#Fashionable I’ll let you guys in on a little secret. I don’t know anything about fashion. That golden award can be given to my almost-too-perfect and effortlessly stylish counterpart, Serena. However, I’ll often try to fool you guys by cramming as much In Style magazine reading as I can between classes to give the illusion I am somewhat fashion-forward. Thanks to websites like Style.com, Harpers Bazaar and Pinterest, I have been able to pass myself off as someone who totally knows the inner secrets of everything from the cat-eye to harem pants. I’ve always wished myself to be one of those never-trying-too-hard girls we see on pins labeled “street style”, or the French celebrities who always look impeccable without looking overdone. Alas, I must stop lying to myself when I sadly admit that I am the biggest try hard I know. I’ll sit and stare for hours at my closet wondering what to wear to school the next morning, or spend my entire morning trying on everything in my closet and ultimately going with the first thing I had chosen after realizing how much time I’d wasted playing dress up. Due to my own embarrassing confusion, I'll often catch myself asking this question: what really makes someone “fashionable?” Is it the girl who can take our favorite closet stable white tee shirt and make it look like it came right out of Vogue magazine? Or the one who takes sandals and socks and somehow makes it work? (Aka the Man Repeller). The other day I was scrolling through some outfits from fashion week in London and thought to myself ,“What the hell are these people wearing? Is that what is considered fashionable?” If I was caught dead in half of those outfits someone might seriously mistake me for either a really short wooly mammoth or a really tall Dalmatian. There is something about these people though, that make us regular people stop and think,Wow, why can’t I be that fashionable? Our underlying envy might come from the thousand dollar pair of Jimmy Choos slung over their feet. Of course, it also might be the fact that the world actually seems to stop moving when we catch someone who perfects pattern-mixing, like polka-dot with leopard print. (#how?) Whatever the case, these people have the “it” factor that we all want, and despite the first urge to hurl at the sight of their over sized ponchos and giant cat-eye sunglasses, there seems to be a seductive appeal to their bold fashion choices. I suppose it’s more freedom of expression then anything, and that these heftily clad fashion-forward (faux-pas?) style gurus are not so much trying to be fashionable, but rather, they are trying new styles, ideas, or just being like me and trying way too hard. Regardless, I was clearly missing the fashionable-ness of the majority of the outfits, leading me to believe that my idea of fashionable was clouded in too many fashion magazines telling me about the latest trends and the ten reasons why I needed to buy those totally-overpriced blue Alexander Wang sandals. I’m beginning to learn that fashion, much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. While we may continue to think what we want (cue Marilyn Monroe), let those who wear outrageous outfits to fashion week continue in their quest for whatever their stylish hearts drag them towards. I, on the other hand, will be spending the next few hours staring at my closet again because I have to figure out something to wear to work. Stay Classy Valley,
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4/25/2015 03:25:46 pm
I, on the other hand, will be spending the next few hours staring at my closet again because I have to figure out something to wear to work.
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Jen
5/10/2015 07:15:42 am
You are fashion forward and even if you were backwards, you are still amazing😄
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