"Fashion Is a B*tch."

"Fashion is a b*tch." - Unknown

That's pretty much the most accurate and interesting statement I've ever come across.

The first time I read this I believe was in one of Style.com's magazines and to be honest, I was a bit taken aback by it because it was such a strong statement.  Calling something or someone a female dog is a pretty big deal.  It's not like, "Oh, I don't like her."  It packs quite a punch which is why it has  resonated with me for so long.

It got me thinking, what kind of a person would fashion be?  If fashion were a person, I imagine she'd be the prettiest, most popular mean girl in school, high school to be specific.  She would have a loyal band of followers and people would whisper behind her back wherever she went.  She would be judged relentlessly, but she wouldn't care.  She would be ridiculously controlling, incredibly indecisive, always changing, and most importantly, fearless.  At a glance, she would seem artificial and fake, but if you take the time to get to know her, that's far from what she is.  She's complex, complicated yet so simple at the same time.  Behind her misunderstood facade, she's truly amazing.  You know, the typical cliché sappy chick flick storyline.

These days, it seems like everyone - the seemingly innocent little kids on the playground, the teenagers that some of us are stuck with eight hours a day, parents, elders... nearly everyone around me seem to think that fashion is this artificial thing and if you were even remotely interested it in, you were immediately thought of as artificial, fake, that you didn't value your studies and cared too much about your outer appearance.  WHAT?!  It's honestly ridiculous.  And it bugs me immensely because there's a lot more to fashion than supposedly "weird" and "outrageous" clothes.

I'm in no way trying to say that it's wrong if you don't care that much about what you wear, but it's those who judge people who are interested in fashion and think that they're all the same that really, really, really annoy me and it's just really frustrating. 

I think that fashion is really fascinating because it's constantly changing and it's never really satisfied, in a way, with what's "in" or "cool" or whatever word you want to use to describe it.  Some people might think that it's "bad" or something that it's changing all the time.  Sometimes, when you finally catch on to a trend, when you finally like it, it has moved on.  But I'm captivated by it.  It's like it's improving itself every single season.  It takes its supposed mistakes - the trends from a different era - and reinvents it and makes it better - it reinvents itself constantly.  Which is so freaking amazing in my opinion. 

I'm the kind of person who's always finding ways to improve and just be better, so it's really cool that there's something that I can relate to and something that I know will always be there for me.  Which is kind of weird, I guess, but whatever.

Thanks for reading!

- J

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