Hi lovelies! Ever wondered about a man's true opinion on women's fashion? Well, one man tells all! Read on for his views!
Fashion
is a puzzling thing to most men, and I am no exception to that rule
–read on for this man's awkward take on what's hot and what's not.
Alright
so as a blogger, I tend to do a lot of research before I open up
about any given topic but this time I thought I'd wing it for the
sake of your own personal entertainment.
Looking
through scores of web pages with the acronym #OOTD, I was educated in
its meaning as I thought it was just a Canadian way for spelling
“out”. It turns out it means “outfit of the day”, how neato.
Billions
of photos come pouring onto my laptop screen, those of self-described
fashionistas who were probably foodies yesterday; who have their
boyfriend follow them around with an expensive camera neither of them
know how to use very well, and heaps of compliments in the comments.
I
feel like I'm looking at a different website altogether –cut off
heads, angled shots that are rarely ever thoughtfully framed, I begin
to get vertigo and take a moment. 10 minutes and one bullet-proof
coffee later, I am ready: I brave the polite, reassuring and
sometimes bizarre TMI comments because there is no accounting for
taste and I hamper on.
I see Beetlejuice pants are popular again! Rad.
And
then I find what I was looking for; a Cyndi Lauper clone giving it
straight, telling it like it is, at the ripe old age of seventeen.
Mental
note to self: Girl sites have more girl pictures than guy sites about
girls do.
With
over 260,000 Instagram followers, I think I found my lady girl. She's
hip, happenin' and wears really flappy hats. I'm sold.
I
peruse, and I peruse some more, and then it hits me in the head like
a Ugg boot on the first day of Spring; she actually looks pretty
good, and I am beginning to get it.
Tones and Jewellery
I
will not buy the big giant gaudy, err, “Gotti” rock nonsense, I
am simply too male, and too old (33) to fall for that –but what she
said about skin tones intrigued me because it reminded me of Art
School. Cool tones look good next to warm tones, and primary colours
look best matched with secondary colours.
So,
in my boy mind looking at this diagram, a blue pair of shorts looks
wonderful with an orange top. Eh? Am I getting it or what? Move over
Blue Steel Ben Stiller.
Well,
the same rules apply for gemstones and precious metals; wearing a
purple top with say, a sparkly citrine gemstone gold ring will make
you look pretty alright. Throw on a neutral like a brown or khaki
pair of pants or jacket, and you're good to go.
Wearing
a warm colour? Then try a delightful blue tanzanite gem stone in the
form of a brooch, tennis bracelet, and a platinum ring and as bonus
earrings to match it. Platinum rings have quite gotten the popularity
it clearly deserves. And why not? Learn
more about platinum rings and see why it is
on the rise.
Not bad so far, I'm glad we did this.
The
next website I find is 1,000 photos of a girl wearing different
things and she is clearly in a store dressing room. Oh, le sigh. I am
a blogger, I know a lot of bloggers, and I pity any shopkeeper trying
to figure out if that selfie-obsessed fashion blogger is going to buy
anything. I'd ask for her URL and see if her site is monetized and
how it ranks on Google. If she isn't first page, she's going to be
asked to leave.
But I digress.
Her
colours followed the magical thing I just learned above, except she
also explored patterns quite a bit. My scroll-bar indicator
draggy-thingy was about 2mm thick, so the page was long and the
quantity of photos immense. I picked up a pattern though, and I am
not just making a pun!
Simple
outfit, one big chunky piece of jewellery to tie it all together;
colours matched as mentioned before. So I guess this is the piece of
flair I heard so much about in Office Space. She certainly was doing
the “bare minimum” (joke you will not understand without seeing
this movie) with a really nice oversized antique Seamaster watch, and
the bracelet and necklace were by Sira & Mara. And anything more
would have been overdoing it, so nice job.
All
of this jewellery gazing has made me feel like exploring
engagement rings –for me. I mean men.
Yes, not for me. I am a lowly, single blogger man. But haven't you
ever thought about jewellery for I don't know, not you? Come, let us
explore how to choose the perfect engagement ring for a man, you
modern woman, you.
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