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Fashion Blog (Archive)
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
8:19 AM (Pacific)
Consider your butt kicked :)
But then, what I don't get is that New York is one of fashion's hot spots. Why not glorify New York rather than Paris or Milan? Hmmm, maybe it's because I'm such a mix of the North American and European but I get rather insulted when people say North America is way behind Europe (mainly France) for fashion. Excuse me? I have a hard time seeing how that can be. Granted, small villages lost in the middle of nowhere will always be a little behind in fashion but then, that's everywhere. My mother comes from a little town in France and fashion isn't exactly cutting edge there either. But in bigger cities, the "now" fashions are available to everyone. The European designers do sell this season's stuff in North America.
But Europeans and Americans dress differently. I see it as more social differences than anything else. I guess that's why I find style in different cities so fascinating. You wouldn't catch me dead in cowboy boots (though I may change my mind someday) and I think they look horrible in a number of circumstances but I can't help but find they're pretty cool with certain outfits. I think if I went to the West Coast, I'd find them very cool. It's just a different style, ya know? Maybe not the fashionable one but still style.
I think we're agreeing about personal style. I like your saying that clothes should be like your skin. You should feel completely comfortable in them. Both physically and psychologically. I find sweatsuits very comfortable physically but I feel VERY uncomfortable in them from a psychological viewpoint. They make me feel dowdy and I hate their matchy-matchy aspect.
My opinion of high fashion is that it's fun to look at and get ideas from. High fashion is always a bit over the top but the essentials of it always trickle down quite fast to more retail oriented designers like the Mexx designers, GAP designers and such. So you can get what's fashionable right now for not a whole lot of money if you wish. And it's much more wearable at the retail level. I suppose when you're rich and famous, you end up being a bit of a showcase for designers. You're some kind of billboard for them. Yeesh. That's kind of horrible. I refuse to be a billboard for designers. Of course, I don't mind little tags so much but I refuse to buy a plain white T-shirt with a designer name on it. If I'm going to be a walking billboard, they're darn well going to have to pay me for it!
Sorry, got side-tracked there...
Oh! Just wanted to say this. I completely agree that you can't be dressed up when you're running around after kids. It'd be kind of like painting your house in an evening gown. But that doesn't mean you have to be unstylish. There's so much available now. Jeans and a T-shirt always look good if they fit well. And I know you use pretty accessories to spiff things up :) So I would say that despite not being able to dress up, you are stylish in the sense that you do try to look good while being casual and ready for any disaster and also in the sense that you wear clothes that are you.
Grin, I have such an all-inclusive definition of stylish, don't I? I just think there are other words for people who follow fashion with taste or who have a timeless look: fashionable and elegant. And those who don't follow fashion with taste: fashion victims. So there.
Last last thing I want to say (can you tell clothes are one of my favourite subjects?). To me style has nothing to do with being dressed up or down. You can dress down and be stylish just as you can dress up and not be stylish. Because it doesn't have to do with being dressed up. You can be a stylish hiker, ya know... I actually have some very cool hiking stuff from MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op; see? I just proved how Canadian I am!). When I wear these clothes to go hiking, I feel very cool. Even if they don't match perfectly. I lik that my boots are a tad dirty. Makes them look like I actually use them.
I'm done now. Finally, huh? :)
Raphaelle
PS: Thanks for giving me an excuse to buy more clothes :)
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