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Wednesday 23 January 2008

Thought for the day


Fashion is cleavage, style is collarbones. Betty Sue

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a lovely aphorism, but at first it bothered me, because it brought to mind images such as Amy Winehouse before and after (she was a beautiful, curvy but not remotely overweight young woman). But then I got thinking about "good bones", not just of a human face and form that ages well, but also of a building, or of tailoring (a word that does come from stonecutting, and refers to structure).

Elizabeth said...

That photo is a brilliant illustration of the idea. I like how it de-vulgarizes.

Mopsa said...

Yes, but I don't think you are meant to have a medical display of said bones; a discreet hint of cleavage or collar bones is what is stylish surely? Enough of the size zero worship.

Anonymous said...

I think the photo is horribly wrong. It looks so very painful and surely style is not painful. Fashion can be painful, but style shouldn't be.

Also I dislike the idea that a body part can be un-stylish. Cleavage can be wonderfully stylish, timeless even as it's a symbol of femininity. And yes it can be vulgar, but so can collar bones or anything else we choose to fetishize .

Anonymous said...

That is a perfect description of fashion vs style,but there's nothing stylish about the emaciated model in the accompanying photo.