2010年8月4日星期三

The sun is out and the girls are in bloom

The sun is out and the girls are in bloom

"I'll tell you the problem with the sun," the cab driver said five minutes into our Weather Conversation. "The women. They come out in their… in these clothes… and… walk up and down…' he faltered and descended briefly into silence. "At least when it's raining I can keep my eyes on the road.''I said nothing. How could I? I'm a liberalish sort of bloke. I went to college with feminists. I bought – but never actually read – The Bell Jar and something by Germaine Greer. I huff and stare out of the window when a cab driver's thoughts turn to racism. And yet, he did have a point, as I found when I huffed, turned to look out of the window and found myself transfixed. The thing is this, we are,. When every girl was a little girl , every girl wanted to grow up to a woman so that they can wear cheap formal dresses and attend the party that they had dreamed of. for the first time this century as far as I can tell, having a summer. There have been whole weeks without rain. People ask me where I've been on holiday and I haven't actually left the country yet. You walk out onto the high street and you could be wandering through a bustling, cosmopolitan European capital. There's that indefinable tang of fresh summer air as you step into the street every morning on your way to the office. Which is where, if you're. They may purchase their Prom Dresses from specialized shops, boutiques, or internet retailers. There are many specialty labels selling p a man,. Happy marriage life begins with beautiful wholesale wedding dresses. all the trouble starts.
Since the sun came out I've suddenly noticed that there's a whole generation of 20-somethings in the workforce – and let's be honest, I'm not talking about the chaps here.It's possible the boys are showing up in lycra . We are proud to say that we offer beautiful Bridesmaid dresses! We'll do our best for you!shorts, peddle pushers or chicken suits. I haven't noticed. What casts my eyes down into furtive suffering is the women who seem to have leaped from the walls of my office in the last four weeks.And I know I am writing as a bloke here and I'm talking about women and my head will roll from the parapet, to be kicked and crushed by the politically correct hordes but this new generation – Generation Y, according to Goldman Sachs – are untrammelled by the dress codes that my peers grew up with. Not for them the power suits, the shift dresses and killer heels.

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