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Yo, Tumblr. I should have posted these weeks ago but I started to write a rant, (about the diet flogging numpty who recently caused a twitter shitstorm claiming if you can't fit into the jeans you wore at 21 you're at risk of type 2 diabetes regardless of BMI), and found myself getting so wound up I came to a grinding halt à la Quora burn-out. Which is a shame because I may never again have an opportunity to employ the phrase "paradoxical flapdoodle", but c'est la vie.

Sadly, as soon as the weather changes, it becomes more of a challenge to photograph indoors, which is why my feet and ankles are shrouded in mystery in all my head-to-toe shots. I'm delighted to report, however, that both my pairs of Ecco sneakers look quite fetching with these River Island culottes.

See?

I am absolutely besotted with the culottes by the way, which you can find here reduced to a mere fifteen quid, should you find yourself similarly enamoured. Annoyingly the matching jacket has scarcely been reduced at all but I keep checking just in case.

I find it hard to rock a pale pastel palette without looking like I've carked it, but these slightly brighter shades just about work. The colours put me in mind of a Fiorucci rain jacket I had in the early 80s. It was actually plastic – the soft kind that splits – and I was forever patching it up on the inside with masking tape. Eventually I had to concede defeat and consign it to the bin but I've never forgotten it, nor the compliments it garnered on grey rainy days. I will never understand the need to blend into the crappy weather the moment summer breathes its last. I despair of my fellow countrymen sometimes.

You've seen this hi-lo River Island sweater before. Believe it or not I nearly chucked it in the charity bag at the start of the year – and I'm so glad I didn't, because it's absolutely the perfect colour and length to wear with these. (#apple-tips. You're welcome).