Emerging Fervour

If you’re a regular guest on this blog you might have noticed that I’m a huge Miserable Rich fan… to be honest: I’m addicted to their music. 12 Ways To Count still is one of my favorite records and when they released Of Flight And Fury a few months ago, I wasn’t able to listen to anything else for several weeks. If a song likeOliver, The Mouth Of The Wolf or Somerhill doesn’t knock you off your feet, I’d presume something is seriously wrong with you. No offence, just my personal opinion. And you may think something was seriously wrong with me when I had the chance to do an interview and decided not to ask a single question. But frontman and songwriter James de Malplaquet actually exceeded my expectations. I didn’t expect anything less.

“I felt Brighton was a perfect ending to a really interesting career.” Harold Budd

Ah, this must be from 2005, when the Buddster played his last concert before retiring at Brighton’s Dome. It’s always been a nice link that a man described as the Godfather of Ambient music has a surname synonymous with fine marijuana – of which there is plenty in our little seaside town. This quote makes me think he must have had a nice, er, trip to Brighton.

So, we all thought Sienna Miller had gone mad with her pants over black tights combo she wore back in 2007 at the premier of her movie Factory Girl. Oh how wrong we were! It seems big pants – or micro shorts as they’re fondly called are being seen on the derrières of a lot of big stars.

Even Asda reported an apparent increase in sales for black pants following Sienna’s underwear as outerwear debut, with a 230% increase in sales for big knickers within the first week.

Sienna’s look was the wearable version of this trend, teamed with opaque tights and a black jumper. For those of us who are on the more curvy side, which is most of us – this look would not be received in the same way I imagine. However whilst thinking of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry or Lily Allen (all of whom have added a twist to this look), this may not be such a bad idea. Just imagine, instead of trying to find the perfect outfit every morning, just reach for a jacket and those big pants you’d never let your boyfriend see you in, and you’re ready. Hmmm, who are we kidding? For any normal person other than the publicity-hungry celeb, there is no upside to this look. Go out in this and you’ll look like you’ve lost a lot more than just your trousers.