Anyone who watched What Not to Wear back in the early noughties will be familiar with the idea of “fashion rules.” For me, it instantly summons a vision of Trinny and Susannah circling their subject in the infamous 360-degree mirror, calling out well-rehearsed style dictats: “Women with big boobs should never ever wear smock tops,” “Under 5’4″? Step away from the maxi dresses.”
Fast-forward almost 20 years and, thankfully, conversations around size diversity, “age-appropriate” dressing and sartorial dos and don’ts have progressed, allowing a new generation to experiment with fashion without the confines of arbitrary rules.
wazup.