Fashion Maven Alert

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us

To see oursels as ithrs see us!

It wad frae mony a blunder free us.

~ Robert Burns

Bet you'll never guess which store this shopper was found. Saks Fifth Avenue in New York? Neiman's in Dallas? Or maybe Henri Bendel, New York's legendary Fifth Avenue boutique, a girls' playground for trendsetting young women from around the world.

Nope. All wrong. If you guessed, however, that she must might be in a Wally World somewhere in the USA you would be absolutely correct! She may not be a trend setter, but she surely is a follower.

So far as I know there is no law ... in this country at least ... that says a burqa is limited to women of the Muslim faith. This beautiful blue model would be perfect for the Wal-Mart trend follower. It's loose and probably allows the cool air to circulate whereas tight clothes are constrictive.

Gomer Pyle said it well after learning that if you can't say something nice about someone, then say nothing at all. His famous line was: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.

How fortunate we are to be able to enjoy our freedoms ... even if one of them is to exhibit a total lack of pride in our public appearance.