Which would have failed utterly in the instance that the person being addressed was wearing something that she couldn't twist into being a result of the whims o

Which would have failed utterly in the instance that the person being addressed was wearing something that she couldn't twist into being a result of the whims of the fashion industry. But then of course, they'd just be rebuking bad taste, because it's not really possible that they might, after all, just be genuinely wasting time.