Being boring

Hannah Betts makes way for the modishly mundane

I WAS GOING TO REVIEW “Colour Revolution” at the Ashmolean this month, a celebration of the Victorian passion for pigment that runs until mid-February. Now, I adore all things Ash … but colour — it’s jumped the shark, baby. Glorious for the Victorians, but we Caroleans aren’t feeling it. The pandemic obsession with rainbow-hued serotonin dressing (c.f. my seminal March 2021 column) is, like, so over. Colour for colour’s sake is feeling de trop: a tad tacky, insufficiently sleek, non-serious. We will maintain elements, obv. However, the catwalk craving is for the monochrome rather than clown-like. Meanwhile, all that stuff about the death of the heel, binning of the suit etc? Mate, I told you it would be a flash in the pan. WE WITNESSED THE BEGINNINGS of this with…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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