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boyish girl (not verified) says:
I relate to the women in the article. I've never been the girl to overprimp myself - either it was too tedious or it made me uncomfortable. For my senior prom I went to a salon to get my hair and makeup done, and in the end I washed it all off because I felt so queasy looking so UNLIKE myself.
While I don't take the article silly, I'm not that impressed by it either. As another commenter pointed out, women in other parts of the country are just as laid-back as these women. New York is a fashion capital, with a thriving street culture, so one's clothing here does take on more meaning than elsewhere. I wouldn't take it as a trend, though, that some women eschew the ultra-feminine gear. So what? I like to dress down because it's practical for what I do on a day-to-day basis, but if I was a young starlet with an unlimited clothing budget - who knows what I'd look like then?
Though I've been called a tomboy, and I've even admitted to feeling like a little boy in a grown woman's body, I envy girly girls sometimes. I'd like to be able to wear high fashion effortlessly - I don't do it because I know my discomfort would make me stick out like a sore thumb. And above anything, I value TASTE and SENSIBILITY. Maybe that's what the UT is all about.
I think the media is just taking more notice of how women and men dress, because there are almost no taboos these days, and any semblance of a pattern or trend is apparently newsworthy.
I relate to the women in the article. I've never been the girl to overprimp myself - either it was too tedious or it made me uncomfortable. For my senior prom I went to a salon to get my hair and makeup done, and in the end I washed it all off because I felt so queasy looking so UNLIKE myself.
While I don't take the article silly, I'm not that impressed by it either. As another commenter pointed out, women in other parts of the country are just as laid-back as these women. New York is a fashion capital, with a thriving street culture, so one's clothing here does take on more meaning than elsewhere. I wouldn't take it as a trend, though, that some women eschew the ultra-feminine gear. So what? I like to dress down because it's practical for what I do on a day-to-day basis, but if I was a young starlet with an unlimited clothing budget - who knows what I'd look like then?
Though I've been called a tomboy, and I've even admitted to feeling like a little boy in a grown woman's body, I envy girly girls sometimes. I'd like to be able to wear high fashion effortlessly - I don't do it because I know my discomfort would make me stick out like a sore thumb. And above anything, I value TASTE and SENSIBILITY. Maybe that's what the UT is all about.
I think the media is just taking more notice of how women and men dress, because there are almost no taboos these days, and any semblance of a pattern or trend is apparently newsworthy.