brissos love their winter coats

Hurray today is sunny but crisp, perfect Ekka weather. Come August a chilly westerly stirs us out of our permanently casual dress code. We dress up, wear thongs on our feet rather than go barefoot. Flanellette sheets and shirts. The cold wind comes from the south, of course, affirming our sense that there’s something wrong with people who choose to live in those other cities.
But – Brissos do enjoy a few cold days and nights in their home town as this gives them the chance to show off the stylish winter coats they purchased for trips “overseas”. We see them in magazines and know they represent Milanese style, or Soprano-like gangster cool, but rarely get the chance to wear them at home, where ones image matters most. So, those bulky garments that take up a disproportionate amount of space in the cupboard are turned out a couple of days a year. Too formal for the football, they’re not really suited to many outings, but may be seen worn in the street early mornings as Brissos head to work, or at night as Brissos saunter 100 metres from their car to a restaurant. As with umbrellas, the winter coat is at risk of being left behind at a restaurant or art galllery, so unused to wearing them are we.