Musings on Pleats

 My favourite thing is when people say 'I will never wear that'. Just the words themselves pretty much guarantee that the item in question will come back into fashion. Everything comes around. Pleats are the next thing on the agenda. It's the silhouette that is changing. Think fitted, tailored tops with a looser bottom. The vintage golf look of days gone by (circa 1930's to 50's). Men on the greens would wear a fitted golf shirt with a pleated pant that was longer in the rise than the pleats we remember from the eighties. The first glimpse of these changes in fashion comes through venues that we wouldn't expect. In the pleat case, it's the new basketball uniforms designed by Nike. They kept the baggy shorts that the players love so much but replaced the tops with a more form fitting version. Way to go Nike, but for the girls, when are the fitted shorts coming back? We love a little leg and to see a nice bum...