I know you think I might have digitally altered this picture. Surely someone’s legs can’t be that skinny, but I swear I didn’t. This is called a ‘sack dress’ and I don’t think anyone other than a model could carry it off without looking like they are indeed wearing a sack! Here is one more example.

Now take a look at the size of those sunglasses. I tried a pair on and looked like Bennie Boekwurm! And for those of you not privileged enough to have grown up in sunny South Africa, Bennie Boekwurm (Bookworm) is the one in the middle…
Now the next worrying thing is, if the models are looking fat in the clothes, what are us ‘ordinary’ people going to look like. Once again, I promise that this picture has not been altered in any way. It was downloaded straight from the retailer’s website:

This is when I decided to give up on the clothes and focus my attention on shoes. I need a pair of comfy flatties, preferably sandals. But oh my gosh, the shoes out there are ugly. Perhaps it is just me, but I couldn’t get excited about these ‘ballerina shoes’ – the only flat shoes in store. I was unfortunately not blessed with dainty little feet, and this entire range from one shop is either ugly, uncomfortable or makes me look like ‘Ugly Betty’. (To see who Ugly Betty is, look here: http://abc.go.com/primetime/uglybetty/index.html)