Article: Why we should sock it to these sad fashionistas

The other day I sat opposite a girl on the tube who was wearing a pair of knee-length white socks. She must have been the same age as me, it was utterly freezing outside, but she was wearing bobbly patterned knee-length white socks. And people wonder why there's still a crime problem in Glasgow.

I have never understood this desperate need to dress like someone who has only recently mastered their three-times-table. When I was that age I couldn't wait to graduate to ankle socks or, the real big- girl stuff - tights. Part of the fun of being young was dressing up, trying on my Mum's high heels and party dresses, and smearing on the odd streak of illicit lipstick. I was desperate to appear ...

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