to feel that a woman in her 30s who chooses to wear large silk flowers in her hair on a daily basis, entirely without irony

[OrmIrian]

is asking to be thought a loon.

They match the colour of her shoes. Which somehow makes it worse.

[ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight]

does she have different coloured flowers for different shoes?

[TrinityRhino]

maybe she just likes the look

[DrunkenDaisy]

don't be mean. i think she sounds lovely (although not my taste).

[Lulumama]

think that sounds lovely.

good for her

nothing wrong with being a bit non conformist

[TrinityRhino]

I'd rather be a penguin than a sheep

[crazylizzy]

Maybe she's from Hawaii and feels homesick? She sounds fab BTW

[madwomanintheattic]

ohhhhhhh, i want to be her.

i have some in my top drawer and often think about it. i have long curly dark scruffy hair and i wish i had the confidence to go all hippy and boho, rather than achieve the 'haggard mrs ordinary' that comes naturally...

[OrmIrian]

Oh she doesn't look like a penguin trinity. She looks more like a shrubbery

[madwomanintheattic]

[modrin]

i think she sound lovely and interesting i would be very drawn to her

[TrinityRhino]

and maybe she doesn;t care if you think she is a loon

[OrmIrian]

She's not boho those, that is the weird thing. She wears tight tight jeans and smart skirts. And v high heels.

[OrmIrian]

I am quite quite sure she doesn't care.

[Swedes]

Does she look a bit wide-eyed?

[Thunderduck]

I'm with Trinity on this one.

[OrmIrian]

Indeed swedes. How did you guess?

[MadameDefarge]

Blimey, what happened to the right to self-expression? Is there some dress code you feel we all should adhere to?

[OrmIrian]

Bugger me no

But I do find flowers in the hair or a grown woman a bit odd. I am clearly alone in this.

[TrinityRhino]

thats what gets me defarge

it does semm like there a way to dress and everything else is wrong

you would think I was off my fucking rocker rather than just a loon if you saw me

[MadameDefarge]

It's one of the things that I love about living in Britain, you can wear what you want...so many other countries are really rigid in their conception of the right thing to wear

[MadameDefarge]

English Eccentricity. A national trait to be treasured, Trinity.

[OrmIrian]

How have I gone from thinking silk flowers look odd to be some sort of clothing Nazi?

And I still think it looks odd. So there.

[moondog]

She sounds great.

It beats the fleece, cropped cargo trousers and crocs combo.

[Thunderduck]

Odd is good. I like odd.