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What is this all about???? Just what???

42 replies

SecretJewel · 10/09/2013 16:43

Okay, so fashion icon I am not.

BUT, but, but, but. What is all this pencil skirt and ankle boot thing all about?

Like this and this

It's absolutely bloody ridiculous.

I am astonished that people are going for this. I've seen colleagues going round like this in the office.

A less flattering combination of items is hard to imagine. Even on gorgeous and perfect models it just looks silly.

Has anybody got anything good at all to say about this ghastliness?

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LadyMud · 10/09/2013 17:09

SecretJewel, you are the little boy in this story Grin

WowOoo · 10/09/2013 17:12

I'm no fashion icon either.

With boots like that I'd have to wear socks or they'd rub and annoy me.

And then I would look like a total arse.
Oh, to be young and experimental again!

WowOoo · 10/09/2013 17:12

I'm no fashion icon either.

With boots like that I'd have to wear socks or they'd rub and annoy me.

And then I would look like a total arse.
Oh, to be young and experimental again!

WowOoo · 10/09/2013 17:12

I'm no fashion icon either.

With boots like that I'd have to wear socks or they'd rub and annoy me.

And then I would look like a total arse.
Oh, to be young and experimental again!

WowOoo · 10/09/2013 17:12

I'm no fashion icon either.

With boots like that I'd have to wear socks or they'd rub and annoy me.

And then I would look like a total arse.
Oh, to be young and experimental again!

PrincessRomy · 10/09/2013 17:12

I wear those little socks that stop on your ankle when I wear ankle boots

WowOoo · 10/09/2013 17:13

I have no idea why that came up three times. Blush

PrincessRomy · 10/09/2013 17:13

I wrote a different post before that one and it's not come up??

BikeRunSki · 10/09/2013 17:14

WowOoo, I didn't quite get that - are you a fashion icon or not then?

PrincessRomy · 10/09/2013 17:15

Said I would wear that look but not like in the Zara pic. I'd need a heeled ankle boot and a more fitted, shorter pencil skirt (just below knee?). Could be a good autumny look. Also said I'm prepared to be told I have no style though.

PrincessRomy · 10/09/2013 17:16

God it's just never the same when you have to rewrite a lost post.

kiwidreamer · 10/09/2013 17:18

when I see images like that I'm so glad Im not particularly stylish, at least I'll just look a bit boring in my photos ten years minutes on, rather than utterly ridiculous.

CointreauVersial · 10/09/2013 17:20

Um, sorry, I quite like the look (though not particularly the second link).

Long boots with skirts feel really dowdy to me now.

CointreauVersial · 10/09/2013 17:20

Um, sorry, I quite like the look (though not particularly the second link).

Skirts with long boots feels really dowdy to me now.

CointreauVersial · 10/09/2013 17:21

Um, sorry, I quite like the look (though not particularly the second link).

Skirts with long boots feels really dowdy to me now.

CointreauVersial · 10/09/2013 17:21

Gah! These site issues are getting me down. Sorry about double post.

CointreauVersial · 10/09/2013 17:22

Triple post, even. Grin

PrincessRomy · 10/09/2013 17:22

Glad I'm not the only one cointreau

LeGavrOrf · 10/09/2013 17:24

What is wrong with you two? Grin

woozlebear · 10/09/2013 17:27

I'm DEFINITELY not a fashion icon, but I quite like the first look. Second one is bluerrrrrgh though.

PrincessRomy · 10/09/2013 17:32

We are all agreed we're not keen on the Zara look.

SecretJewel · 10/09/2013 17:37

And to think, somebody was paid money to put that together.

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BalloonSlayer · 10/09/2013 17:39

It reminds me of when my Mum used to wear my Granny's old boots to work in the snow. They had zips up the front.

reggiebean · 10/09/2013 17:45

The Zara one is terrible, but quite like the first one.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 10/09/2013 17:48

I like the first one and wear that sort of thing a lot, but with tights not bare legs.