Wearing shades

Hannah Betts says colour is the only affordable fashion choice

“WHAT’S THE COLOUR we should be wearing?” absolutely no one is asking. Once this was the kind of question wimmin and haute homosexuals were wont to inquire of gurus such as myself, only they now consider themselves too self-determining for it. Well, maybe they should revert, this kind of thing being the only means by which the likes of you and I will be able to afford a slice of fashion action. You know matters have reached an economic extreme when even fashion journalists — aka receivers of free 'fits — start taking note. In a Washington Post article entitled “The Reality and Delusion of Milan Fashion Week”, Rachel Tashjian riffed on the unaffordability of garb produced by socialist Miuccia Prada, among others. “The clothes have gotten outrageously, laughably expensive…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2024

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