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While fashion purists are poring over new proportions and acquainting themselves nervously with unfamiliar heel heights (ie, medium ones that they can walk in), the not-so-pure are pouring themselves into very old shapes and winching themselves up on to their trusty killer platforms. That's not the end of it. Dresses that look like swimsuits, skirts which are no wider than sweatbands, slashes that are longer than one entire Cheryl Cole, Sausage Skins, and, in one disturbing incident, a unique blending of all of the above into an outfit that can only be described as Oh Dear God - all these have been strutting across the pages of our newspapers in recent days.
Kate Winslet's risqu red carpet moment
This is tribal and make no mistake. The purists are in a titanic battle to prove that when it comes to the subtle nuances of fashion, They Get It. The ones tottering about in their Louboutin nude peep toes (so last month) and Stella McCartney polka dot cling-film are engaged in a more visceral ritual designed to ram home to all and sundry that They're Getting Some.
Whether they really are having mind-blowing sex 24/7 is not the point. What counts is dressing as though they are. They have a message to broadcast and are damned if Madonna and the current mania for prissy Wallis Simpson frocks is going to stop them. Fashion purists may despise this somewhat direct approach to dressing, now that it's no longer high fashion. But the I'm-Getting-Some brigade don't appear to give two hoots. It might seem harsh to name names, but given their agenda, I suspect Kate Winslet, Jennifer Aniston, Nancy Dell'Ollio, Carol Vorderman and Edwina Currie might be miffed if we didn't.
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