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by Bubbles » Mon, 20 Mar 2006 7:38 am
True Mary
I read The Times today here and it's got a fashion supplement with it....apparently 'White and floaty and frilly' is in for women this summer. Now, that's fine, and I loved the look of all the stuff they had pictured....but the problem is....I used to wear stuff like that 20 years ago, and that's the killer, isn't it? Thinking you can wear it again, when you patently shouldn't. According to them, this years 'Baby Doll' white look should only be worn by the under 25's and pref the under 20's....yeah yeah, you know what'll happen....it'll slip down through the catwalk, through the magazines, to the posh shops then to the High Street and by May we'll all be wearing something frilly, I bet you, even if we do look like a dog's dinner in it.!!!
They reckoned that wearing pastel colours is a no no for the over 40's and wearing white for the 'older woman' i.e. over 35 should only mean tailored. God, these 'fashionatas' are such boring gits. If I want to wear white, black or purple, I will, and tough on me if I look mad, which I probably will.....I love this poem below, and know lots know it, but will paste it anyway.....sums me up when old, I think....
I Shall Wear Purple
When I am an old woman
I shall wear purple,
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and
summer gloves. And satin sandals, and say we've
no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement
when I'm tired. And gobble up samples in shops and
press alarm bells. And run my stick along public
railings. And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain. And pick
flowers in other people's gardens. And learn to
spit...
But, maybe I ought to practice a little now? So
people who know me are not too shocked or surprised
when suddenly I am old and start to wear
purple.
- Jenny Joseph
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas.
