Rebellishment: WWFW - LOOK 1 (CSS)

I guess this is the Welcome mat for you to wipe your muddy feet on as you enter WWFW (What Would Fleur Wear).

Now formalities are out of the way: hello and welcome to WWFW - CSS. If you are looking for the Cascade Style Sheet fan page, I'm afraid you have come to the wrong place. There will only be style on these pages, perhaps the odd bit of cascading lace. There is absolutely nothing about sheets or any other bedding, however. But stick around anyway, because style is for you too. It is for everyone who has the lucky luxury to think about such things.

Perhaps you are Cansei de ser sexy (tired of being sexy), as the 2005 album of Brazillian band CSS suggests? I certainly am tired of the bland diet of psuedo-provocative imagery that is forced into almost every orifice on a daily basis. Though I am on a par with the band's sarcastic take, this is not their fan page either. Sorry, though, again, f you were looking for it, you may as well stay, because I think we will get along. I am an artist too.

Like many of you, I may have lost the invincibility of youth, but my sense of style remains strong. Against the odds I may add. I am not an IT girl, if you could not tell by my CSS joke, my techie skills are rather limited edition. I am not an IT girl; my plastic is just that: plastic, not gold or American. I am not an IT girl; I am i fact middle aged. I have two kids to boot, so can barely afford shoes for myself. Everything I have is vintage (iow it has been hanging pretty in my wardrobe for 10 years and more) or secondhand (though judging by the musty smell, thirdhand, which makes it all the more must-have for me). I am not an IT girl; everything I you see before you I sourced myself. There are no financial backers in my camp. I am not an IT girl; I am a free agent. Admittedly, due to my age, I do have a fair amount of non Louis Vuitton emblazoned baggage (lets just say that the excess charges on me boarding an Easyjet would probably equal a pair of these Valentino lovelies £777, and that is just for a flight to Manchester!). But, back to the point, seeing as the point is back in fashion (mercilessly kicking the almond toe into the kerbside), I am pushing nobody's corner. I am endorsing nothing but high fashion style on a rock bottom budgets. You could say that this makes me an innocent of fashion, no mean feat considering I spent 6 years in the industry!

So if you are no IT girl either, join my army of 'we are thirty-ish and we look good too'! Come on already. You might be dead this time next year, so who cares what the neighbours think. Best foot forward. Forward. March! Rellishment! This is the way of the Charitable Status Symbol (CSS)