Holly writes…

Our advice is under the jump – feel free to leave yours in the comments box.

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Nina asks…

"Now that autumn is approaching much faster than anyone would have thought, I find myself being cold ALL THE FREAKING TIME (I know you understand me, I read your blog). So in order not to freeze to death this winter, I was looking for some really warm yet stylish clothes to wear on Campus and in the city.

I wondered whether you could help me in my search for pullovers (and maybe skirts or dresses as well) that will keep me from dying without making me look like a fashion criminal. Thanks for helping me out!"

Oh Nina, Nina, we feel your pain! The Fashion Police HQ is located in the frozen north, which generally means that as soon as the leaves start to fall, the officers have to abandon all hope of looking stylish, and settle instead for doing whatever it takes to try to stay warm. That said, there are some ways to do both, and so here are our tips for cold weather dressing…

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Dear Fashion Police,

Last year I fell in love with the Kate Moss for Toshop pansy print dress. I didn’t buy one because I couldn’t find any in my size, and also because I don’t generally like wearing things that are very "fashionable", but I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind and I’ve found a couple of the dresses on eBay.

Should I buy one?

~ Alicia

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Question received via our web search: "Can I boil my Crocs?"

What, you mean like lobsters? To kill them? Well, we guess anything you can do to Crocs other than actually wearing them is probably a step forward, but a cursory search of the Crocs website reveals that no, you cannot boil your Crocs. And you can’t eat them, either. Sorry to be the ones to break it to you.

Crocs say: "4 out of 5 Crocs, Inc. Customer Service Representatives in this study agreed that even though the shoes had a nice texture and looked tasty; they would not recommend eating the shoes."

If you just want to clean them, then, stick to good old soapy water, and keep it at a normal temperature. If you want to eat them, see your shrink, because Houston, we have a problem. If you’re trying to kill them, on the other hand, hey, want to join The Fashion Police? We like the way you think…

Sometimes, people like to email us looking for solutions to their fashion dilemmas. Sometimes, though, they don’t, and they just run a search of site, hoping their question will have been answered before.

Well, we think these people, too, deserve our help, so just for them, here’s a quick roundup of searches we’ve had lately, with our responses…

1.  Do skinny jeans suit big women?

Well, anonymous asker, that all depends. There is a commonly held belief that skinny jeans can only be worn by skinny people, but we’d like to call "bullshit" on that one, if we may. Actually, skinny jeans can be worn by lots of different shapes, and what’s more important here isn’t how "big" or "small" you are, but what kind of body shape you have, and, more importantly, what kind of leg shape you’re working with. If you have particularly large thighs, then you may want to draw attention away from them with a looser cut of jean, but of course, skinnies can always be worn with longline tops, tunics, or even dresses over the top, in which case you’re wearing them more or less like tights.

In conclusion: the question is unanswerable, because we don’t know what you mean by "big women". The solution: try a pair on, see how they look. If you like ‘em – wear ‘em.

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