WWGW

What Would Grayson Wear?

Fashion has not been a big issue on any of my blogs – I’m a bloke, what would you expect? Also, I tend to judge folk by what they do rather than how they look and, for instance, nothing pleases me more than useful contributions to science, art or literature regardless of gender, race, religion or dress sense.

But then there are weather forecasts. Weather forecasts on the telly in the UK are presented by boys & girls with genuine training and skills in meteorology. Long may it be so. It’s not always clear, though, that they always have a natural talent for looking good on that medium. For the blokes, the scope is small. They all wear suits (well, on the BBC) so the only things they can get wrong are choices of suit material, shirt or tie. From time to time, there is the odd horror. As ever, women can look presentable in a wider range of formats than the bloke-in-suit model, but this itself presents its own dangers. Hence my suggested guideline – What Would Grayson Wear?

Grayson Perry is an artist – the first potter to win the Turner Prize. He makes delightful vases carrying images of death, debauchery & related sources of distress. He also happens to be a transvestite and has an alter-ego, Claire, who often graces his public appearances. Together with his wife and daughter, he collected his Turner Prize dressed as Claire. His choice in dress is as eccentric as you might expect, the sort of stuff you see on tiny girls: big sleeves, wide skirts, bright and lurid colours. There’s stacks on the web for you to peruse.

The point is: anyone who is going to appear before the great unwashed public should ask themselves, when they are looking in their wardrobes getting dressed for the event, What Would Grayson Wear? When they can answer that question, they have successfully identified what THEY should NOT wear! This heuristic is commended to the blokes as well as the girls!