The way people dress these days, you either like it or you don't. Apparently there is no changing fashion. What should be changing, however, is the choice some women make when buying clothes for themselves and when and where to wear certain types of shoes.

Like, for example, if you are a woman whose legs are covered with spots or afflicted with large globs of cellulite what the heck do you want to buy a mini skirt for?

Not everyone has the same level of tolerance for unsightly things. Sure, it's not your fault that you have sensitive skin or are genetically pre-disposed to the accumulation of fat deposits, but it's nobody else's either so why should we suffer?

Fashion over style

Pants would be a much better option and you can still look sexy in pants, if you have the right goods.

The trouble is that a lot of women, men too, fail to understand that just because something is in style does not mean that it is in style for them. These days these really tiny midriff blouses are in fashion and in truth they really look hot on a woman who has a really flat tummy and a nice bell button. Those blouses combined with some of those jeans that cling to a woman's hip and some hot shoes make a wonderful ensemble.

It all goes awry, however, when a woman who has a belly like mine tries to dress herself up in that attire. Those blouses were not made for you, honey.

Insults

There are other tops that will make you look just as lovely, just not those; just like it doesn't work trying to mount a regular car tyre onto a truck. The thing is if you should mention it and I will, to hell with political correctness, some of these women will tell you to go and do deviant sexual things to members of your family. The ease with which these insults roll off their tongues you know they rehearsed them for exactly such an occasion.

Location

Location also has a lot to do with what a woman should wear. I see women at Dover, for example, in four-inch heels, does that make sense? Such a woman spends half her time pulling the shoe heels out of the dirt which makes them look like they're walking in quicksand and that is if the heel doesn't break. Then they look like they're walking around with broken legs, which is so not sexy.

On New Year's Eve night I was on the Boardwalk here in St. Maarten watching the fireworks go off as the New Year arrived.

Now it might be called the Boardwalk but it's actually about a mile-long concrete walkway lined by restaurants and bars on one side and the beach on the other.

There were thousands of women dressed to the hilt. Most, though, chose to wear shoes that were very fashionable but very practical.

However, some in all their niceness, standing next to their men with their arms snaked into the crook of his were unable to move for most of the night, even when it began to rain.

It's almost like they were mannequins; all dolled up but nowhere to go. You know why? Because they could not move.

Teetering pole

There was one woman in particular who was balanced atop some of the highest heels you ever will see. If she had tried to move she would have toppled like a banana tree during Ivan.

She should have saved those shoes for the bedroom to go with some nice lingerie on Valentine's Day or something; but the Boardwalk? No. There is nothing sexy about a woman teetering like a light pole in hurricane-strength winds.

For the new year many of these women should resolve to be a bit more sensible when it comes to how they attire themselves. It would really make so many people, including myself, very happy.

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