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December 1, 2006
Foiled by Fashion
My most recent search for a particular item of clothing shouldn’t have been as arduous as it was, but once again certain trends abundant in the fashion industry have made things difficult. If only I loved leggings and mini skirts! But I’m getting ahead of myself.
I decided there weren’t enough plaid wool skirts in my life. Since the beginning of this fall I’ve kept an eye out for something that would look good with my tall brown boots, but virtually all the plaid skirts I found were mini, and there was an alarming amount of wool plaid shorts. This, I assumed, was due to frequenting the sort of hipster stores. However, when I wandered elsewhere, the wool plaid seemed to come only in the form of gauchos and - once again - the shorts. I have nothing against gauchos (aside from seeming to have replaced the knee-length skirt), but the current level of popularity that shorts for all seasons and occasions (can there be such thing as a “formal short”?) are enjoying is a mystery to me. Why are they everywhere?
I'm certainly not adverse to a cute and tasteful wool plaid miniskirt. I’m particularly fond of one at J.Crew that I would totally wear on a weekend with some coordinating wool socks and my boots, but I need things that will translate well into the office, which miniskirts…don’t. Why the lack of the longer skirt? Are knee-length wool plaid skirts too last season? If so, why? It seems like fairly standard winter apparel. Where are the right places to look? Am I...out of style?
| By heidi | 4:36 PM
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Posted by: marianne at December 1, 2006 7:15 PM