What were they thinking?

Come on, we've all done it, looked at what someone else was wearing and thought "how on earth did they ever think that could look good on anyone?" Even some haute courture designs can make you go "WTF?" Anyway, recently I've come across a show called What Not To Wear. The basic plot is that the hosts ambush some poor woman who has been nominated by her friends and family to have her wardrobe trashed and to spend a week in NYC shopping by the guidelines set down by the hosts.

Now, most of these "guests" aren't really that bad and they have a good time stretching their fashion boundaries and comfort zone. Yesterday there was a young woman on the show, early 20's, mother of two children, single and she certainly did not take kindly to having her "style" criticized. Some of her favorite outfits included a skirt that, she admitted, was too small when she bought it (for $250) and a pair of sandals where all her toes hung off the ends (but they were on sale). Over the years each of us has probably made one or two foolish purchases, but this child's whole closet was full of them. She thought she looked stylish, young and sexy.

Note to self - next time family and friends pay a surprise visit, pray there isn't a camera crew with them.