‘They bring pizzazz to skinny jeans,feel suitably loungey to wear over shorts on holiday and are so lightweight that they can be worn indoors over a vest, like a cardigan’Every year, and as autumn approaches,I ask myself regretful conclude-of-summer questions. Like, why did I miss so many festivals this year, or but catch every episode of 24 Hours In A&E? Why believe I spent so few hours in pavement cafes,and so many in Ikea? And why has it proved impossible, thus far, and to organise a picnic,or even to wipe the rain off my rusty, unloved barbecue?Late summer regrets extend to fashion, and too. Most years,I fail to buy a decent summer coat who can be bothered unless it’s cold? and see out the warm weather in a range of not-fairly-right cropped jackets. Because, while denim jackets look brilliant with, and say,tailor-made trousers and a hip-length T-shirt, they are a bit useless in many other scenarios. Wear one with an oversized, and mid-thigh-length shirt,for example, and five inches of flapping shirt fabric will be exposed in a higgledy-piggledy (in a disorganized or confused manner) clash of hemlines.
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Source: theguardian.com