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I was just listening to 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps and was brought right back to high school. I remember doing my hair to match the singer's, and in my convoluted teenage brain, I thought I looked just like her.
The music industry has such power of style. Growing up, watching music videos, garnering my own identity from the pieces of my idols' influence, I was quite the mismatched, hybrid of a teenager. I dressed like a hippie-skater-raver-gramma-boy, had misguided aspirations to be like Janis Joplin, thought wearing corduroy on both top and bottom was cool and once sewed back together a dress belonging to my mother in the seventies, from a well in my grandparents' front yard. It was surprisingly well-preserved in a garbage bag, save for the thread that biodegraded over the years.
I remember the day, and even though most of my family members probably thought I was crazy, they didn't stop me. I wasn't one of those teenagers trying to wear shorter skirts than I should or exposing more skin to gain attention... Instead I was an explosion of myself, with rainbow bell-bottoms and giant beaded necklaces.
It became difficult to refine my style once I started working in an office at age 19, and wound up wearing a lot of my sister's hand-me-down work clothes. I never felt comfortable in the slip-lined skirts and billowy blouses, and once got frowned on for not wearing nylons in the Fall. I didn't know these rules existed; I was used to making up my own.
Nowadays as an adult, I feel less influenced by the people I admire and more confident in making my style choices. It's all about feeling comfortable in your own skin and wanting to compliment your individuality in the most pleasant way possible. I think that's what style is.
Then again, I'll admit to punking myself out if I'm going to a show but I'll wear a dress at a school assembly, so it's also about dressing for the part.
For a great flashback: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBZqmL8ehg
For a fun look at music and style: http://www.jamesmollison.com/project_disciples.php
Sneaker Pimps,
Katie
The music industry has such power of style. Growing up, watching music videos, garnering my own identity from the pieces of my idols' influence, I was quite the mismatched, hybrid of a teenager. I dressed like a hippie-skater-raver-gramma-boy, had misguided aspirations to be like Janis Joplin, thought wearing corduroy on both top and bottom was cool and once sewed back together a dress belonging to my mother in the seventies, from a well in my grandparents' front yard. It was surprisingly well-preserved in a garbage bag, save for the thread that biodegraded over the years.
I remember the day, and even though most of my family members probably thought I was crazy, they didn't stop me. I wasn't one of those teenagers trying to wear shorter skirts than I should or exposing more skin to gain attention... Instead I was an explosion of myself, with rainbow bell-bottoms and giant beaded necklaces.
It became difficult to refine my style once I started working in an office at age 19, and wound up wearing a lot of my sister's hand-me-down work clothes. I never felt comfortable in the slip-lined skirts and billowy blouses, and once got frowned on for not wearing nylons in the Fall. I didn't know these rules existed; I was used to making up my own.
Nowadays as an adult, I feel less influenced by the people I admire and more confident in making my style choices. It's all about feeling comfortable in your own skin and wanting to compliment your individuality in the most pleasant way possible. I think that's what style is.
Then again, I'll admit to punking myself out if I'm going to a show but I'll wear a dress at a school assembly, so it's also about dressing for the part.
For a great flashback: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBZqmL8ehg
For a fun look at music and style: http://www.jamesmollison.com/project_disciples.php
Sneaker Pimps,
Katie
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