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DUNGAREES

Words: CLARE GOGERTY Who would have thought it? Dungarees, for so long abandoned in the fashion wilderness, are having a moment. Once ridiculed for their associations with children’s TV presenters, Dexy’s Midnight Runners and the Waltons, they are now championed by Alexa Chung and her cronies, which might account for sales increasing by 160% at ASOS last year. We have been here before, of course. During the 1970s and early 1980s, many a woman (and, tragically, man) rocked around in a pair, often in primary colours. Julie Christie was one of the few who managed to look lovely in them, even with a head scarf. (Though she had the advantage of being whippet-thin: dungarees are really not best suited to the more curvaceous among us.) They proved complicated, too, when a trip to…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, 01-Jul-2015

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