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Oh that's so cute!!
Its poor, long-suffering little face!
I seem to remember if anybody turned up to my junior school wearing hot pants there was a massive commotion, kids used to chant ‘hot pants, hot pants!’ as the wearer walked across the playground in the morning. No idea why it was so exciting but obviously the fuss probably contributed to the rarity.Tell you what was a GREAT fashion: Hot Pants. Yup, shorts that you wore with tights like a skirt, and with knee-length boots if you were lucky.
Sometimes they had a bib like little dungarees.
I loved them. They were like wearing trousers which was still frowned on for women and girls.
If girls at my Grammar school wore trousers or Hot Pants to school events they were sent to the changing rooms to borrow a lost property sports skirt to wear instead.
Made no sense - why was a short skirt more modest than full-length smart trousers?
This didn't happen to me but I saw perfectly respectable teenage girls treated like this.
Anyway, Hot Pants. Possibly the most glamorous garment I have ever worn. It's all been downhill since then.
A girl wearing trousers? That would be so masculine, don't you think? Highly inappropriate!If girls at my Grammar school wore trousers or Hot Pants to school events they were sent to the changing rooms to borrow a lost property sports skirt to wear instead.
Made no sense - why was a short skirt more modest than full-length smart trousers?
That's mad! There have been laws against the wearing of all sorts of clothing and shoes through history.A girl wearing trousers? That would be so masculine, don't you think? Highly inappropriate!
I recently learned that in France during the first half of the 20th century it was illegal for women to wear pants. When they wore their son's or husband's trousers during the privations of war (to stay warm, of course, since there was no coal for heat), they were actually breaking the law. I haven't read of anyone getting jail time for it though. I guess the Nazis and the Vichy officials were focusing on other things.
You got the look rocking...Tell you what was a GREAT fashion: Hot Pants. Yup, shorts that you wore with tights like a skirt, and with knee-length boots if you were lucky.
Sometimes they had a bib like little dungarees.
I loved them. They were like wearing trousers which was still frowned on for women and girls.
If girls at my Grammar school wore trousers or Hot Pants to school events they were sent to the changing rooms to borrow a lost property sports skirt to wear instead.
Made no sense - why was a short skirt more modest than full-length smart trousers?
This didn't happen to me but I saw perfectly respectable teenage girls treated like this.
Anyway, Hot Pants. Possibly the most glamorous garment I have ever worn. It's all been downhill since then.
Haha, I wish!
...During the Troubles in Northern Ireland female police and soldiers on patrol wore skirts and never trousers.
The was to enable snipers to distinguish them from the men. It would be considered unsporting to shoot a woman.
I've heard that too - but given that IEDs and mortars don't make judgements based on attire, it would seem a bit pointless. I suspect the deep conservatism of the Loyalist hegemony also played a part.
I've heard that too - but given that IEDs and mortars don't make judgements based on attire, it would seem a bit pointless. I suspect the deep conservatism of the Loyalist hegemony also played a part.
(That said, a loose fitting skirt would help break up the profile of an individual, but wouldn't be much use given the usual focus of a sniper's shot. I reckon a skirt, a cape and a mitznefet would be optimum apparel - but I don't see the paras adopting that as regular combat dress anytime soon.)
I saw this skirt business explained in a TV documentary, illustrated with grainy security footage of night patrols where the skirts showed up well. Good enough for a sniper.True but female RUC casualties were usually inside vehicles or or mortared barracks, same with female soldiers. In particular off duty female part time UDR soldiers were never targeted but 100 serving (and former) part time UDR members who were male were killed.while off duty.
I saw this skirt business explained in a TV documentary, illustrated with grainy security footage of night patrols where the skirts showed up well. Good enough for a sniper.
Under the circumstances, I would prefer a cloak of invisibility myself.I reckon a skirt, a cape and a mitznefet would be optimum apparel
…if it were proved that gunmen really did avoid female targets due to the application of some sort of moral code…
I thought the woman with the white contacts looked amazing!!The recent MET Gala is full of strange fashion.
https://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/the-met-2021-gala-another-display-of-the-elites-insanity/
Lots of people in BDSM / gimp masks this year.
Bonus conspiracy / illuminati angle in the linked article.
It is interesting to note that a lot of male guests are been coerced into wearing skirts. An American althlete ( basketball player I think ) has gone on record with GQ magazine to say he was dead against wearing one......he caved in the end. All in the article .
Is the 'bag lady' look in right now?
Brought New Order's True Faith to mind -Alternatively, if you're worried about the weight you gained during COVID, and want to hide it, wear a dress that's supposed to be
rounder than you are:
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Now we have high visibility jackets by Balenciaga.
The luxury fashion house has released its Reversible Logo-Print Parka, as seen on the runway, for an eye-watering €2,990.
While the renowned designer's price point isn't exactly a surprise, its inspiration might be.
I'd wear it!
Looks like the result of cousin It from the Addams family mating with a blancmange.
I'd wear it!