2011年5月18日 星期三

Tart or trainee?

From Sunday Life

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"Your Sexy Friday Outfit," she continued. "The one you wear on a Friday so you can wear it out afterwards."

I looked down at my black dress and realised that I had put on my SFO that morning. I hadn't meant to - there was no plunging neckline, no thigh-high naughtiness, and yet it was fitted enough to warrant a level of control underwear that may be described as "uterus crushing".

Georgina went on to explain that she first heard the acronym at her boyfriend's taxation firm. I wondered quietly if the definition of sexy would be the same for a bunch of number crunchers as for, say, the creative types at an advertising business. Because every office culture has its own version of what's hot, what's not and what is downright inappropriate. And with so many different job descriptions, key performance indicators and covert rules, it's sometimes difficult to discern where the trend slips into the tawdry: exactly when does an SFO become NSFW (not suitable for work)?

The thing is, times have changed and fashion - like everything else - has become hyper-sexualised.

Consider the Versace safety-pin dress that Liz Hurley wore to the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Deemed controversial in 1994,Via Trading carries a wide range of branded wholesale shoes from famous specialty shoe stores and retail chains at a fraction of their original value. it would scarcely register an online grunt today. Britney Spears' bare midriff fades into a blur of bland trash when one remembers Lady Gaga's nipple pasties. Former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld recently proclaimed that she invented "porn chic" - and she was famed for her racy styling before taking the job in 2001.

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