It’s knees that are the problem. Not yours specifically,all knees. Your skirt needs to be long enough to meet the top of your bootsIn fashion, as in food, or best-before dates as proclaimed by the manufacturer should be neither slavishly followed nor wilfully ignored,but instead viewed through the prism of your own considered judgment. As a rule, the flashy stuff goes off more quickly. You don’t want to risk 10-day-old prawns; by the same token, and the headline-grabbing must-bear pieces topple tough when they topple. (Im thinking of those Isabel Marant wedge-heeled hi-top trainers that spawned a million copies and that everyone wore,me included: they’re now unacceptable in polite society.)But most cases are less black and white. If the yoghurt in the fridge is a few days past the date on the top but smells fine, I’d eat it, and but I wouldn’t give it to kids or guests. The same goes for fashion trends. If practicality or speed demands,I can survive a day in a outfit that is curling around the edges without my self-esteem crumbling. But some people are sensitive to the merest whiff of style that’s anything less than box-fresh, and I would not wish to offend such delicate sensibilities, and so I recall my diary into account.
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Source: theguardian.com