It was brisk in Sydney this morning, 3.5 degrees when I left home and 7 degrees in the city. This requires a certain sort of dressing, you know like a warm jacket and a scarf. This message goes out to the girl I saw wearing her trendy skinny jeans, ballet flats, long sleeved shirt, and short sleeved swing jacket. Admittedly, she looked nice, but trust me, a short sleeved swing jacket isn’t warm enough for a cold morning in Sydney. Save it for when you are actually in the office and wear something warmer on the way.
Also, if you have decided that you do want to sacrifice your health to fashion, at least make sure you look fashionable. This message goes out to the girl who was wearing a khaki trench coat, black 3/4 length tights, a red beanie and scungy black thongs (flip-flops). You know, the blue skin just wasn’t working for her.
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I'll admit I look like an eskimo when I leave my house at 6am in the morning in my coat, scarf, gloves and sometimes hat/beanie or some sort - but at least i'm warm!
Sometimes you do need function over fashion. To illustrate my point, check this one out: http://www.fashionising.com/lifestyle/blog/title/Fashion-trends-can-lead-to-amputation/entry/605/ which I found very scary and shows that it's not only the women out there that suffer for fashion!
Karina, ooh me too. I was really rugged up this morning. Next week I'm travelling to the Snowy Mountains (for work). Then I'll be wearing tights under my pants and a long sleeved t-shirt under my shirts. I get cold!
Dean, whoooo. Freaky!
Most of the year we have the opposite problem, particularly when it comes to Emo style. When it's 90-something degrees Fahrenheit, it looks ridiculous to wear a long-sleeved black shirt, long black pants, and black combat boots. I'm all for expressing personal style, but not when it could cause heat stroke.
Now, I have been known to go a bit under-dressed when it is cold (cold = upper 30's - 50's Fahrenheit). I've been getting better, though, now that I have some cute jackets and long pants that actually fit.
I checked out Dean's post about a guy who nearly had his legs amputated because he wore jeans that were too tight and the stuffed.co.nz article that the info comes from. Supposedly, "James Bishop" could only put on the jeans after bathing with them on to help them loosen, then after laying in the sun they shrank and were too tight.
Apparently the Stuffed article is the only place that mentions it and there aren't any details to help verify the story, other than the name "James Bishop", which still didn't turn up anything relevant.
The article also mentioned that James could only shriek in a high pitch because his guy parts were being squeezed. This is rather dubious. I'm sure it must have hurt really bad if it did happen, but there's nothing special about guy parts when it comes to the pitch of one's voice (there are hormones made there that deepen the voice, but this is not something that would change drastically in such a short time). And I, a female, have certainly done more than shriek when in horrible pain.
Finally, I found this Snopes.com post about similar stories: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/vanities/shrink.asp
Apparently, it's a rather common urban legend, bath and all. I'm not saying that the story that Dean alludes to is false, but it looks fishy. Also, Dean didn't write the piece (although one has to be very careful of what one passes along). I would have commented directly on Dean's blog, but the sign-up process was a bit more detailed than I would have preferred.
I thought I'd let you all know, though. I'm actually curious to see if the story does turn out to be true or not.
This is kind of totally unrelated, but I saw so much of it today that I HAD to mention it.
I'm in Toronto, ON Canada. It's pretty hot. Sundresses are appropriate things to wear....but not when you're riding your bicycle! Or maybe I should rephrase--if you're going to wear a dress and ride a bike, which I sometimes do, at least wear shorts underneath! I don't need to see what colour your panties are.
Meg, I had to look up Emo (man I am so unhip my bum might fall off), but I'm sure this is Goth? I have to say I've don't the goth thing on hot days ^_^ though with short sleeves! And urban myth or not, still pretty cool. I'd like to see the Myth Busters test that one ^_^
Corrigan, oohhh, definite no-no!
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