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Alex's clothes

posted 17 years ago by vickic531
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Is it just me or is she being dressed like a pin-up girl from the 50s? Sometimes her outfits remind me of Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, etc.

Very odd for a DS to be dressing like that. Doesn't give a professional image at all.

Earlier this year, while I was in London, I talked to a couple of DS' and asked them about her clothing - they both laughed, said her dress would be considered very inappropriate and she would be spoken to and then reprimanded regarding the image she sets.

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[–] GERG-2 17 years ago

Well, yes, you're quite right. It's highly unlikely that *most* people would be able to get away with such specifically styled clothes on a day to day basis, much less a working police officer.

However, bear in mind that MAYO is a *fantasy* and bears even less relationship to normal police work than even any of the other nominally realistic tv depictions.

I still think MAYO was one of the most charming and entertaining things I've seen for years, and I regularly check this site just in case someone has news of a DVD release. A second series is obviously a no-show as it apparently didn't please enough of the mass audience. If only they'd cast Ross Kemp as Mayo...no, honestly please not !