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America's true sartorial heritage is simplicity, not sloppiness. It's time to lose the fanny packs.
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America's true sartorial heritage is simplicity, not sloppiness. It's time to lose the fanny packs.
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Here in Australia, fanny is a word that people use to describe your front errmmmm... "girlie bits" and it's usually pretty derogatory. (Think the C-word.)
Here, fanny packs are called *bum-bags* and when I slip up and utter the wrong term, oh my! The looks I get!
I do wish there was a more "proper" dress code here for business wear. A teller at the local bank yesterday was wearing a low-cut camisole with a zip front jacket unzipped--a truly enormous bosom and the bra clasp bludging forth. Am I hopelessly prudish to think this was inappropriate?
Not that I am a fashionista for sure..me in my jeans and sweaters or skirts and shirts and aprons, crocs or birks or sneakers for the most part...but still. You have to draw the line somewhere...I draw it at fanny packs!!
Never wore it in the States. When I traveled with cash, I wore an under envelope around my neck and a small backpack for everything else.
Are they out of style in Europe? Those men lived with their packs!