But seriously, thanks to whoever did this site, for addressing one of the biggest fashion mysteries I have ever known, namely, why do people wear these stupid haircuts? I, myself, had a friend who was studying to be an architect! And he had a mullet! Now would you let this man design your house? He's probably do mullet bushes or something.

More likely the roof to your house would be short at the front and long at the back. We all know that we shouldn't be judging people on their haircuts/coats/whatever, but it's pretty hard not to. My personal bete noir of the moment are those stupid kappa tracksuit things. I'm sure you couldn't do any form of exercise in them even if you wanted to, because they're afr too baggy. Then again, I've never seen anyone over the age of fifteen wearing one, so maybe it can be excused as a youthful folly. A bit like the non-matching pink and green day-glo socks I firmly believed were the height of fashion when I was about nine. Are duffel coats cool then? I kind of like the idea of them, but I'd feel really silly wearing one. They seem firmly rooted in childhood and I always associate them with Paddington Bear. Maybe if I wore them with dummy mittens (the ones which are joined by elastic running through the arms of your coat) and red wellingtons it would look like some kind of ironic fashion statement a bit like the people who wear the dodgy NHS-style glasses I used to hate wearing when I was little. I think I'd end up looking even more silly with a duffel coat, though... maybe girls would look good in them in a twee kind of way. Anyway, I digress... Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF U.K. ____________________________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+