When an item of clothing is described as “skirt pants”, it’s a pretty good sign that, Houston, we have a problem. In this case, it’s a problem of the “whoops, my pyjamas got stuck to my skirt” kind. It’s a strange, and rare kind of problem, to be sure, and when you add it to the “OMG, I paid $3,680 to look like THIS?” problem that accompanies it, well, no wonder the wearer of this garment didn’t want to be identified.
Would you want to be identified wearing a gingham skirt over floral pants? Well, good for you. Click here to buy them.
Yes, this is exactly what it looks like: it’s a cashmere cardigan with a pair of braces (suspenders) sticking out of the top. But these braces are not there to hold your trousers up. Oh no. These braces are to hold your cardigan up. The cardigan you spent £260 of your English pounds on, presumably to keep you warm because, you know, it’s cashmere, only to find that it doesn’t actually cover your shoulders and therefore fails at that whole ‘keeping you warm’ thing. The straps are there to ensure the cardigan doesn’t completely fall off you (and therefore fail at being a cardigan at all).
What do you think though readers? Do you prefer your slouchy knits to be optionally off the shoulder, or would you welcome the addition of braces to hold them up? If you want to buy this particular example, it’s available at Matches.
This is our last Best Dressed of the Week contest for a few weeks, because your Chief of Police is off on holiday next week (Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of posts to tide you over), and because we didn’t have a BDOTW last week either, we’re playing catch-up with this one, and bringing you some celebrity outfits from then, too. Think of it as Best-Dressed-Of-The-Past-Couple-Of-Weeks, if you will.
We saw these legwarmers in store and can therefore report that they are faux suede on the other side. (Actually, there are an alarming amount of legwarmer options on the Marks and Spencer website at the moment, but that’s a post for another day.) Our first thought was ‘what the hell?’ and we still don’t know what to make of them now. Do you want to wear little bits of faux fur around your ankles? Why are legwarmers trying to make a comeback? We think M&S are stretching it a little even calling these legwarmers as they’re not going to keep much more than your ankles warm, let’s face it.
Would you wear these? How would you wear these (they tie on by the way, something it doesn’t tell you in the details online)? If you want to buy them, they are £9.50 here.
You know what’s most black cardigans are missing? A sheer, pink lace insert, designed to look like another cardigan underneath. But wait…surely adding a sheer insert completely defeats the object of stuck-together-clothes (which would be to save you from having to decide what to wear underneath if there’s another layer already stuck in for you)? By adding a sheer layer, it only ensure you have put something else underneath for the sake of common decency. Unless, of course, Nina Ricci have decided to have a go at making a Boob Window, in which case, we’re arresting them for that too.
Here’s an idea, rather than spending £638 on this cardi with the pointless insert, how about you go and buy an ordinary black cashmere cardi and put whatever you like under it? If you’d rather buy this one though, you can do so here.
