Back When Cher was Awesome

We can't seem to avoid sequins lately to the extent that it's become a predictably standard sight on any given night out. The dedicated reader knows how we feel on the issue; sequins are a vaguely showy element of fashion that must exist in an appropriate time and a place. Sequined sneakers, obviously, are a clear no but a more subtle and mixed use of sequins can be palatable. Take for example Heidi Klum pairing a sequined top with a structured blazer. We like that. We also like sequins mixed with any sort of tweed or wool or other heavier fall more daytime appropriate fabric. We can't explain why, we just think it makes a lot more sense then wearing a plain be-sequined dress. Said plain sequined dress is not necessarily a faux pas per se, it's just so boring on its own, even before considering the fact that you can count on at least one if not five other women wearing something similar and making your wardrobe seem a bit standard issue.

On the other side of the coin, some uses of sequins are the farthest things from boring. We were at a party a few weeks ago and we swear to you on ice cream sandwiches that there was a girl wearing a sparkly matching two piece ensemble of some sort of halter top and pants. Seriously, this is something that we couldn't even make up if we tried. We could NOT figure out what was going on except that sequins have been put in the hands of people who clearly don't know how to use them. Lets be really brutally honest here, Cher could never really pull off these types of looks. Not even back when Cher was awesome.

The Wardrobe That Time Forgot

We know we're not the only ones to notice a particular emerging trend and certainly not the first to comment, but we've come to the point where we can't quite leave the issue alone. Has anyone else wondered what spurred the return of the long belted cardigan? Remember these?


Perhaps you or someone you know even owned one back when a Democrat ruled the White House and Cher "BE-lieved in life after love, after love, after love, after love..." I mean, sure, they were comfy...but stylish? Maybe in that "I grew up in Long Island but go to college in the Midwest" sort of way. And by "that," we mean not stylish at all. And by "not stylish at all," we mean not worthy of a comeback after spending 3 years or less in the back of our closets (Good call, Tracy... Ms. Talbots, if you're nasty). Quality nostalgia and/or whimsy do not happen that quickly see: Sex and the City movie for reference.

When we started seeing these garments out and about again recently we thought, surely this is a bad flashback come to haunt us and these people just completed the mother of all closet reorganizations and have trotted out one final nostalgic (sic) item before the Salvation Army is due to pick up the wardrobe that time forgot.

We thought that right up until we were paging through last month's French Vogue and we came across A WHOLE SPREAD ON THE LONG BELTED CARDIGAN (dubbed "cardi" via Tracy). This trend, we're afraid, may be back and in serious danger of swallowing Ellen Pompeo alive.