The raids on my wardrobe by my offspring have left me sartorially challenged. Polo shorts for pyjamas, my favourite T-shirts for gym and my cardigans fashioned into peppy grunge-wear. However, the final straw was seeing my daughter sporting my favourite Che Guevara buff, repurposed as a slinky strapless top. Revolutionary indeed, though I’m not exactly sure where comrade Guevara sits on the radical chic spectrum after the invasion of Ukraine.

I suppose refashioning a buff into a top has saved more than a few hundred rands of shopping at fashion emporiums. Maybe my daughter — with not the slightest interest in asset management — is a closet deep-value specialist?..

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