Messy is chic again. But is the world ready for my kind of crumpled grubbiness? | Emma Beddington

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According to The Guardian’s linked report, Messy is chic again. But is the world ready for my kind of crumpled grubbiness? | Emma Beddington, All my clothes are stained and creased and my house is cluttered, so I should be thrilled by this moment. But it’s naive to think we are about to be tolerant of the real mess of life Stand down Stacey Solomon ; hush, quiet luxury : mess is back, though in this household, and I suspect many others, it never went away. “Messiness in all its aesthetic glory is being celebrated in a meaningful way,” Susie Lau writes in this month’s Elle, highlighting some recent fashion mess – dirty shirt cuffs and frayed embroidery at Prada; battered handbags at Chanel; an “extreme-treated denim” homage to the walk of shame at Diesel. Beauty and homes are on a similar trajectory, apparently, with morning-after makeup and interiors that make a virtue of clutter and imperfection, “from unmade beds to breakfast leftovers”. The mess revival Lau observes in style has also been gathering momentum in other areas:

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