Wondering how to show your support for the Lib Dems at this election, but reluctant to sport a rosette? Well, The Guardian has come up with eight options for the fashion-conscious party supporter. Though it probably helps to be a lady. (Or else a male transvestite). Options range from £8 to £695:
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Skirt £89, by Reiss; Gloves £195, by Holland & Holland; Shorts £8, by Matalan; Clutch £420, by Smythson; Bangle £180, by Stella McCartney; Vest £400, by Jason Wu; Alexa bag £695, by Mulberry; Sweatshirt £29.50, by Gap.
Think I’ll be sticking to the Matalan range.
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The yellow clutch bag at £420 in that Guardian article is from Smythson. Remind me, who is the creative director of Smythson? Samantha Cameron, you say? Yes, buy a pointlessly overpriced and frankly hideous yellow bag to display your political allegiance and boost the annual bonus of the Tory leader’s wife at the same time. How’s that for delicious irony?
Yellow is SNP. I thought we were now being encouraged to go watered-down blue, or Aqua, as the Pantone colour-chart would call it.
Orange gloves can be bought for a tenner – try Halfords.
Oh! True to form I liked the Alexa bag best – at £695 the most expensive item. Trust me!
Actually I wonder if there is something in this yellowness. Well, I won’t be buying any of these things, but I still think fashion does have a relationship to social trends, or so my sister who studied fashion design as one of her art college options told me. Let’s hope that meansthe voters will choose yellow.
Philip, the SNP yellow is a rather acidy citrus shade with quite a lot of blue in it. These items are rather a rich shade of yellow with quite a lot of red in them. Where’s your fashion sense, darling?
Philip, the Liberal Democrat colour remains Pantone 116 gold. A palette of three additional colours (including that aqua) has been added which I actually find very useful for full colour design. Black, grey and gold is very limiting!
Let’s not forget the range of Lib Dem clothing available from Lib Dem Image
£195 for gloves? If any Lib Dem supporter can afford that, we have a campaign that needs funding 🙂
About the only affordable item in that list is the £8 shorts, (acid yellow, nowhere near Pantone 116) – but look at them! I wouldn’t be seen dead in those. (But then, what do I know about fashion…)
I think the £180 for a yellow plastic bangle is an even greater wste of money than the gloves. I can’t believe people are so stupid to pay such an amount for a piece of plastic junk just becasue it is ‘Stella McCartney’