I'm completely underwhelmed...

NEWS headlines around the world: Supermodel Kate Moss was allegedly caught sniffing cocaine.
Wow. Couldn't see that coming.
While Blind Freddie could see that one coming, especially given the number of rumours floating around over the years regarding Ms Moss and illegal substances, apparently this was newsworthy because it's so rare to get photographic evidence of celebrities using the stuff.
Personally I couldn't give a rats. Despite being one of the most popular - and certainly bigger earning - of the supermodels, to paraphrase Robert G. Barrett, she looks like a good root and a green apple would kill her.
But then again the fashion industry is something that I do not profess to ever understanding.
In the Leisure Suit Larry computer game series, Larry gets around in a tacky white leisure suit (hence the name). For most of the games he's considered a throwback to a time best forgotten, until in the final game leisure suits become popular again and he's suddenly the hippest thing in town.
My approach to my wardrobe is something similar to that. One day football jerseys and dodgy t-shirts will be back in fashion: until then I'm happy to walk along the fashion highway at my own pace.
Really, while I can see that those mini-mohawks don't look too bad on some people, anyone caught with a mullet is either a yobbo or dedicated fashion victim. When the two combine, like one bloke tried to do in Europe, it makes them not only look like a fashion victim, but a reptilian one at that.
And caking on the makeup? Eewwww. I know a girl that's quite attractive, but cakes on the makeup so thick you'd need a chisel or a blast from a firehose just to get it off each night. Then there's girls who deliberately try to look like trailer trash, guys with way too much bling for their own good, anything that resemble 80's fashion etc etc.
Nah, give me normal clothes. In fact, if I ever opened a clothes store, the catch-cry would be "normal clothes for normal people".
Life's too short for trying desperately to keep up with the beautiful people. And as Kate Moss has shown in recent times, it's not necessarily a good thing either.