Friday, 9 October 2020

A Change in Image.

Remember when fashion models looked like this:
 

 
I suppose the defining word would have to be something like ‘wholesome.’ Nowadays they look like this: 
 
 
If I may be excused for paraphrasing a well known line from Kind Hearts and Coronets, I should say that her mouth is just a little too full, her eyes a touch too widely spaced, and her nose perhaps a little too fleshy. But the defining difference is in the descriptor: 

Badass.

That’s the name of the game now. And what continues to amuse me is that people who wear top branded clothing which vaunts its name for all to see apparently give little if any thought to the fact that they’re paying large sums of money to give the company free advertising.

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