Sinister: Cloaking device

[Charlotte Pache]

*Extreme shallowness alert!*

A rapid scan of recent emails I missed reveals a proved-to-be-controversial 
mail from Stuart asking for Sinister extras. My eye was caught by this line: 
"How about the odd cloak?"

Well, exactly: how about the Odd Cloak? Clearly someone must have it 
somewhere in the back of their wardrobe.

Stuart may, or may not (and I suspect the latter) be aware that cloaks are 
*everywhere* in the shops this season (yes, even in Hong Kong where it could 
hardly be described as cloak weather even now).

Cloak is one of those words which, repeated to the point of nausea, becomes 
meaningless.

My friend G, always a sartorial pioneer, used to sweep down the streets of 
Edinburgh in her cloak long before Alexander McQueen made them de rigeur 
again (and if you don't believe me, check out the fetching green one in his 
A/W 2005 collection here: http://www.alexandermcqueen.com - perhaps not 
quite the look that Stuart had in mind?) - oblivious to the dogs barking, 
old ladies choking and children crying in her wake.

Charlotte


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