Vanity and Clothes

11/6/2017

I gave up my vanity a long time ago.  When I was in my 20's, I was certainly vain and needed and wanted to look real good while I was out shopping, etc.  And, then there's now.  What vanity?  Where did it go?  Wherever it went, pretty sure it's not coming back, because all elastic pants and shorts do not make much of a fashion statement.  To be clear, they make a statement, just not a good one!

I watch a lot of television, and on those shows I always wonder why the actors always seem to have clothes that are just a bit tight.  I was always taught by my mother, that a blouse should not pull against my "assets"!  And yet, now I see actors (including women mostly), who have shirts that are pulled tight.  Tight enough that I keep wondering when the buttons are going to fly off!

And then there's the skirts and dresses.  In today's world, women like to accentuate the rear portion of their body.  And television stars do just that.  It looks uncomfortable to me to have a skirt/dress that is pulled so tight that I fear they won't be able to sit down.  For me personally, and at my age, designers don't spend a lot of effort (my opinion only people) to design for the older woman.  When I look in catalogs, the most common item for sale is: leggings (not a good look for me) and tunic tops that fall below the rear end.  I don't buy tunics because I don't want to own an item of clothing that I know will be pulled against my body, in a most unfashionable way.  For me, I like my pants at a certain length, a teeny bit above the top of my shoe.  I have enough trouble navigating through my world, and I don't want to have another trip hazard.  I assume my body, which is battered and bruised from my latest fall, can only take so much damage, before I end up breaking something, like my knee! I do admire the actresses whose pants are long and cover the entire shoe.  When they walk, it makes it look like their gliding.

And I have some issues with the clothes men wear on television.  Why do their suit coats (are they coats or jackets?) always seem to pull a tad when they button the coat up?  Are they vain enough that they don't want a suit coat in just one size larger?  I still don't understand the button/unbutton of the suit coat.  If the coat is left unbuttoned, does it project an undesired look?  So I watch as the men spend so much time (at least to me), buttoning and unbuttoning their coats.  I'll tell you this, Steve Harvey is very put together on his show.  The pants are the right length, and he's coordinated down to the pocket hanky.  Dr. Phil is another man who always looks "put together".

Well there you have it - my "rant" if you will, about people and clothes. So while I sit here, ready for my day, my elastic waist pants are comfy.  I also know that the only looks I get now are from people in cars, that are waiting for my sorry ass to move along.  And, I'm okay with that.  For the people who have to wait for me to walk across the street, etc., understand that I'm doing my very best to scoot along.  So, there you have it, my thought for the day.

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