Saturday, June 03, 2006

Fashion Statement

It occurs to me that it's some time since I had a serious attack of grumpiness on these pages.

So.

Male summer fashion in the British Isles.

I admit that there's no point having any more laws than we already have; the ones we've got are not enforced unless they apply to soft targets (like motorists) or people without the financial clout to fight back.

However.

A major issue in the modern world is the lack of respect that some members the society show for those around them.

So perhaps we do need to introduce a few new rules.

1. No man with a fat neck may wear a tee-shirt, vest, singlet or other garment which does not have a collar.

2. No man may wear cut-off trousers or shorts - under no circumstances should the British male leg be exposed in public. In Pixie's view women should also be dissuaded from wearing cut-offs as it allows fashion designers to laugh themselves silly at the ridiculous looking garments that they have conned the human race into wearing - don't give them the satisfaction.

3. The fact that the sun has briefly come out is not an excuse to rip off shirts and expose the more respectful members of the population to pale, weedy chests or disgusting flabby torsos covered in tattoos to girls called Sharon or obscure rock bands.

It's so easy - show some respect.

And now

A man with his head up a canoe


2 comments:

Susan Lucente said...

That was hilarious, and how refreshing to hear a man giving fashion rules for men. Thank you. :-) My parents' nextdoor neighbor is a major offender. The man is 65 years old, skinny all over except for a beer belly, ghostly white skin, jet black hair everywhere on his body except the top of his head. In the summer time he walks behind his push lawnmower wearing nothing but tennis shoes and a teeny tiny skimpy low-rise Speedo racing swim suit. I'm feeling nauseous just describing it. The only way it could be worse would be if it were a "thong" instead, and I don't mean the flip-flop kind. Makes my skin crawl....

Flea said...

LOL Susan! Oh gosh, please erase the image from my mind.
I agree, some not-fashions is awfull, don't people have mirrors?
And I again hate seeing men or women barefoot in shops, yik.