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Made in Chelsea – Hooray for toffs!

By aideenf ⋅ 19 May, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

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They're posh, see?

I don’t know about you guys but I am over Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Towies, tangoed limbs and badly applied false eyelashes. I am ready to watch some TOFFS! (Queen Elizabeth and her hubby are knocking around Dublin… Coincidence? Yeah probably…)

For those of you who haven’t seen Made in Chelsea, GOOD GOD! Get thee to Channel 4 OD immediately if not sooner!

First of all the cast of characters have names like Caggie, Funda and BINKY! The fellas look hilairy-arse. There’s Fredrik the model who only dates models. There’s Spencer the chap-who-cant-get-his-act-together-and-decide-which-girl-he’d-be-better-off-seeing-so-strings-both-along.

And then there’s a very special gentleman who forces you to suspend all belief. He’s the I’m-as-gay-as-Christmas-but-I-shag-girls type of man. The Sunday Times has even dubbed him a ‘fauxmosexual’. Behold Ollie Locke:

This man is straight. Allegedly.

If you’ve seen the first episode you’ll have witnessed him apply St. Tropez directly from the bottle onto his face, massaging it in with his bare hands. He’s absolutely gas, I could watch him in action all day long.

But anyway it’s about time I got onto the FASHION. As far away from my style as it is, I’m still sure I can see myself wearing their swag sooner than I’d be seen in Towie attire. Kind of like The Hills and The City, you find yourself drooling over the gear. I die a little inside when I see them walking with three or four designer bags in the crook of their arms, post retail binge. I melt when I see them slink into gold sequin cocktail dresses (for a lunch date dahling). And I guffaw when I see the fellas wearing their rowing suits and tweed.

By the way, they would NOT talk to you. In fact you wouldn’t even get close to them. You wouldn’t get into the bar they’re drinking in. That’s because you’re wearing Topshop dahling. “Topshop is a turn-OFF.”

I am Fredrik: 21st century Viking.

Spencer: Grease Monkey

I am Hugo: part tweed, part Beckhamite

The girls? Millie and Amber, Binky and Cheska, they’re all into their cocktail dresses and fur stoles/hats. Caggie is the girl who the fellas fancy. According to Spencer, she’s a pure English Rose. She bucks the trend slightly by having an affection for the aul denim shirt. Sleeves rolled or collar fastened, Caggie likes her ‘painter’ look. Oh and she’s trying to launch her music career, but I doubt she’d persuade any of the gang to come and see her play in Shoreditch. They’re allergic to hipsters. Not sure she’d do a grubby venue either!

Caggie "I'm formal"

Caggie "I'm Erin Wasson"

Francis Bouille is the village idiot. He also fancies Caggie. He’s a diamond miner apparently. And he’s having his portrait done in ep 1 and 2. If one were to reinvent themselves as an entrepreneur, one should really keep an eye on this chap and his sartorial preferences. Man-bag? Lord no, a BRIDLE!