Well this is another tricky one. I have a vague interest in fashion, usually know what's in and what's out but rarely follow the dictates myself.
When I was a teenager I was obsessed with fashion. I had a Saturday job and spent all my wages on clothes and shoes. My first real fashion memory is owning a pair of bright red Oxford Bags that I thought were fantastic. My father asked why I wanted to dress like a circus clown and I'm pretty sure I rolled my eyes at him for that comment! I also rocked purple smock dresses, cheese cloth shirts, loon pants and platform shoes. Bomber jacket that weren't warm enough/waterproof enough for an afternoon stood in driving rain at the Holte End, love beads, a suede jacket with faux fur trim that smelt like a wet dog when it got wet - a; these and more were my fashion loves. Yes, I;m a child of the 70s and I still love those fashions, despite the label 'the decade that taste forgot'.
Now I dress for comfort - no platforms for me these days! - although I'd love to spend just one more day top to toe in the latest shapes and styles. However, I don't want to look like 'mutton dressed as lamb' so I'll stick to things which let me blend in (although I still love a bright nail polish)
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