‘I don’t imagine any regular TopGear viewers will be in the slightest bit surprised if I admit to knowing the square root of diddly squat about fashion. It is a waste of money that could be better spent on, say, maintaining your car.’James May, Top Gear Magazine, 2009
As regular viewers of Top Gear will be well aware, knowing diddly squat about something has never stopped our presenters taking on a related challenge with relish. Or even claiming actual expertise (usually before a rather big explosion).
But we have to say we didn’t see this coming. Behold the pictures above and below. This weekend James decided to design his own outfit and then appear in it – in public – at London’s Earls Court. On a catwalk.
The oufit, reportedly, is designed to make it suitable for every occasion. There are velcro-attached tails, add on lapels and interchangeable cuffs for formal occasions, a detachable utility belt for fixing the motorbike in the workshop, and a floral shirt add-on to meet that vital ’smart-casual’ requirement.
James said: “Every day the average British man wakes up and wastes five minutes wondering what to wear. This amounts to 600 million wasted man-hours every year. In May’s boiler-suited Britain all this time could be spent on something more useful.”
One report back from observers at Graduate Fashion Week declared that the “slightly-too-small overalls with belt and Eastern Bloc epaulettes” look was immediately snapped up by a leading couture house, and is set to be put into production for the high street by spring/summer 2014. But he may have been at the free champagne beforehand.
Other reports claim this is more of James’ moonlighting: in this case, a new series of his Man Lab.
No word on when the series will be on your screens, but it will be on BBC Two at the end of this year. And on that note, we’ll be able to start talking about the new series of Top Gear very soon…
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