Caught by the fashion police

Every time Jordan does something vain like insist on wearing particular shoes to school or having her way with the clothes she wants to wear, I get a side way glance and get asked "Did she get it from you?"

For the record, I did not learn how to be vain till I went to uni. Clothes did not make me do a double take till uni, make up when I went to Melbourne, facials when I started work, bags when work started getting stressful and pedicures when I finally stopped dancing and had some what presentable toes. Before that, I wore sneakers and jeans, my idea of a fashion statement was mismatching socks and netball skirts and I once had horrifically permed hair.

So the reason for Jordan to be vain at a tender age of two is really beyond me. On top of that, we have till this point, quite successfully banned Disney Princesses from our house and have only just allowed that insidious Barney to slip in by means of a goodie bag brought home from school (ok, I know Barney doesn't breed vanity, but I'm still not amused that the twins' bedframes are covered with stickers of the insipid purple dinosaur that ought to be shot)

But despite all that, the girl knows her shoes, her clothes and her accessories and what she wants, even if it defies conventional fashion sense and would send Anna Wintour into a fit.

Just last night, she insisted on wearing a pretty dress to bed, not wanting it any other way. We didn't have a choice because the screaming rose in decibels that would burst ear drums. The compromise was that she still needed to wear her pyjama pants. It did create a certain bohemain look though, especially when she insisted that her pacifier had to match the stripes on her pants.

Hence this.



















When I say anything to Packrat, he reminds me of how on one cold winter day in Melbourne, I wore my ballet warm-ups which are essentially waist high leg warmers, with my shorts over it and a big oversized sweater, prompting him to christen my style the 'bag lady chic'.

He points to my daughter and claims that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.