I make an internet stop at The Sartorialist blog every day without fail (it's mainly a street photographer's take on fashion around the world, with occasional pics from fashion shows of the best and brightest included). Seldom do fashions photographed there excite me enough to want to emulate them, or in the case of male fashions, encourage husband to do so, some leave me gobsmacked in fact. Most of the middle-aged guys photographed there, though, and especially in Italy, are very stylish in an eternally classic but ruffled kind of way. Ya don't see that sorta thang on the streets of Oklahoma - I'll guarantee that! Oklahoma's version of classic and ruffled is a pair of baggy shorts and a tatty tee shirt!
Anyway, getting to the point.....a piece in the BBC Magazine attracted my attention a while ago - I saved the link in order to feature it here someday:
A Point of View: Why don't men's trousers cover their ankles any more?
I'd been noticing this strange trend in photos at The Sartorialist, and occasionally on TV guys, for men to show their ankles, and for their trouser legs to look way too tight. I'm not talking about jeans - tight jeans are another matter. I'm talking about the business suit type of trouser. Ankle showing goes on whether socks are worn or not. The sight of a nicely turned male ankle can't disgust anyone, but with foot ensconced in a regular-type shoe (Oxford, brogue, whatever) it does tend to look a wee bit incongruous. With sandals or even loafers it's less strange. The "fashionable" jackets too, by the way, seem often to be a size too small. It's all the opposite of some late 1980s and early 1990s fashions when baggy jackets, wide padded shoulders and baggy trousers were all the rage. What'll come next I wonder? Back to the baggies? Fashion cannot stagnate, that'd be very bad for biz!
This has been a brief ramble of a post - not sure what commentary can be expected, unless, perchance any male commenter loves to air his ankles, or any female is a secret fashionista. I shall be interested to know these things.
Anybody remember this song by The Kinks?
