May 31, 2015
Final Thoughts
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Final Thoughts
Sew what.
One of the reasons that I chose to go in this certain direction for ‘body uncomfortable’ is that I started out with studying fashion after school. I lasted 6 months into the degree before switching to something else. Looking back, it wasn’t a good choice for me in the first place and I had started it purely because I wanted to design. I hated every minute of it. I didn’t fit in with the other girls who were perfectly manicured from head to toe everyday and were well acquainted with a sewing machine. I loved my drawing classes and despised my clothing construction classes which resulted in a rather unfortunate incident surrounding a corset that we had to make. I ended up having to sit right next to the lecturer, sewing machine in toe, so that she could help me to structure some semblance of a garment from the shreds of my first attempt. Mainly, I felt like I was in some 1950’s home economics class and everything felt empty and superficial. So naturally I changed my course to interior design - a degree that delves much much farther below the surface.Wink wink. But the gist of my relation to ultra feminine style is that maybe I equate it with my unenjoyable experience at fashion school, and the type of female that I didn't want to be. Which in itself is a form of stereotyping, and I think that maybe these past nine days have worked in reversing the effects of that feeling.
Gendered restrooms have a history as a breeding ground for transphobia and toxic gender norms, but tech company Axosoft's #ItWasNeverADress campaign is trying
I came across this project while doing research for this blog and I thought that it was a pretty inspirational and interesting campaign, aimed at amplifying the success of many ordinary women who may have otherwise been overlooked by society, as well as doing a great job of tackling and questioning gender roles and norms.
Walk the Line - Tiffany Tuttle Picks Her Androgynous Style Icons
Androgyny
Theres a rise in androgynous fashion at the moment. Tailored pants for girls, brogues, oxfords and blazers, the boyfriend jeans, the white shirt and the tuxedo jacket. There is even a gender neutral department in Selfridges, London.
Finally the tomboyish look is on the rise and comfort and elegance can exist harmoniously.
THE HISTORY OF THE HIGH HEEL - ORIGINALLY MADE FOR MEN
So initially men wore the ubiquitous high heel, only to later be made intrinsic to the female wardrobe by Catherine de Medici. Thanks Catherine. I have a feeling that Catherine de Medici never had to balance the clutch in gridlock traffic, or negotiate an uneven concrete paving on the way to the printers. She probably never stood in a queue at home affairs or had to get anywhere particularly quickly. Although, that being said, she was seen as the most powerful women in the 16th century, and a massive patron of the arts. She probably took her heels off to run from those angry huguenots. Heels are linked to the concepts of power and status. All through history it is evident that heels signified some sort of hierarchal status and wealth.
Right up until the 19th century. That’s where it all went south and heels started to signify something slightly different. Men enjoyed the way that heels looked in photographs. This persisted all the way through the war years where all the pin-ups and porn stars wore heels. The paradox between the initial nobility that wore heels to express sophistication and power, and the pin-ups that wore them in order to be sexualized by men is interesting to me. What the heel represented was turned on its head, from elite and dominant to weak, controlled, powerless. A tool in the making of objectification.
I think that the idea behind high heels has levelled out today and the high has once again become an indicator of sophistication and class. I think the main issue to consider is to what degree do you want to forego comfort to create an impression. For some people the answer will be ‘whatever it takes’, others may value comfort more. I suppose it all depends on identity and preference.
Today I thought back to when I visited Rome. Almost every woman wore a stylish pair of heels. No matter their age, or mode of transportation. I was fascinated by the fact that many women wore heels to drive their Vespa’s or ride their bicycles. Such grace and elegance. It was like being in a Fellini film. I guess Catherine de Medici’s legacy reigns on.
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xput-89ELJo)
Outfits Day 7 and 8
Outfit Day 6
Here we go again
I went to the mall with a couple of friends today. I realised how it doesn’t cost a thing for people to point fingers and judge without knowing exactly what one might be going through. I don’t like being looked at, quite frankly I don’t understand what gives peole the motive to look at something which they are not willing to change (if at all it’s not in place).
I want my old clean me back but I’m still falling, falling for my new unclean yet genuine body. the one thing that has me very true to myself. I seee the change in my pimples, ever since I haven’t been bathing I have less of them. Perhaps this is what I should do in order to control them. I call them facial pestisides