Q. I am 21 years old. What do you think about wearing Heelys shoes (the shoes with wheels on the bottom)? Are they acceptable on a non-work day?
A. We must admit, we were a little puzzled by this one. Why would an adult WANT to wear Heelys, we wondered? If it’s because you think it might be fun to zoom around on wheels, well, they make rollerblades for that, and we bet they’re more fun than a pair of Heelys (although we’ve never actually put this theory to the test), without making you look like you’re dressed as a toddler. If, on the other hand, it’s simply that you like the look of them, again, there are lots of sneakers out there for adults, and they won’t make you look like a toddler either.
Heelys, on the other hand? Will make you look like you’re dressed as a toddler. If you’re OK with that, then we’re OK with that too: we’re not a REAL police force after all. (And our opinion on Heelys is quite possibly clouded by the number of times we’ve been almost knocked over by kids wearing the things in the supermarket.)
What do our readers think, though? What would you think if you saw an adult in Heelys? Maybe you wear them yourself? Do share…
Now, we know what we said about ponchos earlier this week. We weren’t exactly warm in our appreciation of them, were we? If ponchos must be worn, though, we think they ought to look like this one, as worn by Kate Hudson to the premiere of The Killer Inside Me last night. It’s by Louis Vuitton (not a brand we’ve ever really loved, we must admit), and while we probably wouldn’t have given it a second glance on the rack, we think Kate’s carrying it off exceptionally well, don’t you?
Underneath the poncho, Kate wore a black dress (also by Vuitton), which seemed determined to create a wardrobe malfunction for the actress: co-star Jessica Alba had to step in to prevent Kate “doing a Marilyn”, as we like to think of it. Take a look at the gallery to see what we mean, and to have a quick look at what Jessica wore, too!
If you are looking for a classic, classic peep-toe pump that you’ll go to again and again, take a look in your bank account then make a choice between the Christian Louboutin Knotted Pump, $895, and theAldo Orpin Pump, $90. The nude peep-toe patent pump is not such a highly original design that we think Aldo has necessarily ripped off Christian Louboutin’s design here. The comparison is meant to highlight how cleverly Aldo has captured a truly high-end aesthetic with their suede, stacked platform shoe. But do the gathered knife pleats stand up to the artful gathering on the designer version? Do you miss the chic knot on the high end variety? We’re still gathering evidence.
Remember that brief period in the “naughties” when ponchos started popping up on every fashionably-clad back and dodgy market stall in the country? It was all Sienna Miller’s fault, and we must say, we weren’t exactly rushing to thank her for bringing the poncho into the public eye, but perhaps that was just us.
Now, however, Bess have decided to bring back the poncho again. Their poncho is called Badlands Baja: it’s a lot more traditional in design than the crocheted ponchos of a few years ago, and it’s a lot more expensive, too, retailing for £1,135 at Net-a-Porter. Would you wear it, though? Were you secretly sad when the poncho trend died, and did your heart give a little leap of joy when you saw this one? Tell us!
Warehouse are to stand trial in the Fashion Police court for crimes of attempting to pass off a boiler suit as fashion. One of our friends had a dad who used to wear an item not dissimilar to this one to do his job. He was a plumber.
Yes readers, it seems that fashion has moved on from the humble jumpsuit and has morphed into the flying suit (and for ‘flying suit’ read ‘boiler suit’). We are not keen on this look ourselves – it reminds us of a 1982 Bucks Fizz album where the band are all dressed in flying suits having just done a parachute jump. Not that this wouldn’t be a perfectly acceptable garment to wear if we were intending throwing ourselves out of a plane – but most days? That’s not on our agenda.
What do you think though? Are Warehouse guilty as charged? Would you like to dress like a tradesman? Would you pay £60 for the privilege? If you would, you can buy it here.
Sometimes the clue is in the name. This is a tea-stained cotton t-shirt. It looks, well, like a cotton t-shirt that got stained when someone spilled tea on it. Like, A LOT of tea.
You tell us – is it worth £200? Because The Fashion Police know a place you can get 100 very stainy tea bags for 99p, should you wish to recreate the effect on a cotton t-shirt of your very own…
Bess tea-stained cotton t-shirt, £200 from Net-a-Porter.
(Oh, and if you DO think it’s too much, Topshop’s ‘Nibbled Tee’ is a tad cheaper at £16, and is also tea-stained:
It’s been a while now since Gwyneth Paltrow last featured on this site, and in that time we’re pleased to see Gwyn hasn’t lost any of that newly-daring sense of style she’d been cultivating last time we caught up with her . Here she is at the Iron Man 2, premiere, for instance, wearing a pair of Chris Martin’s silky boxers, a matching jacket, and her now trademark clumpy shoes.
Can shorts ever work on the red carpet? Do they work in this case? That’s for you to decide. And when you’re done casting judgment on Gwyneth, we have a whole slew of other celebrities in the gallery below for you to cast your vote upon…
