Baggage cover
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 4:08 pmIt’s here! Innit classy? The design is by Andrew J. McKiernan.
I will always remember how writing my story for this anthology was like chewing my own leg off. And I will also remember Gillian Polack’s editorial patience, conscientiousness, and hand-holding.
Not really related to cultural baggage, but Australian anyway: I’m feeling left out. For the past five years my fellow Melburnians, in their boho-bogan way, have been wearing spray-on jeans and calf-high boots (ugg, biker, musketeer, cavalry, take your pick) in the winter. It seems to have become a sort of municipal costume. And I don’t have any spray-on jeans, and while I do have boots, they’re go-go boots that don’t really go over jeans. Do I take the plunge? I’m feeling more and more old hat, even mumsy, in my bootleg jeans over mid-heel shoes. I don’t think I’m even going to have time to go shopping for costumes this visit, but maybe next year, if the tides of fashion haven’t turned…
May 4th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Poor Tasmania!
I don’t know whether to be disappointed or relieved to have google tell me spray-on jeans aren’t from a can
May 4th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Jeans from a can would be quite fun.
I will be a fan of baggy boy-jeans to my dying days.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Penny — I’d be disappointed. And the idea of spraying on your clothes from a can is nifty, and has probably already been used, but maybe it could be recycled.
Alankria — as long as they’re not the kind with the waistband halfway down the unmentionables!
May 6th, 2010 at 4:09 am
I never understood why some guy sport their jeans half way down. My mind says if you’re happy to walk around with your arse hangging out why bother wearing pants.
May 6th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Perhaps not wearing pants at all will be the next step!
May 9th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
I find it hilarious when their jeans are so low they struggle to walk.
(I wear mine on my hips, low-slung ish, but I do actually aim to cover my underwear and the bits beneath it.)
May 11th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Though it’s admittedly impressive when they nonetheless manage to skateboard.