Commuter catastrophes

If you spend as much time on public transport as your boy does, you will be blind not to notice the amount of fashion travesties that seem to have become widely accepted by the masses travelling back and forth for their 9 to 5s.

The first of these calamities is people who appear to have been half asleep getting ready for a long day at the office and start to incorporate their gym gear into their outfit. No, ladies, your trek to your nearest bus stop or train station cannot be THAT treacherous that you need to throw on a pair of trainers with your suit. If your work shoes are that uncomfortable, buy a new pair...your boy will always advocate retail therapy as a cure for anything.

Also, with the oversized handbag trend not looking likely to go away any time soon, why are you carrying a tiny handbag and then a massive backpack? Hardly power dressing. Nothing more flattering to a woman's figure than being laden down with too many lumpy bags, especially when teamed with ill fitting black trousers that so many women seem to insist on wearing these days. Just because you're a size 8 in your jeans, doesn't mean you're a size 8 in your trousers, too...and why not be completely outrageous and buy these sorts of clothing from actual clothes shops instead of bunging them in a trolley with your weekly food shop at Tesco?

Gents, the bag rule applies to you as well. Why are you wearing a Jansport bag you've had since school with your suit when you could just as easily jump into Zara  or River Island for a perfectly affordable, expensive looking man bag that won't make you look like a twat?

Why do people who clearly have to dress smartly for work have this urge to try and "dress down" for the commute? This isn't like school where you would try and wear trainers or Cat boots with your uniform to be a pure rebel, this is the grown up world. And as much as your boy hates a "smart" dress code (that's a whole 'nother entry waiting to happen), if you're going to do it, do it right.