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15th Apr 2008

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The Star (UK) writes that this shirt is a top five fashion trend for the summer.
Ruffle Shirt

Yasmin Le Bon in a Linea cream ruffle blouse £79, House of Fraser
In a word…No.

For further analysis it can be simply said that you will probably look like some sort of hobbled bird with this ruffled blouse. Then one can make the argument that their needs to be some sort of practicality wearing said shirt, but that’s a hollow argument since the overarching subject of fashion is by it’s very nature impractical. How does one eat in this shirt, does the top shoulder section slip off repeatedly? Why the double layer of ruffles? See how explaining a no gets all convoluted? Coincidentally, their Safari Chic pick is a winner:

Ruffle Shirt

Posted by Eva @ 11:00 am

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