One of the things that I looked forward to the most when entering my senior year of high school was the design and wording on my school jersey.
I had no idea what to put on the back of my jersey. We were allowed to have anything written on the back so long as it wasn’t illegal.
There was a lot of pressure in deciding what phrase or word was to be typed on the back of the jersey. I deliberated over ‘Jonesy’ (my high school nickname after my maiden name) or ‘Beckles’ the name my grandma would call me.
And then my drama teacher suggested I put ‘doyagetit?’ because it was the phrase I would say when telling a joke and I loved to tell jokes.
So I filled in my form and asked for ‘doyagetit?’ to be printed on the back of my jersey.
I thought it was so cool until one day when I was wearing it, I had my hair down and a friend teased me that I was asking for tit because all she could read was ‘tit?’ I laughed it off and couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought about the spelling and what the jersey would look like with the words running together.
I wonder if Natarsha Belling felt the same way when social media went ape about her ‘penis’ neckline jacket. The jacket was by Scanlan Theodore, and is a popular jacket among newsreaders with Eva Milic and Melissa Downes sporting the same style but in different colours.
Sometimes a fashion faux pas isn’t noticeable until someone points it out. The most embarrassing and icky faux pas are when g-strings are visible above a pant waist or patterned underwear worn beneath a see through white dress.
How do you deal with a public fashion faux pas?
The best way to deal with a fashion faux pas is to laugh it off. To prevent it from happening, always check the mirror before you leave home. And carry a scarf because it can camouflage or draw attention away from the problem area.
I reckon Natarsha would have loved a scarf around her neck last Sunday night.
Do you have a fashion faux pas story to share?
