Clinton Kelly, celebrity co-host of TV’s “What Not To Wear”, was recently interviewed on freep.com. I found the answer to this question particularly interesting: “What is the most common fashion faux pas you see women make?”.

His answer:

Being underdressed. I spend half of my life in airports these days, and what some people will wear in public is absolutely revolting. I mean, I understand that we live in a casual society, but far too many people use that as an excuse to look like out-and-out slobs.

I’d put incorrect pant lengths as my one number one fashion faux pas, but I do identify with Clinton’s answer. Do you think we are being too harsh?

Fuchsia was the quintessential colour of the ‘80’s. I wore so much of the colour back then it was frightening. Recently we saw fuchsia come back as a fashion colour along with other shades of pink and there is no stopping it for Spring 2009. Fuchsia is fast becoming the “it” colour this year.

My prediction is that the abundance of fuchsia will make red take a back seat. This upsets me a little because although I like fuchsia and wear the shade, I’m a tomato red girl at heart. It is not a replacement for red in my wardrobe. What do you think? Do you wear both shades, and are they interchangeable?

Fuchsia or red. Hmmm… I quite like the two shades together as above. They clash, but it works. That might be my answer to wearing fuchsia this season – the best of both worlds.

On January 16 2008 we launched the YLF forum. I wasn’t sure how popular it would be with YLF readers, and I was totally unprepared for the extent to which I would get addicted to the site we created. I never imagined feeling a connection to online friends, let alone actually meeting them in person. I was so, so wrong.

Logging on to hear and see you express your style quotient is a highlight of my day. Thank you forum members for helping me by helping each other. I am in constant awe of your generosity, kindheartedness, perseverance, assertiveness, intelligence and wit. You make the YLF forum a safe and wonderful place.

I recently had a new piece of knitwear taken it at the waist. I took it to my alterations lady, who overlocked the side seams and re-steamed the garment for $10. I’m impressed with the results. It’s made a huge difference to the fit of the garment, making it less boxy and more streamlined. After the alteration it looks good both as is and belted at the waist.

Knitwear can be successfully altered at the side seams by a competent seamstress. In fact, I’ve never tried this, but you’ll probably be able to narrow the width of knitwear sleeves in the same way. This got me thinking. Are there ways to shorten the sleeve and hem lengths of knitwear? I’ve always thought that this can’t be done, but now I’m not so sure.