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On the architect's side you have leather trousers (butt - literally, in some cases - of decades of tired jokes about risky hairdressers).
On the mother's, you have leggings, possibly the most contentious item of clothing in the work firmament, but one that everyone manages to agree shouldn't be worn past a steady age. Leggings that are leather definitely shouldn't be worn past a certain age.
The aspect is, no one ever specifies what that certain age is. If you're 16, you probably think it's 21. If you're 30, it's current to be 35. It always is. But if 35 is now a fond blur in the wing mirror, then what?
Go by away from the rail is what. Or that's always been my mantra regarding leather clothing of any pedigree.
Mantras are superb. In a jungle of infinite options, they offer an orderly path to abstinence as well as making you guess just a little bit like Diana Vreeland, who was not only the most mantra-suffused abigail in the world, but the closest fashion has ever come to Oscar Wilde.
Source: Telegraph.co.uk