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I think I need help from those who are more fashion aware than I am.
We recently visited an M&S Outlet store, and as per usual SWMBO and I went our separate ways.
I spotted some nice, red/maroon coloured corduroy trousers on display, and decided to try them on.
They fitted very nicely, and I was feeling quite pleased with myself until I left the fitting room. I was standing in front of a large mirror talking to an assistant when I heard a familiar voice behind me demanding "you can take those off!" The assistant was laughing in a knowing sort of way. "But I like them" I pleaded. "Well you can go shopping by yourself if you're going to wear those" was the reply.
As tempting as that offer sounded I decided that discretion was the better part of valour and all that, so I took my red trousers back to the rail and hung them up again, leaving the store empty handed.
This subject was raised again later in the day in a FaceTime call with our daughter at university, where she expressed her own horror at the prospect of her father being seen in public wearing red trousers.
The point is, I regularly wear a red jumper and/or outdoor jacket without complaint, so why is it considered such a sartorial faux pas to be seen wearing red trousers?
We recently visited an M&S Outlet store, and as per usual SWMBO and I went our separate ways.
I spotted some nice, red/maroon coloured corduroy trousers on display, and decided to try them on.
They fitted very nicely, and I was feeling quite pleased with myself until I left the fitting room. I was standing in front of a large mirror talking to an assistant when I heard a familiar voice behind me demanding "you can take those off!" The assistant was laughing in a knowing sort of way. "But I like them" I pleaded. "Well you can go shopping by yourself if you're going to wear those" was the reply.
As tempting as that offer sounded I decided that discretion was the better part of valour and all that, so I took my red trousers back to the rail and hung them up again, leaving the store empty handed.
This subject was raised again later in the day in a FaceTime call with our daughter at university, where she expressed her own horror at the prospect of her father being seen in public wearing red trousers.
The point is, I regularly wear a red jumper and/or outdoor jacket without complaint, so why is it considered such a sartorial faux pas to be seen wearing red trousers?
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