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The MN Uniform

69 replies

FrannyandZooey · 14/06/2006 07:59

It has come to my attention that about 98% of us are wearing:

Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation
Stone Edge nail varnish
PPH's shoes
city shorts

What top are we wearing? Do we have an MN perfume?

OP posts:
FillyjonktheFluffy · 14/06/2006 08:10

ROFL

well makes you easy to spot, i suppose...

(mmmm...flares...sparkly toenails ...bananas....I'll leave y'all to it, I think)

FillyjonktheFluffy · 14/06/2006 08:11

I smell of neroli essential oil. bw

and double barrelled wee

PiccadillyCircus · 14/06/2006 08:13

I must be in the remaining 2% then Smile.

harpsichordcarrier · 14/06/2006 08:23

eau de la smug

WelshBoris · 14/06/2006 08:25

parfum au fruitshoot

LadySherlockofLGJ · 14/06/2006 08:28

eau de grapes with a hint of football.

Tortington · 14/06/2006 09:08

oy vey i'd rather die!

at the moment i am wearing a beautiful ensamble, the shorts i bought rom somewhere so forgetable i forget - 5 years ago - coupled with an england top which belongs to my dh. i got this at a much reduced price when i did the wages for UMBRO many years ago.

i have some rip off birkenstocky flip floppy thins on my feet

i have hairy legs

and hairyer toes - yes toes.

i have one nail on my left hand and have never been for a manicure in my life- would be wasted on a no nail person.

i can't be trusted with falsies - i tend to set them on fire when putting out a ciggie.

never worn foundation. which i am quite proud about.

LadyTambaOfTambaTown · 14/06/2006 09:11

I dont wear make-up (am young enough to get away with it Wink)

My toe nails are red

I am wearing red strappy sandels (or would be if I actually bother to get dressed)

Would not be seen dead in city shorts Shock They are minging (IMO Wink)

Will be wearing short denim skirt instead.

And red vest top and belt to go with the shoes.

I am in the 2%

noddyholder · 14/06/2006 09:15

Oh no!City shorts are the chav uniform here in Brighton!I am wearing levis engineered(?)jeans and a turqioise gap plain scoop t shirt and flat converse white pumps Plain jane here!No vitalumiere either decleor neroli face oil over fake tan!

Tortington · 14/06/2006 09:23

wtf are city shorts? link please

MrsBadger · 14/06/2006 09:41

I'm in the 2% too (linen trous, slightly surfy tan shirt, suedey wedges), but I imagine the 98% to be wearing 3/4 sleeved v-necked tops with their city shorts.

Whizzz · 14/06/2006 09:44

\link{http://search.next.co.uk/shopping/city%20shorts\city shorts} - I am not wearing them!

Whizzz · 14/06/2006 09:44

I'm in the other 2% too!

Twiglett · 14/06/2006 09:45

I find city shorts unbearably naff Grin

Twiglett · 14/06/2006 09:46

arf

Twiglett · 14/06/2006 09:48

I'm sorry .. but that 4th picture along in your link .... WTF? .. that's a model .. those legs look like shapeless pins Shock .. people are just too skinny nowadays

CristinaTheAstonishing · 14/06/2006 09:51

Oh dear. I bought a pair, from Next too. I just see them as a longer version of shorts. You can also roll them up a bit to make them shorter. I wear them with vests. They are definitely not office wear and they are nowhere near as desperately fashionable as culottes.

The perfume I'm wearing ATM is Sentiment by Escada.

So, am I terribly conventional and amongst the 98%?

zippitippitoes · 14/06/2006 09:53

in this case i'm in the custardo school of fashion i think..minus the glamour Grin

flutterbee · 14/06/2006 09:57

Well at the moment I am wearing purple pyjama bottome and a white vest top with a huge splodge of mashed banana from ds's breakfast down it.

When I get dressed in the nest 20mins I shall be wearing an ankle leangth denim skirt, and a lovely crinkle shirt with a pair of closed toe kitten heels (its raining here and I have to go to town).

and,

I HATE BLOODY CITY SHORTS, if we are honest they are just black bermuda shorts.

DumbledoresGirl · 14/06/2006 10:00

What are city shorts anyway? I know it has probably siad a dozen times before but.... Are we just talking smart shorts, perhaps with a front crease?

bluejelly · 14/06/2006 10:01

Yep

DumbledoresGirl · 14/06/2006 10:01

Oh just seen link further down. Really should read all the posts before posting should I? Blush

CristinaTheAstonishing · 14/06/2006 10:03

I agree about the bermuda shorts. If city shorts have a crease then I definitely haven't got a pair. Phew! relieved to have escaped the style police this time :)

notanotter · 14/06/2006 10:14

2% here too!
red t -shirt with skull on and red toe nails
no finger nails - clean too much!
city shorts ...schmitty shorts!
four year old sparkly flip flops and proud of it!
no perfume for me!

lucykate · 14/06/2006 10:16

there must be some boden in the mn uniform somewhere surely??