The sartorial wonder we see on Strictly Come Dancing every week is a credit to the hard work and inventiveness of the chief designer and her colleagues. She has to design and make dozens of dresses, costumes and suits in seven days flat and comes up with some incredible creations mostly. There is one criticism I have to make, however, and I wonder if I am the only person who feels this way about on particular style. I am imagining being in the design studio listening to a discussion between some of the people tossing ideas around for a new frock, when one of them exclaims “I’ve an idea – a really sensational innovation that will look just wonderful”. “Let’s make a dress with one shoulder covered and the other one naked so that the dress will all be lopsided and look thoroughly stupid and hideous”. That will never catch on – they all retort!! Women are not that silly as to go along with that idea. But, you see, they are and they keep wearing them all the time as if it looks good. Well! I can tell you it doesn’t. It looks ridiculous and completely ruins every dress that was created. Flavia came on last night wearing an amazing creation in sequinned black but with half the top missing, vial. Can we agree to bury this obnoxious idea once and for all?





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