Fashion, what are you wearing now?

[Kirkland Laing]

Anything that doesn't have logos. I'm currently wearing a pair of hemp shorts and a hemp t shirt because it's more comfortable than cotton but it's only chainstore price level stuff. I can still get away with jeans when I go out and I never go anywhere that needs a suit these days although I did wear one at a wedding last weekend. It still fits too which is nice.

EDIT : as you can see from the picture I could lose a few pounds.

I pretty much have that philosophy, though I do relent a little when it comes to footwear. Everything else though, nobody would have a clue. One of the things I enjoy about living away from the UK is not being a slave to other people's expectations of me. I really don't give a shit about any of that anymore and wear what I will because I want to; except for footwear.

When you get to 40 you just want comfortable shoes.

Comfortable clothes too, fashion kinda takes a back seat. I'm getting to the age when I'm going to be walking past Greenwoods* and see some practical jacket and think, oooh, they've got it in beige, and it's got a hood that zips into the collar. And they sell trousers with elasticated waistbands too, I'll have to have a look inside! I think I'll just go and kill myself.


*A northern English firm of gentlemens' outfitters for the mature gentleman, for the uninitiated. My uncle John, god rest his soul used to go there to buy a new flat cap every couple of years when I was young. They don't have a website surprisingly so you can't see their magnificent merchandise. I'm guessing most of their customers don't get on the internet much.