Be warned. I have soap and I’m not afraid to use it. Don’t be fooled into thinking this the hygiene police. I am talking about the Ugly Crime. The next time I hear someone describe another person as being u-g-l-y, I will wash their mouth out with soap.
Beauty and fashion are inextricably wound in a web that should catch admiration and confidence. Instead, we catch the disease of comparison. Blind comparison and imitation destroy us and our expression of self. Fashion, if nothing else, is choosing what clothes to wear each day. It is this choice that is a blessing and curse. The agony of too-small jeans, not-clean jeans and sick-at-the-sight-of-them jeans. Choice is as tricky thing because often is comes down to being right or wrong, hot or not. But is this really the case with fashion?
Fashion is overflowing with choice of colour, style, trends, designers. Who are you, who do you want to be today? One day I can channel the 80s in chuckies, rolled up trackies and retro parka (my sister will be horrified when she reads this), to Twiggy boots, tights and minidresses, or give me flowing scarf to knot around my neck and Grace Kelly, eat your heart out. But the beauty of it is, is that I can choose. I can be who I want and how I feel on that particular day. And nobody can tell me that’s ugly. Being beautiful is the opposite to being fake. So you can’t go wrong (even if you choose particularly ugly socks or shoes) if you express who you are.
And if you need inspiration, I suggest you start with things and places and people you love. Think art, music, Japan, London, Melbourne, friends, old movie stars and designers from all over the globe. A great place to get info is www.jcreport.com and www.fashion.net
So, you ain’t got no alibi -
Get thee style…preferably you own!
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