Tuesday, February 19, 2008

A Fashion Victim – what is it?

Generally speaking, a fashion victim is a word combination that may be understood differently, referring to different people. In any case, to be a fashion victim is rather unpleasant, moreover, it is more unpleasant to fail to understand, why these words are referred to you. To know what to expect and how to react in case this terrible thing did happen, consider the following information and several definitions of “a fashion victim”.

So, according to one of definitions, a fashion victim is a person who is unable to identify commonly recognised boundaries... I would call it “a person deprived of taste”. I have already said several times, that it is not enough only to know what is in fashion now, it is more important to use this knowledge in a right way. But about it later, taking into account other definitions…

The terms "fashionista" or “fashion victim” refer to someone who slavishly follows the current fashions (implementations of fashion). Actually, almost the same meaning as in the first variant, isn’t it? Here we can also refer a mark of a fashion victim - this is someone who wears more than, say, four trends at a time. I cannot even imagine this bright combination!!!

If we combine these definitions, we’ll get a person who tries to look his best, takes into account all modern tendencies and buys all that is fashionable at the moment. But unfortunately, he cannot combine all these things, and in the end, looks ridiculous and rather odd. We’ve got quite a bad description, seems to me. A fashion victim is likely to buy a very expensive suit only because he was told that it was the latest fashion this season. He won’t even pay attention to the “details”, such too long sleeves or inappropriate size. The most important thing for him is that he’s got what he wanted!!!

I believe, it is more or less clear what is what is who is who. Now, if you don’t like to be a fashion victim, you can first of all read the information of this blog and besides, follow these tips:

Always remain yourself! The goal is not in the kind of clothes you wear, but in the way, how you do it!!! There should always be a balance of fashionable and personal, of social and intimate, you should try to stand out from the herd, but not due to your parti-coloured clothes, but due to your sense of taste and sense of harmony. And don’t say, you don’t have these senses. They, as all the rest, may and should be trained!

Try not to overdo! The less the better. Do not try to wear all trendy things you have at a time! You may have one or two and skillfully match them creating different ensembles.

Moreover, do not follow the fashion of celebrities blindly! It is true to say, that celebrities and models often overdo trends for attention, and their flashy attire will likely not translate well for you, in the real world. Before buying a designer thing, try to be honest with yourself: would you buy these jeans if they didn’t have a designer mark on the pocket? If “no”, than “no” and you can find something to your taste later.

To crown it all, I wish you good luck and only positive opinions of your style and image!

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