have i missed a national fashion law

[Pharoahnuff]

where everyone has to wear those SHOUTY BARBOUR belted quilted jackets?

and hair in a ridiculous bun like a cottage loaf with fake eyelashes

yup

Is it something to do with that horrid Essex TV show by any chance?

i dont mind the jacket - just the shouty BARBOUR label is ew

Not seen any shouty Barbour jackets but have seen zillions of those bloody awful Paul's Boutique padded things. You can hear the static as people walk past in them. And they look SO cheap and nasty but cost loads. Ack.

While we're at it, what the FUCK is going on with the Christmas jumper leggings?

I think the Paul's jacket and christmas leggings are ok if you are aged between 12 and 15. Only. Never at any other age.

Oh, those quilted jackets are beyond vile - makes me think of Princess Anne.

Even worse on men - one of my colleagues wears one with a flat cap; he looks a complete knob.

Who is this Paul person? Why are they advertising his shop?

Hahahahahaahahhaahhahaha you've just described about 80% of the mothers at dd's school

The Pauls shop jacket thingies are naff

Friend's DD went into town a few weeks ago to spend her birthday money and came back with one. She was happily showing it off to her Mum when her Grandmother popped round on her way back from dog walking wearing one very similar that she has had for decades

The DD hasn't worn it since.

Went shopping for a jacket last week. There are zillions of those quilted jackets, and what ridiculous prices! I wore one the first time round as a kid riding my pony. Now way am I going to be dashing around town in one looking like a character from a Thelwell cartoon......

It took me hours to even find anything to try on

They only look good on tall gorgeous skinny preppy boys

I quite like the 'christmas jumper leggings'

I have one of those Barbour jackets to walk the dog and its ancient ... Now people will think I am 'trying' ... Ny neighbour wears those Christmas leggings with a blanket ... I kid you not

these?

Those Christmas jumper leggings (unfortunately the cheaper, less concealing market stall version) are very big round my way. Didn't realise they were a national phenomenon. I've seen slim teenagers look terrible in them.

My Sindy doll used to have one of those Barbour-esque jackets. She wore it with mustard jodhpurs and hair that I'd coloured with blue felt tip.

Christmas jumper leggings are vile. In Birmingham the young lasses (and by no means just the slim young lasses) wear them with just a short top and fake Uggs. They look appalling - to the extent that I hiss 'where's your skirt, moron?' under my breath at them all and then run away quickly before they can tell it was me!

I also saw a young lass in leggings the other day (with a top that reached about to her belly button) that were so thin that I could see her white pants with blue stars underneath. Dear God - save us.

I'm sure I used to look a moron as a teenager (and often still do, to be sure) but I never showed anybody my ass who I hadn't at least snogged first.

i had a quilted jackay last early spring. too scared to bring out now

Up until far far too recently I assumed people wearing jackets and bags with Paul's Boutique written on them were Beastie Boys fans. I did wonder at the popularity

I am not into fashion at all as you might have gathered.

I have only ever seen someone out of their teens wearing PB a mum at school, she seems nice but the jacket is well, vile.

I quite like the xmas tree leggings if you are size 10 or under.

I like the barbour jackets at first but now everyone has them.

I had one of those for riding when I was a kid and my pony had a matching numnah. So Thelwell

Don't get your jackay out Pharoah, someone'll tack you up

MrsD Paul's B has nothing to do with fashion, so don't worry about that but love The Beastie Boys thing. Dp starts singing it whenever he sees one of those jackets - which is about every 27 seconds in you have the misfortune/are a big enough idiot to be in the Bullring on a Saturday afternoon.