The Age of Dissonance - Part 3 of 3 - Audience & Onlookers

Miss Carr is looking rather swish this week – dropped paedophilia charges tend to do that. Her wine coloured shirt is lovely, and as for that cut length pencil skirt…A+ for Cougar Carr.

Though her seduction outfit of a cowl neck purple dress paired with limp hair loses her marks.

But Rachel hits it out of the trailer park with this taste-free outfit. In the absence of that dull grey cardi, the transparent white tee and short skirt are too slutty for a teacher, even an off duty teacher.

See the similarity? Dark colours, grey…inappropriate for the situation…

Jenny’s multi-strand pearl necklace is darling, as is her hair, which I like better up; it hides the bizarre length and frizz. Her pinafore thing has always fitted badly, and always will until Taylor Momsen’s chest mysteriously expands in season three.

Like now, what is this hair? A Shaggy Dog Story?

Plus some wonderful shades of grey and brown, skilfully woven into hideous wool and plaid. She even has matching bruise effect eye makeup.

Don’t worry, Little J – if my hair were that bad, I’d be banging my head on tables too.

More plaid, more puke colours killing pretty hair and jewellery. There’s a price to pay for compliments in a YKYLF recap, Jenny.

We should’ve known a girl like you couldn’t afford it.

The Humphrey clan really give me nothing to go on, and Rufus is particularly bad this episode. I approve of leather jackets as a whole, but since it’s brown on brown on one of those awful t-shirts men wear to eliminate their version of a panty line...no.

What need is there to have an open shirt over a t-shirt? Pick one and wear that. Papa Humphrey has suddenly developed a bouffant in this picture. I like the Elvis swirl he’s got going.

But here is a surprising star: Vanessa sticks with one bright item in pretty pink and blue stripes, and covers up her profusion of gold jewellery with an elegant plaid coat and black jeans. Let’s ignore the puce coloured boots. Please.

And a miracle is about to occur: Vanessa wears something I would wear too!

This dress' large heather and cream print seems almost functional, but the sweetheart neckline makes it sexy, and her messy French pleat is fantastic. Stockists for her necklace would be appreciated. That’s how much I love the way it brings other colours in with the purple.

You KNOW it’s bad when Vanessa’s the one to pull it out the bag, which happens to be a marvellously gauche purse in a too bright colour I would normally disapprove of –

Not this week.

The clothes are getting that bad.