My eighth grade English teacher wore the exact same ensemble to school every single day: some type of simple silk blouse, belted - and sometimes cuffed - chino shorts, opaque tights, and flat shoes. (She also had this weird intense fondness for JFK; like her outfits, we couldn't really figure that one out either.) Sometimes we mocked the tights-with-shorts look. Then, like the fickle pre-teens we were, we tried on the same look ourselves, marveling at how grown-up we felt. Kids wore jeans and t-shirts; we were women, dressed just like mature adults. Fortunately, this lapse in judgment lasted a mere couple of weeks, tops.
Then, two days ago, the newest J. Crew catalog arrived in my mailbox and turned my safely stylish world upside down. There they were, staring me right in the face. Shorts. With tights. Patterned, textured tights. I quickly glanced at the cover of the catalog, scanning for the date. Nope, not 1994, but 2009.
A few questions immediately came to mind. Was the shorts-tights combo ever really "in style" at any point in time? Or is it rather one of those perennial looks that randomly pop up on eighth grade English teachers in the early 1990s, like tassel loafers? If not, is it truly making a comeback? Or, is this just a case of J. Crew's stylist using artistic license and going for "whimsical" in order to create a mood for the photographs?
Whatever it is, I have a feeling there's an English teacher in my hometown who's feeling very validated right about now.
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3 comments:
You forgot to mention the pic with high heels. Stunning beauty.
Indeed, I am quite stunned by the entire concept!
I love this post so much!! Because that was like, teacher couture. Turtle neck, sweater vest, knee-length pleated shorts, tights, pointy-toe flats, and if you're REALLY sassy, a wooden apple necklace or pin. Dayum. That's fine.
not loving this look
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