Once again it's time for my friend mountaingirl's Photo Challenge and this week's theme is "tasteful". I bet you all thought I'd do a food post, didn't you? I must admit I thought about it. But I am going to use the opportunity to bleat on about one of my favourite topics - the VBS - visible bra strap.
Straps, as all women know, are our enemy during summer. Tops are strappier than ever, but what are you supposed to wear under them? A strapless bra is tasteful and neat but won't push you up much; transparent straps are, I think, the second best solution, although those pieces of plastic are too light to give you a really flattering line [unless you have very little there in the first place, in which case, you can stop worrying!] What many women do these days is to go for the so-called "four strap solution", choosing a bra the same colour as the garment:
But is it elegant? Is it tasteful? Would you have seen that goddess famed for her taste, Jackie Kennedy, thus attired? Would the average Frenchwoman don this clothing? I don't think so. And surely the whole point of an open-backed top is just that - that your back is as free of encumbrance as possible. Of course, there was a time when the undergarment solution would have been incorporated into the top or dress but those days have long gone.
So what do you all think? And, while we're pondering the topic of what is tasteful and what is not, do have a look at this over at James's site.
So what do you all think? And, while we're pondering the topic of what is tasteful and what is not, do have a look at this over at James's site.
À chacun son goût.
