New year’s resolutions are a goodie-goodie business. Sobriety. Budgeting. This time of year is all batch-cooking healthy root vegetable dishes and rinsing the plates before they go in the dishwasher, then flossing before bed. It is diligent and well behaved, but not, you will be pleased to hear, in fashion. This is the perfect moment to break a few rules.
I actually believe that breaking one so-called style rule every day is key to looking modern. I don’t mean scruffy. I mean including one thing in your look that brings an element of surprise. We follow rules without even realising we are doing it: which colours go together, what’s appropriate for your age, what hemline is expected in the office, which earrings are a bit fancy for the supermarket.
