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I recently left a comment on one of my favorite girly websites FabSugar about a celebrity whatshername’s so called inability to rock a high fashion outfit. Because of blah blah blah that and blah blah blah this. *Grrrr*
It really gets my panties in a bunch whenever I hear women bash on other women for not wearing the right shoes, or having the wrong hair, or liking an outfit but disliking the woman in it, etc. etc. etc.
Why?
I have a few reasons:
Reason 1) It’s a goddamn free country!
And we are blessedly free women too! Despite budget limitations or capabilities great fashion is available to us all and we all have the blissful right to explore it and find our own style. Whether you can sew it, buy it, borrow or DIY it you are free to wear whatever you damn well like!
Reason 2) Style is a practice
I nearly go through the roof when hearing that someone (usually a celebrity caught in public headlights) is deemed by others as not having the “chops” to pull off high fashion. How does one get that skill? Practice practice practice! And progression! That means NO girl or woman should be limited to training wheels or a soft served diet of “classics” & “basics”. Practicing & experimenting with wilder shit and soon enough a girl will be rockin her own trends.
Reason 3) An outfit works or it doesn’t
I mentioned this in my comment – and it’s super simple really. Celebrities get the brunt of it because they are under the microscope every damn day while five bajillion non-celeb people each take turns poking at every little thing about them with tweezers. But us behind the scenes chicks get it too. You can get told by anyone from your mother to the sales girl that you are “too skinny!” or “um your hair should be longer”…tsk tsk! UGH!!!Being barred from wearing certain things based on the “opinion” of others is really cruel. And sometimes an entire outfit (and along with it the woman often enough!) is deemed unsuitable based on a tiny thing like a girl’s hairstyle or the color of her shoes when she should still get kudos for getting everything just fine. OR pointed in a more beautifying direction with a different color choice, etc. That “works”.
An outfit “doesn’t work” when absolutely nothing in the ensemble harmonizes or it all overloads the senses in a garish way – and that takes a helluva lot actually.
I get that there are fashion faux pas (”misstep” in French actually) and there are some ugly catastrophes that can occur but as long as a girl keeps a cool head and learns something as she experiments there is no reason for her to limit herself even when she doesn’t get every single thing perfect.
I KNOW because I myself have suffered the bad perms, neon biker shorts, and hammer pants of yesteryear *shudder*. But I learned and took stock (Curly hair is still fun – just shape it; Skin tight can be sexy, just be careful; hammer pants were the old haram pants, go figure!)
So can you, and everyone else. Just pay attention.
Meanwhile I’ll say it again and so should you: Fashion police – step off!
That is all – I’ll return next week for a more…informative post ;)
Happy Styling!
