I spotted this skirt online recently, and it made my imagination run wild like things usually do. First I had a rather unpleasant flashback to when I was fourteen years old. I was completely mortified when my dad bought my little sister a Happy Meal. That doesn’t seem so bad does it? Well, some may argue that it was terrible because it was years before the “healthier options” at Mickey D’s and she was probably getting well filled with preservatives. The really bad thing was that she ate it at PIZZA HUT! That was the time frame when the Hut was still using red and white tablecloths, hence the tie in with my memory.
I tried to point out a sign that said “No Outside Food or Beverage,” but I could only find a sign about taking a fresh plate up to the salad bar. Drat, not even the Law could help me. Being a teenager is hard enough, but having your baby sister eat something from one restaurant at a completely different restaurant is the equivalent of being put in the stocks, 18th century style, in the town square, or dying right then and there.
Of course, there are much happier thoughts and memories. Fashion wise it reminds me of the large scale flannel shirt I had in the late 80s. I loved that shirt, except for some reason it was made to tie. Why would you want your midriff showing in the fall and winter? I have no clue.
I think that I should buy some of these and it should be my signature look for the whole theme of this blog. However, I will have to stop wearing it when I get into the Cougar years of life. I have a ways to go, so maybe the term will be thankfully gone by then. I could be walking my dog in the park, and see some young men having a picnic. I could lay on some really creepy pick up like like, “Hey boys, the picnic’s over here…”
Thankfully, I am in love with a great guy who is of an age corresponding to my own, and I really feel that when the time comes, I will bypass the whole Cougar experience because I don’t need to meet anyone.
This skirt is available at Talbots. Not sure if it is in their store, but it is online. I have a shirt that has a similar pattern. No, I would not wear them together. That would be a bit much. I just was surfing around in my spare time and pretending I had won a shopping spree. Actually, that is not quite true. I didn’t have any spare time at all. I am totally ADD and have way too much to do, but was distracted by bright objects.
In fact, I was very surprised it was from Talbot’s. There was a freestanding store in Marblehead, Massachusetts, which is a very “old money” water side town in the Boston area. Ever since I popped into that store, I always got the impression that the shop had classic clothing for sure, but it mostly appealed to the well heeled slightly older woman. I really have been changing my tune lately.
Recently, they launched a campaign based on a cliffhanger video where a young woman confesses her unnamed indulgence in a church confessional. It was recently revealed that the woman’s red chair confessions were her new found addictions to Talbots. They have long seemed to be a fairly conservative company that took few risks, but they seem to be working on capturing a younger demographic. I am all for more young ladies wearing classic lines rather than doing the whole trollopy look. It took me a couple years to know that is how I looked. That was when I thought “curve flattering” meant wearing something so tight you would have thought you were wearing a space bag.
Can you believe that the spike heeled boots are something they have there? I would expect to see some sensible loafers and basic pumps, but they have me surprised here. I am going to have to get out more often. Oh, yeah, they have a website. I am going to have to stay in more often.
