Yes, fashion can be fun and celebrities' style cam be equally fun to admire, but do you think we maybe take it all too seriously? We have whole magazines, books, websites, and TV shows dedicated to talking mindlessly about what celebrities are wearing, what designers and making, and "trends" we ought to be wearing (no matter that a good portion of us couldn't afford a fraction of the stuff, and most of us wouldn't even want to!), etc. I mean, it's only clothes, for goodness' sake, isn't it?
Yes, it is, which is why we shouldn't fixate on it so much. Think about it: how do you think it makes you look when you constantly think about what you, celebrities, your friends, and people you don't even know off the street are wearing? Would you like to be judged solely on something as shallow as the clothes you have on, whether they're in style, expensive, or fancy or not? A lot of people I love aren't especially stylish. Should I criticize them harshly for it? No, I would feel like a scumbag for insulting them just for what they feel like wearing or can get on their budgets. That's so mean and classless, really. So I'm trying not to do it too much to stars either (but honestly, if a star is dressing like a hussy, I will probably call her a hussy, because that is how she's implying she wants to be seen as, by dressing that way).
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| Jennifer Garner- as probably the only Hollywood actress who makes a halfway decent parent- or dare I say, a good one?- because she's always seen playing, spending time with, and caring for her 2 young daughters instead of clubbing, wearing disgustingly pricey gowns at every event for publicity, and selling her kids out to the 'razzi *coughbrangelina*, is often criticized for dressing "frumpy". WHO CARES? she's a working mom, not an attention-seeker who prefers making money, attention, and looking gkamorous like Angie Jo' to bringing up healthy, happy kids who don't have to have a camera shoved in their face during every outing their parents force them to go to. And honestly, she's not even that terrible-dressed, and is still gorgeous in anything. |
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| PLEASE don't be those girls- or worse, women- who HAVE to be what they perceive as "perfect" all the time. It's not admirable, modest, ladylike, or a bit wise. You won't die if you think about the world instead of Marc Jacobs, shoes, what's "sexy", what your favorite celeb is wearing, what to wear on the street that will garner the most attention, or if round-toed heels are still in or not. Instead, have a real hobby. Write a blog about a current issue. Donate some clothing to charity. Exercise (I guarantee that will feel better than any $400 pair of stilettoes). Go outside for a week without a bit of makeup on. Live! |
And speaking of that... while obsessing over fashion and trends is shallow, materialistic, and just plain makes you like unintelligent and vapid, it IS important to be honest about who you are by how you dress. Don't want to be seen as an unrespectable hussy? Don't dress like one. Don't want to trick people into thinking you're a hobo? Don't dress like one. Don't want to get called gothic? Don't wear all black 24/7, studs, 4 pounds of silver jewelry, a mask of white powder and black makeup on every feature, with a scowl permanently pressed onto your face. What I'm getting at is, dress to show who you are- a classy lady that walks with her shoulders back, her head tall, but not at all in a vain, look-at-me way you see far too many stars on the red carpet (or queen bees at high school and sorority girls on the street) doing. Modesty and confidence = class, and class is always in style.
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