IT’S HARD TO RESIST the blandishments of fall fashion. I don’t know how many of you are actively shopping, as opposed to wearing what you have and waiting for Columbus Day sales. I myself am going on an outlets excursion (trends, if they are at all wearable, no longer seem to vanish after one season, so even if the goods aren’t new, they will still look reasonably fresh). I am also counting the hours until Jil Sander’s next Uniqlo collection arrives in October (see my May blog post in praise of her well-priced designs, “Shopping Diet: Maintenance Version”).
Meanwhile, I’ve been scanning the latest style rundowns in various print media and attempting to scope out (1) what’s chic at my age (hint: it’s not winter shorts) and what’s for lanky teenagers; and (2) what’s got staying power and what’s likely to show up at TJ Maxx’s or Marshalls’ bad fad corner (not that they call it that).
ANIMAL PRINTS: Again? Still? I was raised to believe that these were in bad taste. I remain leery. They’re better if more abstract, less literal.Project Runway episode this season.Mad Men- style silhouettes with tiny waists and full skirts may suit people who are built like that. I am not among them. Brigitte Bardot’s name is coming up a lot lately, and for those of us who are, as they say, endowed, it’s good to have more room at the top. But low scooped tees and deep v-neck chunky oversize sweaters and come-hither gingham…nope. I’ve been seeing some truly scary décolletages in the subway. Repeat after me: I am attractive. I am shapely. But I am not a sex symbol.
