Is the boho look going to have a small resurgence in spring? Some signs point to yes and let me tell you now, I DO NOT LIKE IT!

If there is one fashion trend I hate more than leggings, it would have to be boho dressing. Floating around the countryside dressed like you are some kind of remnant of Woodstock is something that just doesn’t appeal to me.

For the uninitiated, boho dressing is “a style of female fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences”. Ok, you can stop right there. You lost me at the word hippie. Think Sienna Miller and the Olsen Twins five years ago. Think deliberately unpolished and messy.

Of course, I have no problem with casual dressing. I’m all about jeans and t-shirts on the weekend. But I think what really bothers me about boho is the amount of care that obviously goes into looking that dishevelled. Headbands tied around the forehead and crocheted waistcoats arranged just so. It just isn’t right. And while we’re at it, apart from table doilys, what is the point of crocheted anything. It doesn’t cover anything or keep the elements out. It’s full of holes. Duh.

This week’s Best & Less catalogue, “Boho Beautiful”, is entirely devoted to the trend (and in my opinion, the words boho and beautiful are mutually exclusive). I also picked up on boho echoes in the Target catalogue and BIG W catalogue. Please, say it ain’t so!

The one saving grace for me has been the Myer catalogue, giving me hope that it’s not going to be a summer of boho. Give me a little black dress over a crocheted waistcoat anyday.

By Caroline Warnes