Out With The New And In With Old
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, 08-25-2015 at 11:58 PM (3793 Views)
I am currently reading Wilderness Tips which is a short story collection by Margaret Atwood, and in one of the stories there was this quote:
"An interest in clothes of the present is frivolity, an interest in clothes of the past is archaeology"
I was struck by how ironically true these words are, and it is funny to think of that way.
I have little to no interest in fashion. I don't follow or care about what is trendy, hip, cool, modern, in season. I don't pay attention to brand names. I just wear whatever appeals to me without thinking about what anyone else might think of it.
And those that do care about following fashion trends and only want to wear designer clothes, and feel it is important to keep up with what is in style I perceive as being shallow, conformists, followers, uninteresting.
But I do romanticize and am enamored with vintage clothing and clothes that are reminiscent of historical fashions. I would be quite content to dress in something of a hodgepodge of fashion from the 1920s, the Victorian Ear, the Renaissance, and the Middle Ages. It is a bit of a joke of mine, that I never by Halloween costumes, I can make them from the clothes that are in my closet.
I do look down upon modern fashion with disinterest and disdain but I venerate the fashions of the past.
I am also reading Catching Fire right now which is the second book from "The Hunger Game" and in those books they really make fun of the frivolity of people who are obsessed with following all the modern fashion trends, and how outlandish, clueless, out of touch, and shallow minded they all are.