article_snippet: Now it’s not often that I can claim to be ahead of a fashion trend.
article_snippet: But a few weeks ago I was invited to a photoshoot to give my verdict on a new range of suede clothing — apparently, the must-have fabric this season, as we experience a Seventies revival.
article_snippet: As someone who remembers the Seventies all too clearly, and who boldly wore some of its more questionable offerings the first time round, I was interested to see how I felt about its now.
article_snippet: suddenly it was the next big thing.
article_snippet: Emperor’s New Clothes!
article_snippet: A costly foray into a brief trend — something that, at my age, I have mostly learned to avoid.
article_snippet: Who would have thought I’d want to be back in a wrap dress again?
article_snippet: I thought we were over those for some time.