“There’s nothing sexier than a girl covered up”- Marc Jacobs on his 2013 collection at NYC fashion week.
It's been an interesting couple of weeks for me in particular looking at fashion from 2 different schools of thought and ultimately (this season anyway) they're on the same page. Which is modesty is sexy.
It just so happens that during Fashion week NYC, Leah Darrow from cycle three of America's Next Top Model came here to visit us here in Sydney to talk about modesty, fashion and the cruel world that is the modelling industry -so we don't get sucked into false truths brought to us by reality TV.
Just to give you some background, Leah is a catholic evangelist sharing her story and faith about how unnecessary it is to show your tits and ass to be fashionable and/or trendy and girls you know what i mean e.g.:
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On the other hand, if you've watched every show at NYFW (like i clearly have) then you'd also see that designers have been showing less clevage and more coverage over the body here are some of my fave examples:
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| Helmut Lang 2013 |
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| Altuzarra 2013 |
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| Marc Jacobs 2013 |
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| Marc Jacobs 2013 |
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| Ralph Lauren 2013 |
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| Ralph Lauren 2013 |
Leah's talk made me really think about how your clothes reflects who you are inside and that should never change no matter what. what i'm getting at is say for example i go to a music festival and we all know the unofficial dress code is: the shorter the shirts and top the better to get high and wasted. but what I'm proposing is: well in my case i'm not a show-my-boday kinda gal so why should i be any different in this case? be consistent with your style not to conform with what other's are wearing. If you're classy on the inside the you should be classy on the outside.Always.
Perhaps, I'm just getting old but kids these days are too selfish to think of other people in society's eyes and we don't wanna see there immodest clothing, not because it "tempts" men and attracts unwanted attention.. but because it shows people who you are and that girl may not be the true you. #betch .
Honestly, I believe that Leah has a point about modesty reflecting self worth and impression. My Catholic faith also plays a part but does not limit my enjoyment of clothes and use it creatively and honestly.
The beauty of fashion is that it is subjective-forget the trends- and whats more amazing about my faith is that one can be faithful and fashionable at the same time , no need to sacrifice either. The only danger being when you begin to worship designers and prioritise clothes esp. money over everything else and get when vanity becomes you (and we all know those ppl!!) but that's another topic for another time.
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| Leah Darrow and i (looking like crap but i had no sleep for a week!) lol |
tell me what you think :)
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