As anyone who owns a right arm knows, sometimes that thing just gets SO DARN HOT, doesn’t it? Seriously, are we right? Your left arm? Freezing. Your neck and torso? So cold you could make ice cubes out of them. (Although that would be weird.) But trust the ol’ right arm to upset the apple cart and demand to be left as naked as the day it was born, eh? And thank goodness for fashion brands like DSquared2, for finding an answer to the eternal problem of the right arm…and for finding a way to charge people £175 / $280 for it!
Probably best not to mention to the people buying this that you could just buy a regular old turtleneck sweater and hack off one arm, eh? Or, better yet, find an old one you have no use for, and avoid dropping any cash at all. Because that would spoil their fun.)
We must confess, though, we were really just joking when we described this as a “new fashion trend”. It’ll just be a Dsquared2 thing, after all. It’s not like other designers are all going to be rushing to jump aboard the one-sleeve bandwagon, is it?
Well, other than Sass & Bide, obviously. And wouldya look at that: their version leaves the LEFT arm bare! That totally destroys our theory of the Evil Right Arm.
While we’re on the subject of Sass & Bide, by the way, allow us to quickly draw your attention to this:
Yeah. Anyway, back to those single sleeves, which are all of sudden starting to look pretty good to us, for some reason. Now, we’re all used to seeing single sleeves on dresses, for instance:
It’s a bit of an eveningwear staple, isn’t it? It’s not our favourite look in the world, to be completely honest with you. But we barely bat an eyelid at it, so why not extend the same look to a turtleneck sweater, say? Will that one day seem as commonplace as the one-sleeved dress?
Well, we can only hope not. Because seriously: under what strange set of circumstances would such a thing suddenly seem like the ideal attire? (That’s not a rhetorical question, by the way: we genuinely want to know. We have a feeling that a story which included the line “And I just knew my one-sleeved turtleneck sweater would be the IDEAL thing to wear!” would be a story worth hearing.)
What do you think of the single-sleeved look, readers? Is it guilty or innocent of the charge of committing crimes of fashion?
Over the past couple of days, certain sectors of the internet have been having conniptions over some photos of Katie Holmes:
Can you see what the issue is here? No, neither could we. Luckily, though, our image agency gave us a close-up of Katie’s face, and even provided a helpful circle to help us identify what we should be getting all upset about:
Yup, it’s a few strands of grey. Or it seems to be, anyway. Well, you can colour us AMAZED. (Do you see what we did there? “Colour us”? Never mind.) You’re seriously expecting us to believe there are people in this world who have a few grey hairs? Are we supposed to be amazed at this brand new information?
This just in: hair goes grey. It does. Happens to all of us, sooner or later. And Katie Holmes is what, 32? 33? Not unheard of for people to have at least a few grey strands at that age, sometimes even more than that. And let’s not forget, she IS married to Tom Cruise…
The beauty press, however, is all astonishment that a celebrity like Katie has had the temerity to show her face – or rather her head – in public without first having a touch-up. They seem to feel she should be cowering at home with a towel wrapped around her head and her hair colourist on speed dial. It is, apparently, a sign that she is “letting herself go”. Say what? It’s a few strands of grey! Maybe she doesn’t want to colour it? Maybe she wants to grow old gracefully or something? (Not that we’re suggesting there’s anything wrong with colouring your hair, if you want to, you understand. We’re planning to go purple once the grey kicks in.)
What do you think? Huge fashion faux-pas or a woman in her thirties looking like… a woman in her thirties?
You’ve probably noticed that yellow and orange are everywhere right now. Sometimes even together, in the same outfit or item. They can both be difficult colours to wear, but what do you think of them on this TNFC dress?
This has an offset, button-front, short sleeves and a flared, mini-length skirt which we wish was just a tad longer, but then, we WOULD say that, wouldn’t we?
A few weeks ago we asked the question, “Who wears short shorts?” and now here is our answer, in the form of Rumer Willis in a pair of short denim shorts worn with high stilettos sandals and an open-fronted shirt.
What do you think of Rumer’s Daisy Dukes, though? Can we get a YAY or NAY from you?
Which can only mean one thing: it’s time for a look at the Chanel Fall/Winter 2011/12 runway, from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. And we know you just want to look at the pretty (or perhaps not-so-pretty?) pictures rather than listen to us ramble on, so we’ll say just one thing: boxy suits will be big this winter…
Not amazing in a “Let us buy them immediately and wear them to work!” way, obviously. We somehow think the only people we’ll see actually wearing these will be Lady Gaga and those who like to dress like her. And also those who like to spend $1,000 on crazy footwear. But as SoleStruck say, these are “the most OMG shoes” on the planet right now. Hard to argue with them there. (Hard, too, not to add the phrase “OMGSHOES” to our vocabulary.) They really are quite spectacular, and while we’re a little surprised to see them being sold as ACTUAL FOOTWEAR, as opposed to just appearing on some runway, on Gaga, and then never seen again, we have to admit, we would seriously LOVE the chance to try these on and walk around in them. And probably to fall off them, too.
We find we will quite easily be able to live without ever trying these on. Louis Vuitton has never been our favourite brand, it’s true, and sometimes we’ve suspected them of churning out ugly stuff just so they can sit back and laugh as everyone rushes to buy it, because “IT’S LOUIS VUITTON!” But we have a particular dislike for animal legs on… well, on anything other than animals, to be perfectly honest with you. These could only be uglier if they’d stamped the “LV” logo all overt them. Ironically, they’d probably have been able to sell them for twice the price if they’d done that. This sums up Louis Vuitton for us.
While we’re on the subject of animals:
Christian Louboutin ‘Puck’, available Fall 2011
There are lots of absolutely amazing shoes in the Christian Louboutin fall collection this year, as we’ve come to expect. There’s also these. They’re called ‘Puck’, and they do have a kind of elvish feel to them. They also look a bit like they’re been wrenched off the feet of some mythical, woodland creature. One that we’d probably prefer not to meet. Quite how this will work outside the setting of a Shakespearian play, or a nightmare, we have no idea. We’ll be interested to find out, though, when they finally become available and people start wearing them. Well, THEY’RE DESIGNER. People WILL wear them, won’t they?
Finally, one we suspect you’ll all love, and want to use the word “quirky” to describe:
Vans Watermelon shoes, $36, Colette. Personally we prefer to keep feet and foot separate (it’s just one of our “things”), but if you can’t wait to put the two together, you can click here to buy them. After the Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutin offerings, they actually look quite sweet. And make us fancy a slice of watermelon, now you come to mention it…
(One sleeve top, Sass & Bide, $165: click here to buy it)
(Tete-a-tete pants, $265: click here to buy them)
(One sleeve sash dress, £37, Miss Selfridge: click here to buy it)
