Explain this weather to you? Really, you expect some sort of explanation of why, after the hottest, most prolonged heatwaves of any summer ever that today's high will be 69°? Well you think too much, friend, not that that is a crime. What is a crime is thinking too little. Today, inspiration comes from the temporary exit of summer. Summer is increasingly (and for an incredibly long time now) completely this one-note "tight and skimpy" exhibition of skin and skinny clothes. Anyone that has been to the Middle East or anywhere prolongedly hot will tell you that oversized, airy fabrics are the better way to go in summer, despite what the sales rack at Hot Topic might be telling you. But onward we go in our pagan-whore ensembles, when we should be drawing inspiration from someone like 1984 Talking Heads-era David Byrne, in loose flowing clothes under hot stage lights. Granted, some "think too little" types can see Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense and do a reduction down to "david byrne stop making sense funny dance" (clip post-jump). "Funny dance", YouTube user 'daffydill'? Really, is that all you get from this, because seeing it back in the day? It was magic and wonder and heavenly layers of awesome. This is the kind of reductionistic world in which we now live though, so in explaining the weather, all I need to say is "Summer done went and burned itself on out", and the daffydil's of this world are happy. (It's actually a massive cold front slicing it's way down all the way from the artic bringing this much needed respite.) If you're 'team daffydil' you can keep dressing like a whore, despite the weather change, but for the rest, my inspiration today is for something loose-fitting and comfortable as humidity remains high and rain pops in and out throughout the day. And remember your umbrella, whichever route you go.
