Depending on where you live and who you work for, this may affect you more than others and that’s not something we’d want to get tied up in or dip our bourgeois toes into. It’s just that here in London, especially in the media and fashion industry, we are surrounded by people that have had to ‘tighten their belt’ (which we find particularly ironic, especially considering we’re fatter and more decadent than ever in 2009) and make serious changes, like having one less coffee a day because of the ‘climate’.

It’s a total mess, and although this is entirely cynical and not wholly resonant (at least without political and social commentary to back up our wild claims) it still feels important that we mention it. TRASHTALK often playfully stabs the ventricles of greedy capitalists or immoral and unethical industry practice, but this time it feels slightly disparaging and maybe even straight-up grouchy. There is a redeeming feature to this short publication though, which is simply this; whilst our belts are being strapped up and our coffee’s are being cut and watered down and our general consumption of everything from food to clothing is under scrutiny, and rightly so, there are still those in the developing world who have not this luxury. No belts to tighten, no coffee’s to cut down on. In fact quite it’s quite the ironic counterpoint – they have belts to manufacture and beans to grow.

Oh and just to keep this full circle, our second problem which we so deftly side-stepped was quite simply that KFC is a shocking place to eat. So once again, we’ll finish this Trash Talk with a justified swipe at one of Society’s greatest filthy imports; Colonel Sanders - we salute you in this time of economic downfall, you greedy Texan fuck.

D&C - EATTHERICH