A little morning story to read only if you have almost nothing else to do that could be considered even marginally important to do. This is a fashion critique commentary and per usual for me, kinda long... I know its easy to form an opinion about someone based on their fb postings. I lean toward the thought most fb personalities do not even close to painting a semi-complete knowledge to a level you can say you know that person. Thats why I still and will always continue to believe face to face and hanging out will always trump whats posted on fb. :) Ok, sit back. Take a deep breath and relax. Here we go. I suppose I will need to turn my eye inward and reevaluate when it comes to my latest posts regarding age appropriate, uhhh, fashion. Maybe I am paying more attention than I should but I saw yet another example of an oddity. Mind you, Im not against it and contrary to the way I may imply, I actually kind of admire the effort put forth by the people that fall into that oddity category for me. My latest example, I stopped by the bank this morning and while waiting for them to open, a guy pulls into a slot a few places down in his awesome Bumblebee Transformer Edition Camaro. With the windows tinted and hard to see the driver, I got a strong feeling that it was an older person - mostly because even with no other cars around really, it took him about 3 attempts to park between two white lines. You know the grandpaish driver type Im writing about for Im sure youve watched them drive or worse, been behind them as they attempt to park and with that knowledge, you can likely agree with my profiling assessment. Interestingly enough though, as the light silhouetted the shape of the drivers head and hair, I thought hmmm - maybe its a kid who just got a new toy and being extra careful with it. For you see, the outline of the hair looked a bit like one of those Japanese Anime characters. Think Pokeman. Very... spikey? Cool. The bank is now open so I go in and complete my deposit rather quickly since I was literally the first customer in this morning. As I walked out the door, the Bumblebee driver had the door open and was climbing out. Gingerly perhaps is a good way to put it. And the guy turns out to be old. And not a dude. I really cant feel comfortable about guessing the age of this performance car driver. I didnt stare although I did look long enough to wonder. Her hair dyed jet black which faded into blonde the further out into the spikes. Not spikes like punk rock. Again, think Pokeman style. She wore a mid-thigh skirt with brown boots covering her.. leggings? Whatever women call those things that are kinda like pantyhose but thicker and opaque. Definitely sporting a sun worshiper and/or smoker face. I cant tell you what kind of top she was wearing. I think my brain went into a self preservation mode to save me. Again, I actually kind of admire the effort and will admit, Im sure many will think I dont dress age appropriate (well, Walmart style is universal and age dependent so thats a safe zone for me). I honestly think its harder for women to age match fashion than for men in our culture today. Along those thought lines, I sometimes see women in their early 40s embrace the style of traditional 60yr old garb popular in the 70s. My preference is dress to the age you feel and if you are 70 and feel like a 30ish person - awesome. I suppose my point is that I think its actually pretty cool that baby-boomers still have that kind of resistance to conformity or something like that. Thats a loose translation into many of us dont care a heck of a lot what we wear or how we wear it as long as we are comfortable doing so. Wow, women in my generation are hottie potential. And I think that is awesome. Ok, my break is over so I better go do something productive. Im not haten on anyone. Actually I applaud most fashion dares (Im not big into face tattoos or multiple piercings in places I consider abnormal. Cmon guys - Im talking like eyebrows, nose rings, eyeball tattoos and the like. I run a pg-13 show here. So if you think you got it, show it off. There may be some dude out there like me that thinks you are awesome for doing so. Not that you really care. haha. That is all. -g
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:09:17 +0000
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