Political T-Shirts

(photo from digital gravel)

I love t-shirts, I cannot get enough of them. My question is, is fashion good when it is political? are political t-shirts like the one above a faux-pas? I like messages and the art of conveying messages through using clothes is interesting because it can have an impact but it wholly depends on what the message is. It can border on pretentious but I think that depends on who is wearing the clothes.

Famous People .... Runways?

Prince showed up at the Matthew Williamson show a while back & gained a lot of attention for the show. Conversely, Rihanna opened the DSquared show in Milan and closed it too.

Does celebrity belong in fashion? Or should the models just be models? I think they mesh whether fashion purists like it or not because fame sells clothes and clothes need fame in order to gain exposure. I don't mind the celebrity in fashion but what I do mind is the over-exposure of celebrity in fashion. Case in point: that kate moss perfume. Kate Moss has been all over the place, and that is not necessarily a bad thing but does she have to embody every aspect of fashion? No and I don't believe she should because it is not monolithic.

High-waisted--necessarily high-brow?

And the craze is now in full swing...Please make way fort he new must have item, the high waisted trousers. Be it with button detailed front, like a gorgeous grey pair from H&M or even the French Coonection plain black one, these trousers are going to be hot stuff in the weeks--nay--months to come.

But can we all wear them and not feel like:
i)an oversized ballon;
ii)drowning under depths of fabric;
iii) a total idiot that just looks like a 90s geek that has just got a wedgie....


I am not a fully fledged member of the lengthening-of-my-legs-and-bum clan. Indeed, i find myself thinking that these may just be for the Keira Knightley's of the world. Discussing this with my hippie-esque friend over a non organic cup of coffee, we agreed to disagree ont his new craze. She believes that they will give you never-ending bum syndrome, whilst I tend to think that they will merely give a shapeless bum, well, more shape.

th debate has been open for quite some time, and skinnies are still crawling the streets of London, be it either in style mecca extraordinaire Croydon(thanks, Kate) or the posh avenues in Hampstead Heath....Can we really go from one extreme to the other?

Where do leggings fit in?

Is this the 'chubbier' girl's version of ludicrously tight denim?

Is this taking the mick out of my hard earned and well spent cash on last season's attire?

But most importantly, are they WEARABLE? Well, trial and error seems to be striking my heartstrings here. They can look good, but with a secretarial blouse and preferably Mary-Janes.

I think what shocks me most here is the blatant 360 o turn fashion designers have made, literally from one season to the next. Fashion has been known to be fickle at the best of times, but this is going to be one painfully expensive style ride...And will they ever make it into Chantelle's wardrobe?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to raid mum's closet for those 70s swingers.