This season of Skins has been all about fashion in a way that past seasons weren’t. The first few episodes have all been about personal style, and transformation through clothing. The first episode stars Frankie, a trouble girl who is just starting at a new school. Throughout the entire episode, she is constantly getting dressed and undressed, looking in the mirror, and the dialog is constantly about clothes.
Frankie has a sort of rockabilly/teddy boy style with white creepers and big masculine shirts and jackets. In other words, awesome.
Of course the “mean girls” at school can’t accept her butch look, and attempt to make her over. Continue reading
