All the fashion magazines have been proclaiming for months now that “Underwear is the New outerwear”, what with the likes of Lady GaGa and Rihanna making it almost acceptable to wear crotch-bearing outfits in public.
The closest we seem to have gotten to this trend here at school is the occasional fluorescent pink bra showing through the mercilessly see-through games polo shirts, although some brave girls were rumoured to have ran past the building site in just their swimming costumes in a bid to capture one particularly dashing builder’s attention.
However, there are some safer ways to channel the trend during term time without shocking any teachers: these include little ‘slip dresses’ worn with tights (pretty silk versions can be bought from the likes of Urban Outfitters, but if you’re really desperate perhaps your mother has an old silky nightie lying around?!). The braver girls will also be donning bra-like crop tops (bralets, if you will) a veritable selection of which can be found, of course, at the ever-reliable Topshop.
Although I personally have to say that this trend is one of the hardest to channel as a teenage school girl without having a note sent home to your mother, having a hint of lacy bra peeking out from your top can add a little thrill of danger to a bleak week ahead full of exams.
However, it was undeniably the rebellious Upper Sixth who showed the school how underwear as outerwear is REALLY done with the ingenious leavers prank that left the school Revered speechless (for once) and baffled the maintenance men who had the unfortunate job of taking it down and didn’t know where to look. Stringing veritable array of rainbow coloured (and unfortunately, by the morning, rain-soaked) knickers and bras on a washing line from the school chapel truly is the ultimate convent-girl take on this high fashion trend.
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