Don't Scrunch Up Your Nose (Except, Maybe Do)

For women of a certain age (ie. my age) the scrunchie is so evocative of a certain time. A time when we were truly young. And in fact it was only our youth, surely, that excuses our lack of taste in sporting such a horrible item.

That picture above could be me (minus the fags, they came later) when I was 11 or 12. Sad to say I too used to wear them around my wrist. Not as jewellery per se, but in between bundling my hair up in a messy bun.



So why, in 2011, when we should know better, is the scrunchie attempting to make a comeback? Inspired by the return of Take That? Since the brief resurgence of grunge fashion is the 90s ready for a revist on all fashion fronts?



Because, honestly, if this is what 2011 has in store for us I'm not sure I hold much hope for it.



Will people actually start wearing them? I would assume that no one who had worn one the first time round would revisit. There is nothing better than making a girl feel old than a trend coming round the second time.


(Via American Apparel)

Apparently we have Catherine Zeta Jones and Sienna Miller to thank for this. Surely Catherine you know better than this? And I think yours might be velvet, which is absolutely the worst case scenario.


(Via Instyle)

Ladies, get a clue.

Carried Away

Yes! I'm so pleased you got that one. Round of applause! I was fretting about the shoe and accessory issue though. That dress has got a lot to say for itself, a heel too high or a necklace too sparkly could be a step far too far.

I like the Oasis necklace theoretically, but my nose twitched when I saw it close up. It's the brown, and the slightly pearlised beads that got me. But something similar with no brown would be very nice indeed. (You know my Mum wore a brown dress when she was a bridesmaid in the 70's. I hope Elle doesn't get any weird ideas like that. Brown in general makes me feel itchy on a molecular level.)

Personally, I would go with a very delicate gold chain just on the collar bone, but that's because I can't wear a chunky bolderish necklace. I'm not sure why, but I always look really DONE in a (bad) Alexis Carrington kinda way. The problem is I haven't been able to find just a nice gold chain anywhere, hence the old Carrie necklace being dragged about above.

What about the shoe, dear?

Accessory Before the Fact

Oh, I'm so glad you love it. I kind of loved it too online, and then your response gave me the confidence to go and try it. I'm not sure I would have done otherwise. And I am so glad I did because I LOVE IT! I am not sure it is terribly me. But maybe it is the new positive Lucinda. At least I hope so because I bought it.

(Images via Oasis)

In the shop they had accessorised it with this necklace. I quite liked how it looked, but I am not in love with the necklace itself, more the "concept". What would you put with it?