Fashion does interest me. Not so much from the clothes-wearing point of view, and certainly not from the high price and cool labels- point of view, but from the creative point of view. I don't understand fashion, and so I'm dying to find out what the hell is making a designer to create that ball gown out of yesterday's newspaper or those shoes with a 20 inch heel and room for one toe only.
As you might know, we watch a lot of TV in my family. Apart from German soaps I also watch Project Runway with my mom every time I go to Finland to see the folksies. I love to see the contestants die of agony when they can't seem to come up with a decent idea or wanting to kill one another because Bill stole Angie's idea and now their dresses are identical. I love to watch the runway show, trying to figure out what the judges will say of each piece, only to find out that in the end they said the total opposite of what I thought they would. I don't get fashion, and I never will. That's why it's fascinating. Or should I say fashinating....aaaaaaahahahahahahahaha. Ha. Ok, it's not that funny.
I also watch those documentaries where they go about following some big designer a day before his/her show on the Milano fashion week or whatnot. I love to see how they explain the origin of each clothing, the sketch, choosing the fabric etc. I love to see all the anxiety and people running around to make the last alternations because "the designer has decided that that button was too avantgarde and not post-feminist enough". If possible I like high fashion even more, because it's so out there that there just has to be a good story behind it. Those weird haywire-meets tinfoil-meets tupperware pieces don't just happen, there's a reason for each material. However crazy it might be.
Now, apart from Project Runway I'm usually not that into watching runway shows. Except for one. Victoria's Secret. Now that's a good show. It has nothing to do with fashion, it's more like a costume party with half naked gorgeous girls. But it's the coolest thing ever.
I'm not a lesbian but by god watching those girls I wish I was. They're not those I've-eaten-my-grandma's-toenails-for-the-past-week kinda models. They're not skinny, they're in shape. And instead of having two raisins for tits they have a nice C-cup. Those girls make me proud to be a woman. Even though they're twice the woman I am. Well, physically anyway, tits-wise and all.
And how much fun do they have? Lots. Every year I watch the runway show from TV and as you might know they also take you back stage. There's always Heidi Klum who shouts "auf wiedersehen!" as Seal tries to cover her up, the new Russian model who says "oo kaan juu tseek iiif maai niiplls aar souing?" and the girl who's last name is Lima and who's been selected the sexiest woman on earth for like ten times and still she's asking "honey, does my bum look big in this?". They're smiling and dancing on the runway with their little wings flapping about. It's just good ol' fun, and that's that. The day after all the little girls like me go to a Victoria's Secret store so we can also flap about. You wish that some of that good spirit has transported itself into your newly bought bra. And who says it couldn't happen?
I might not wear fashionable clothes every day (although I wouldn't mind to do so if someone bought them for me and told me how to wear them) and I might not write the hottest fashion blog in town, but by god fashion interests me. And not only fashion as in Dior or Chanel or what have you, but any kind of fashion. Anybody making a piece of clothing is interesting to me, and not least for the fact that I couldn't sew anything if my life depended on it.I might not wear your design, but I'd still appreciate it for the idea behind it.
How the hell do they do it anyway, the sewing part? How do you make the clothes fit so well? In Finland we have to learn how to sew in school, and I always totally sucked at it. While making a simple blouse the sleeve came out of the front instead of the side...I couldn't even iron the damn thing once finished. So to me, someone who's able to create a garment is a genius. All the more reason to marvel the work that does into making a piece of clothing.
With Victoria's Secret there's not much to sew, but it's double the fun and games. Already roasting the popcorn for the 2014 spectacular spectacular.
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