Clothes have always been an important component to expressing myself. I think of it of now as an extension of my creativity. Every morning I try to find a way to look nice. Obviously, my idea of pretty outfits has changed throughout the years. It's like fashion. Five years ago, people (including myself) laughed at 90's fashion, and now people try their best to replicate it. Isn't that strange? It went from being stylish to "unstylish", and then, finally it came back into fashion. This conception of beauty makes absolutely no sense!
I often criticized other people for having a "bad" fashion sense, but honestly that was a simplistic way of seeing it. Beauty through clothing is complex. I think we should make a difference between personal taste and thinking others don't have style. A person could think they look great and you might disagree, but that's totally fine, because beauty and inspiration changes from person to person. You're goal should be to respect that and not to bash it ('cause that's way to easy!)
I was lucky no one ever really said anything about my way of dressing throughout the years. I have been pretty free to do whatever I wanted. This helped me a lot to explore my creativity. Sometimes, I created what I thought were masterpieces, and other days I felt like a clown. Now that I look back on that, I think: "What's wrong with being a clown?" John Waters puts this idea into words really well in his book, Role Models, where he encourages people to explore there personal style by dressing as ugly as possible, so you can explore the whole spectrum of the clothing world. I thought that was very inspiring. Although I haven't put this concept into action yet, I do take it into consideration.
What I'm trying to say here is that no matter how a person dresses, you should be respectful. That person made the choice to dress a certain way and no one should criticize them for their looks. I want to make a particular emphasis on women who might be seen as provocative dressers. The way she dresses does not dictate her sexuality or who she is. Basically, please don't slut-shame, or should I say: Do not shame anyone for expressing themselves the way they want. Also, have fun!
On that note, here are the first outfits of my wardrobe challenge.
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| Day 1 |
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| Day 2 |
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| Day 3 |
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| Day 5 |
Note: Day 4 is missing because I was to darn lazy. I was pretty much wearing a pyjama-like outfit.
Bonus: Old time outfit! #Fab!
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