When people always ask me when I first discovered I loved fashion, my immediate answer always reels off as 'Ever since I could dress myself...'. I stand by that statement and not to discredit my mum who had the best intentions at heart, because when I couldn't dress myself as a wee child and did have outfits forced on me, I have evidence that some sort of alternative fashion style was imposed upon me that very oddly juxtaposes with what I'd wear now...
Behold.... crunchy old photos where the colours seem to be far more vivid than my digicam ones (alas I couldn't scan them in but had to take blurry photos of the photos....) where the mummy has put me in things that I would never ever think of wearing now...
The Grandpa Collar Shirt - Shirt collars done up all the way to the top in general scare me because of school uniform nightmares that consisted of a stiff shirt collar and tie strangling me mid-class (a reccurent dream that I kept on having aged 8 that I haven't quite deciphered yet...). A grandpa collar shirt, whilst elegant and classic in its own way has me reaching up to my neck in protection...
Heart Shaped Sunglasses - Pre-Katy Perry, I never liked em', post-Katy Perry, they're even more irksome... but on a trip to Switzerland, my sister and I are sporting quite fetching clashing outfits (I'm the one in purple) and yes I have a pair of yellow heart shaped sunglasses perched on me and I also seem to be doing a 'Yo Booyakasha!' pose.... a frightening combo I think you'll agree.
