How we look at the way people dress!

Our society is very funny about dress codes. On the whole, anything goes, although we are often rather suspicious of young men in hoodies if they walk along with their hoods up even when it is not cold. And hoodies are so ubiquitous that really we should bot worry about them. I say that as a frequent hoody (hoodie?) wearer.

Our grandson has just managed to make a hole in the elbow of a new one he had as a Christmas present and is reluctant for me to patch it as he “doesn’t want to look like an old man”!

Despite our relatively relaxed attitude, a Labour MP has been criticised for her attire in the House of Commons because she had a bare shoulder, not going out for the evening bare, apparently, but too revealing for some people!

Then there’s the question of what pregnant ladies should wear. (I suspect, by the way, that some people will object to my calling them ladies. According to this article pregnant bellies should be revealed in all their splendour. I beg to differ. I have no objection to pregnancy being obvious and evident. Wear tight-fitting clothes by all means. And bellies out on the beach and by the pool are fine. But I don’t see why they should be paraded along the high street. In fact an expanse of non-pregnant belly doesn’t need to be paraded along the high street either.

Call me old-fashioned but I do think that a girl can show off her curves without having to reveal all her skin as well. That’s all!

And just now I came across this: -

“Bids on an off-the-shoulder dress worn by Tracy Brabin in the House of Commons have passed £14,000 in a charity auction. The Labour MP was forced to defend her attire after the dress slipped off her shoulder when she leaned on the dispatch box because of a broken ankle on Tuesday.

Brabin decided to sell the dress for charity on eBay, where bids reached £14,200 on Saturday afternoon. The auction ends on Thursday and the money raised will go to Girlguiding, a charity for girls and young women in the UK.

Brabin’s outfit had been criticised on social media earlier in the week. It was a topic of discussion on the BBC’s Question Time on Thursday – where one audience member described it as “a disco outfit”.”

 Such is the oddness of the modern world!