worn here looks like something Anne Diamond would throw on hurriedly to do housework in... circa 1986, safe in the knowledge that she had no visitors coming over.
  

 

As always, the reader comments say it all.  My personal favourites being....

"Forget the shirts -- 3 minutes 49 seconds without a single mention of the monstrosity you've got on your legs!! What on earth!"

"I've been wearing silk shirts for decades without needing a video for tips on how to wear them"
  
  

Comments

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Is this part of the series entitled 'How To Live' starting with 'Breathe In, Breathe Out, Breathe In, Breathe Out' starring David Beckham.....

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I think it must be... though it's very slack if so (she doesn't even explain how to do buttons up.)

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

It doesn't surprise me - one of the reasons I stopped reading the Grauniad (well actually buying a paper copy rather than squinting at it online) was because of the increase in shite in it - namely her column and other nonsense in that 'oh my diamond shoes are pinching slightly, shall I blame I mother and upbringing or is it because the water companies don't add extra electrons to my drinking water?' section.

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

What is she wearing? What are those things on her legs?

The fashion pages in the Graun Weekend mag always make me laugh.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

The sheer unflattering cluelessness of it kills me (I mean... if it makes a skinny fashionista look like she has no waist, what hope for the rest of us?)

In general I haven't minded the extreme 80s revival that's been around in the last few years, but this combo seems to be harking back to stuff that your mum would have worn on a bad day. I suspect this must be how people ten years older than me felt when flairs suddenly made a comeback in the 90s.

[perfectlyvague.livejournal.com]

I like that what was the Manchester Guardian now encourages its readership to wear skirts worth 2-3 grand.

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

In the 90s we looked at photos of ourselves in the 80s and cried with laughter at how ridiculous we looked. Fast forward ten years and we're going 'What? You want us to do that again'.

What annoys me about the 80s revival is that everything is coming back with the notable exception of curly hair! Will my hair never be fashionable?

I read that the 70s and flares are back again soon.