Dressed to spill
Having recorded episodes with Sali Hughes and Sarah Hadland, I’m struck by the role clothes play in crushes. Sarah particularly obsessed over a couple of outfits that seemed lots more important than the people in them. I’m fascinated by people’s attitudes to clothes. Mine is all over the place. I have a tendency to think it’s possible to “complete” my wardrobe, in the same stupid way I somehow think I’ll “complete” my laundry. That eventually I’ll be ALL SET and not have to think about it any more. I know that it’s impossible. Because however classic you think that raincoat is, there will come a time where it doesn’t go with anything else you wear. Or it gets weird brown bobbling on the boobs. One or the other.
I admire the people who choose their look and stick with it. Not especially the Steve
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