My Chest Costs!
My chest costs! I don’t mean the two little bags of silicon propping up my boobs, I mean it’s not there as a cheap advertising hoarding.
Last week I sat people watching in one of my favourite locations: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. While waiting for a plane I became preoccupied by people wearing T-shirts and Sweatshirts emblazoned with a selection of clothing brands, bars, drinks, football clubs and bands. These weren’t kids, I’m talking fully grown responsible adults and now having arrived at my location (the Greek Island of Santorini) my obsession is thriving and won’t leave my head.
I’ve now separated everyone into two camps: emblazoned and silent. The silent shirts can have a tiny logo the emblazoned should be asking Superdry, Coco Cola, Puma, Iron Maiden and others of the like to pay them for walking around like a sandwich board.
Or is it emotionally deeper? Does the wearer want everyone they meet on holiday to know they like Ford Trucks, listen to Virgin Radio, identify with Ralph Lauren Polo, drink Campari, follow Manchester City and carry a St Barts bag? That one’s actually me.. its sitting next my laptop as I write and I love it.
My general conclusion is, if you’re over 50 and want to look summer chic, less is more, curtail the logos. Skirts, dresses, and the flowy look is generally more attractive. The older we become pouring ourselves into ill-fitting shorts only serve to make us look older not younger and if you’re not sure, play the people watching game and observe who’s got it right and who’s way off the mark and make sure that’s not you.
As I began this column talking about my chest, I should qualify it by saying my breast enhancement will go down as one of my better decisions, just enough, not too much and after my little operation no one noticed but many said “Have you lost weight?” I hadn’t but the extra on top balanced out my proportions and made my clothes look better on their brand-new hanger. I'm always one who believes if you feel better you will look better.
Lovely to read our magazines tribute Jennifer Saunders. I saw her recently at the opening of ‘We Will Rock You’ the musical inspired by the rock band Queen and written by Ben Elton (Yes there were T-Shirts on sale). Roger Taylor, Brian May, Rod Stewart, Emma Thompson and many others were there and the conversations were flowing but Jennifer and I spoke about one of our favourite subjects: hair. I’d watched the BBC road trip she’d been on with Joanna Lumley to France’s Champagne region, it’s on BBC iPlayer (take a look its funny), Eddie and Patsy are never too far away and in the many amusing conversations only two good friends can have, Jennifer observed, that we are the first aging generation constantly worried about root lift! Our mothers, a little like the Queen, just had a perm & set and thought no more about it, their helmet was always there (with the help of Elnett) beautifully in place even is the most ferocious wind!
Computer and phone off now for a little quiet time. Hope you get some too this summer.
Anthea X