It was an opinion that dared not speak its name - until now. The worlds of fashion and politics have collided after an MSP branded Scottish youngsters the worst-dressed in Europe.Here is a picture of the eminent MSP, historian and fashion expert:
Last night fashion experts defended the country's youth after Christopher Harvie, a 63-year-old politician and history professor, accused them of wearing "what must be the ugliest clothes" in the "entire continent".
How elegant! Sartorially, of course, it is daring to mix a check jacket with striped shirt, particularly when one is brown and the other is blue, but perhaps it is intended to display an academic nonchalance. And, if one were being hyper-critical, one might gently hint that the curling shirt collar indicated that it had seen better days. But it is not for me to criticise a fashion expert of Professor Harvie's calibre. So let us just note that the guy is a plonker.
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The jacket is cream rather than brown, the pale blue shirt echoes the check in the jacket and the hat adds a touch of elan. The Professor seems better dressed than at least 128 of his Parliamentary colleagues. And I agree with his comments on the clothes of Scottish youth. Not quite Spain or Italy.
And on a final note, given his past forays into the fashion field, no doubt HW is having apoplexy over the fetching black suit and brown suede shoes combo worn by Daniel Day-Lewis at the Oscar ceremony.
A sneaky trick on the part of HW to subsequently add a photo of the Professor different from the one published in the Scotsman.
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