I Know Jack About Fashion and 40-something chicks

Thank goodness. The SATC mania has died down. 12 months before the release of the film in the UK, we had endless information on the film in every single female-oriented magazine you could pick up. Everytime I flicked to the film review section, they'd be on about not, let's say, how awesome the new Chronicles of Narnia film is, (and I didn't want that film to end) or even screenshots of the up-and-coming (at the time, and turned out to be a great let-down) Indiana Jones 4, but Sarah Jessica Parker's hair. Sarah Jessica Parker's underwear. The bus she took to work that day. Her burps. I wanted to strangle every film journalist out there.

The fact is, her clothing was really bizarre (see above), I just don't get it. Nobody would wear any of it. Apart from the actual sitcom boring everything lifelike out of me, I can't work out exactly why it would appeal to women. As soon as these outfits hit the screen, we were bombarded with trend after trend. I couldn't shop anywhere without seeing ruffles and bows. I just wanted simple office clothing, but no...that would involve buying a dress that made me look like a toilet-brush holder. I know my clothing is pretty boring, and I spend most of my life in pencil skirts (they went 'out' a year ago, but am I bovvered?) but I don't like the high street dictating what and what I should not be wearing. If I see a weird-looking pair of heels going in a shop that's off the beaten track, I'll probably take them if they're reasonably priced. If I see a very cheap pair of boring heels going....what's to stop me taking them home and re-designing them myself?

I know particularly a lot of women will disagree with my stance on the show. They'll probably disagree with my loathing of Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy and most 'girly' shows, and can't for the life of them understand why I like to watch Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson roaring along a track full of quips and throwing witty banter around. Or perhaps watching 'England Top Gear vs. Germany Top Gear'...or rather, seeing the British presenters meeting in 'neutral Belgium' arriving in no less than a fleet of spitfires. Either way, its jolly good fun, and they should try it.