This was one of my favourite looks on the streets of NYC last week. Young gals pairing short shorts and bare legs with all sorts of boots. The boot silhouettes ranged from flat, casual and rugged, to high heeled and dressy. From ankle length booties to mid-calf and knee-high lengths. Cheeky, edgy, youthful and fun. I can see the look transition into cooler weather with fun hose and tights.

I prefer the shape of short shorts when they are on the baggy side. Somehow, that looks more modest to my eye. As does the fact that they are “short trousers” and not a short skirt. If you’re going to wear a hemline this short – trousers offer more coverage than a skirt.

If you have youth on your side and are comfortable showing lots of leg, please try this look so that I can live vicariously through you! If I was 10 years younger, I’d be all over the vibe. I’d wear baggy short shorts, unstructured blouse or shirt, cropped jacket or blazer, and killer boots.  What do you think, ladies? Do you like the combination? Would you sport it now? Would you have sported back in the day?

I’m Team Green. Ever since I was little, a rich apple green has been one of my favourite colours. I also love saturated yellowy greens like citron, chartreuse and lime. The more sour the green, the more I like it. I find these green hues mouth wateringly refreshing.

I haven’t always loved blue. Bright turquoise has always been close to my heart, but it’s only in the last few years that I have grown to love deep cobalt and ink blue.

Over to you. Are you Team Green or Team Blue? Tell us why. I’d prefer you to pick a side, but you’re allowed to sit on the bench if your favourite colour is teal, the perfect mixture of blue and green. If not, no batting for both Teams!

More and more 90’s inspired fashion is making its way into stores. So seeing as we are in the midst of a 90’s fashion revival, let’s look back on the fab and the not-so-fab 90’s looks. Here is my take. Please add your own rants and raves in the comments.

Fab 90’s fashion:

1. Boot cut jeans and trousers – the quintessential all time flattering cut.
2. Stretch fabrications – a technological revelation.
3. Combat boots – love, love, love!
4. Short ditsy floral dresses – flirty and fun.
5. Strappy dresses worn over T’s – practical, casual and quite ageless. Girls and women of all ages were wearing this look and pulled it off.
6. Knee-length knife pleated skirts – so feminine.
7. All-black power suits – I wore far too much black in the 90’s and I have these power suits to thank for it.
8. Low heel heights – happy feet.
9. Twin sets – cheeky, retro and lady like.
10. Wedged sneakers – cool and different.
11. Square toed footwear – arty.
12. Chunky heels – my favourite kind of heel.
13. Grunge – even I bought into the whole plaid shirt thing, just for Eddie Vedder.

Not-so-fab 90’s fashion:

1. Palazzo pants –  especially pleated styles that finished a few inches above the ankle or just below the calf. Too much fabric for my liking.
2. Opaque tights – I owned exactly one pair, wore them once and never again.
3. Super low rise jeans – plumbers bottom, no thank you.
4. Baggy cargo pocket pants – have never been a fan of this look on gals but think it’s sweet on blokes.
5. Short tops – too drafty, too revealing, too uncomfortable.
6. Baby T’s – too juvenile.
7. Cartoon characters on everything – it was fun for a season but became complete overkill.
8. Maxi skirts – a hard look to pull off.
9. Mid calf length dresses – another hard too to pull off.
10. Scrunchies – I can’t believe I wore them all the time.
11. Overly short A-line skirts – I never felt fab in these and can’t understand why I wore them.
12. Hectically ripped jeans – I don’t get it.
13. Lots and lots and lots of grey – if you think there is too much grey now, think back to how it was 15 years ago.

The 90’s had its fashion highlights. It toned down the big hair and clown-ish make up looks of the 80’s and paved the way for the truly versatile and modern fashion of the 00’s. I’m enjoying the improved incarnations of 90’s fashion as they re-enter the mainstream and I’m trying to keep an open mind about the looks I didn’t fancy last time around.

Louis the 14th wore heels every day, as did most of the aristocracy of his time. Blokes in the 70’s wore heeled boots and shoes under bell bottom pants and thought nothing of it. It was perfectly acceptable fashion back then and an important part of their look.

Today heeled mens footwear is pretty fringe. The examples below have heel heights ranging from one and three quarter to two and half inches. Will it once again become fashionable for men to wear heels?  Or are those days over, over, over. Your guess is as good as mine.