We all know snow leopards look good.
| Snow Leopard without his usual Deep V |
Following the advice of the My Daily report on animal print, it was clear we had to go for something that really created a statement look. We had a choice of 3 looks, or essentially whatever the hell we could possibly find in a barren Cardiff. Anyway, the looks:
| 1) Brad Goreski in a terrible but warm jacket |
| 2) A truly awful vest (the scoop is cut too high) |
| 3) Good but ruined by an overly glossy fabric |
| 4) Note the leopard faces integrated seamlessly into the design |
Weirdly enough I was easily able to get one of these for each of us and at 50% off! Surely such a trendy item would not be so readily available, should this have been a warning sign? Thankfully the answer is no, casual lunchtime shoppers in Cardiff are too busy buying those horrendous bird whistle things from the guy on the street, for the sole purpose of doing my nut in.
Putting this thing on the first time and wow I felt very silly. Heading to the meeting spot and approaching the alley by Dempseys, I was very relieved it was raining heavily resulting in few people lurking around to openly mock me. Looking down at the ground as I sped past the bouncer and in the distance was Rob, thankfully he was openly mocking me as well. Handing him his lovely top to put on, his face dropped with the realisation that he too would soon look as awesome as me. Retreating to the toilets to dress, he soon emerged and suddenly it all made sense. The two of us stood together in matching tops was a stroke of fashion genius and soon we settled in and got on with the night.
| The warming glow of the elusive Floyds in the top left |
Winning the grand prize for the 3rd TTC night in a row at Charlie Browns, we ran back to street level before pretending to be unsure of our next destination. As ever the Floyds man (first encountered here) approached us and proudly exclaimed that we were wearing matching jumpers, "I get it!" he announced. This man never explained what he got (unless it was just that we were wearing matching jumpers) and will probably take that revelation to his grave.
In Floyds we initially noticed a group of ladies who seemed to be pointing and staring with the odd laugh, in fact I saw one mouth "look at their jumpers" which was missing the point - Animal Print?! Suddenly one of their group revealed herself to be of impeccable taste, dressed in Animal Print as well, and plucked up the courage to ask us for a photo that definitely wasn't going to be put on Facebook for cheap laughs.
This was a clear sign that animal print takes away the inhibitions and brings fellow wearers together, much like the pack animals we were mimicking:
The next thing we knew something disturbing was happening, a lady appeared to be twerking our way. Not ones to indulge in a twerk very often we didn't know what the hell was going on, was this another sign of the power of animal print? A more ferocious version of the reaction caused by the Deep V?
| She wasn't wearing animal print but this is a close representation |
| The prey in this whole debacle |
As the night drew to a close we reflected on our decision not to pick Option 3 and realised any initial doubts about playing it safe were completely unjustified, Animal Print was incredible. While you get a decent bit of mocking this could well have be due to the matching top rather than the print. 90% of people recognise a pioneer of Winter style, they just choose a rather silly way of displaying said recognition.
Animal Print: Vulnerable, passionate and hip dominated dancing
