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‘A woman who dresses like an Australian’s nightmare’


I always liked this line but never understood it. What is it about Jeanine’s wardrobe that would terrify an Australian..?

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Probably because Australia, while it's people have many fine qualities, are not in the forefront of the fashion world like France or Italy.

If her wardrobe would offend a Australian, a place that is a fashion backwater... it is more insulting and a little more funny.

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Is it because Australian attire would be functional and rural, and her wardrobe is flamboyant and ridiculous - the kind of thing an Australian might despise?

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That could be also.

Weird, I haven't seen this in awhile. I remember hearing the line as a "gypsy's nightmare".

Maybe I'm remembering it wrong or their are different versions.

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