In
this material world
with its broken dreams
is a beautiful world
with beautiful seams
expertly cut from the rarest of cloth
eight
out of tens
dressed up to the nines
the fancied fillies
the ridiculous, the sublime
and inhibition conspicuous by its absence
an
every day tale of cut-and-slashed dresses
kryptonite tights and evidence that less is
more sometimes, and more is less
even the salad’s dressed to impress
and givin’ it large amid the noise and
haste
the willowy, the billowy, the good and bad taste
the tres chic, the faux pas, the fake, the designer
and knife-edge judgement with a Boots eyeliner
glistening
pores scrubbed up with glam balm
in pale-blue cashmere wrap-top calm
decorated hands, heads and eyes
figure-hugging partners and those without ties
the malleable vintage ersatz style
the full nine yards, another half smile
the wholly original, the freshly scented dream
all wrapped up in variations on a seam
after
a fashion we strike another pose
happening then history with lace cup overflows
the par for the course wearing tools you can
trust
the well-heeled struggling with implant lust
top tipsters in hipsters
the drowners not wavers
the hampers, the champers
the diet coke and Quavers
the low-key high fives
in the winner’s enclosure
for falling off your slingbacks
and keeping your composure
the temporary secretary
agent provocateur
the walked-about and talked about
with tyres to spare
Armani,
Gucci, Tesco,
Gaultier excess
George at Asda, Westwood,
D & G , M & S
Prada, Versace
and C&A
Aintree, Liverpool
Ladies’ Day
