Spectator competition: new garments and their definitions, plus: write a wintry short story

The idea for the latest challenge was sent in by a reader who, inspired by the emergence of the ‘slanket’, the ‘cardigown’ and the ‘onesie’, suggested inviting competitors to invent new garments and provide definitions. It made for an excellent comp. It has been claimed that we have Sir Winston Churchill to thank for the onesie. Britain’s wartime leader designed his ‘siren’ suit all-in-one with practical considerations in mind, but ended up with quite a collection in a variety of colours, patterns and fabrics. He once wore one to the White House, and so impressed the president’s wife that she announced she was having one made for her husband. Both Brian Murdoch and W.J. Webster suggested dungaroos (a one-piece with a large pouch at the front to carry a baby). And C.J. Gleed and Frank Upton were thinking along the same lines with me-shirt (a garment adorned with the wearer’s banal jokes, vacuous loyalties or boring opinions/a tee with a personal data matrix, linking to the wearer’s social media profiles).