June 10, 2009

Humans are prone to habit. We find comfort in the familiar. We get stuck in ruts. I find that people fall into two categories: those that will eat the octopus and those that won’t. My family was at a Japanese restaurant when we ordered the octopus appetizer. Those things looked gross. They were tiny complete octopi laid out for our culinary pleasure. I had never had octopus before and gazing at the gastronomic wonder presented before me, I wasn’t sure I ever would. We can apply the octopus theory to all aspects of our lives, including fashion. If you get it into your head that you can only wear one thing or shop at certain stores, you miss out. We need to get out of our boxes. That skirt could be a dress, that bathing suit top can be a shirt, that store may have just what you need. I find the most unique pieces in junk stores. I wore a Christmas ornament as a hair piece in my brother’s wedding. I wore a bathing suit top, as a shirt, to a party just last week. You may be thinking that people will laugh; someone will think you look silly. Someone probably will. But most of the time when I wear the big feather hat or lots of sequins, I get compliments and very few giggles. You can only please yourself. Live the dream, eat the octopus, wear the red beret. I ended up trying the octopus. It was disgusting, but you may like it.

June 3, 2009

What happened to the days of dressing before you left the house? Men wore suits. Women would carefully apply makeup. Their shoes, gloves, and hat would match to complement their thoughtfully chosen outfit. Only after much preparation would they go grocery shopping, pick up the kids, or go to work. Now I’m happy if I see a middle aged woman wearing a bra at Wal-Mart, it happens so infrequently. Side note to the braless: Gravity is not your friend and we can all see your mammoth breasts hanging out with your belly button. Wear a bra. When did we become slobs? When did it become okay to live your life in pajamas? It takes just as long to put on nicer clothes as it does to put on the flannel pants with the ratty holes and wrinkles. I realize it does save time to just sleep in your clothes, but assuming you bathe, you have to change at some point. Make that point the moment before you go out. I can hear you whining about the comfort of other clothes. But I’m not asking you to strangle on a tie or lace up a corset. A clean pair of jeans and an appropriately covering shirt will do the trick, assuming the jeans aren’t tapered, but that’s a lecture for another day.

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