The Ryndex

Hello Hippysters, just some notes and observations for Winter 2004. Please keep in mind that I am not The Fashionista — I’m strictly a white belt watching the metro.

It looks like the chocolate-brown or tobacco-brown corduroy blazer has firmly arrived. If you haven’t bought yours, you should be able to throw a brick and pick one up. You want it, you need it, it’s fuzzy.

For the snappier dresser (or in the case of GTL, the Snape-ier dresser), the black velvet blazer is making a surprisingly casual and masculine appearance.

I didn’t get the blazer, because I opted for the bomber-style corduroy jacket. This leaves the eternal question — how much shirt can show below the jacket hem? The answer is “whatever”. The jacket above must be looser than the shirt below and either unzipped or half-zipped. On the other hand, if you look in the mirror and think “Ted Logan”, well… good job!

Without exception, if it goes with faded blue jeans, it goes with faded black jeans.

My own personal fault — you should swim in pools, not sweaters. And those sweaters with buttons or zippers up one shoulder? They’re not going away.

If you really like an item, buy a second in a different colour. This is always obvious, usually in retrospect.

If you can see any chest hair, wear a T-shirt underneath.

When you buy a new vaccuum cleaner, make sure that it comes with a bandolier. You’d be surprised at how much effort you spend dragging the vaccuum around corners and furniture. Carrying it on your back is easy and efficient! The little orange Samsung vaccuum is today’s it-vaccuum, combining power, style and price.