Posts Tagged ‘daily outfit’

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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!

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Girls let me tell you. It’s pretty damn difficult to copy celebrity style. The trouble usually begins with not having buckets of cash to plop down for whatever your little fashion heart desires. Also most of you aren’t oozing out your pores the fame that compels top designers to throw their most glamorous clothing at you every minute. And look, I know you want to look just as effortlessly gorgeous as Miley Cyrus, Angelina Jolie, Beyonce, or Katie Perry…or whoever you admire. But the fact is well, Angelina is Angelina, Beyonce is Beyonce, and so on. They OWN their style. So should you.

The good news is that you can copy and borrow from “Iconic Styles” that easily fit into your own.

What do I mean by Iconic?
Think easy to recognize characters:
The Rocker Chick
The Cheerleader
The Hot Librarian
The Sexy Secretary
The Goddess

Most celebrities are already doing this and actors get a lot of practice with the movie roles they are cast in. The awesome difference is they don’t just dress up and play one character all the time. They have their own fashionable little group of icons to choose from. And so can you! The additional beauty of it all is you can infuse each iconic look with your own unique flavor each time. Your own “Goddess Style” isn’t the cardboard cutout copy of Angelina’s! Your Rocker Chick won’t be the exact over the top duplicate of Lady Gaga’s.


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So stay tuned and I’ll happily blog for you ways that you can pull off your own version of Sexy Secretary, Pop Diva, or Fierce Glamazon. You can pick and choose the elements that make up whatever iconic look you want – I’ll show you how on Wednesdays.

In the meantime, would you indulge me a moment and list some characters you would love to dress up as? From your favorite movies and stories. Share those dress up fantasies! I bet I could help you make them a reality – just let me know!

Happy Styling!