Friday, May 31st, 2013

We Need To Talk About Men Who Wear Red Trousers

Pinterest – the website for people with too many pins on their hands – has its own ‘red trousers’ page. Notice the almost complete absence of real people. If pushed, I would concede that there is one on a bike, another casually standing on the bonnet of a car (as you do), and a third who looks suspiciously like Justin Bieber, though he’s not a real person, and doesn’t count. So, for the most part these are models. Which says it all.

In the blogosphere, self appointed red-trouser monitor “Henri de la Pantalon Rouge” is still on the case. He does seem to have amassed an impressive collection of real-world examples, and one can only admire his dedication to this important cause, lest the disturbing trend spiral out of control. Rio Ferdinand features, of course.

And apparently in Holland, land of Total Trousers, red is the new orange.