Hey BBZ!
Today, is the day this blog really commences. With regular posts and everything! EXCITING! We have already learned about fashion itself so now it's time to talk clothes. Firstly, we need to learn about a very important topic. Body shape! Before an artist can start to paint they need to find the right canvas. When we wear clothes and get dressed we become one with our clothing. To explain this I will use an example. If you were to wear a long evening gown. You look stunningly elegant and beautiful. You're going to feel more elegant, which will cause you to act more elegantly. The clothes we wear affect our moods on both a conscious level and a subconscious level. So getting it right is more important and anyone could know and we must first learn about the canvas for our clothes. Our bodies.
They come in all shapes and sizes from the towering elegants to the adorable elves the human race is a bustling melting pot of non-conformity. However there are enough trends and patterns in human figures that allow us to group certain body types together. Depending on how you refer to, many people believe there are about 4 female body shapes. Trinny and Susanna would beg to differ and agrue a reputable 12 body shapes. I however believe old Aunty Gok has got it right at around 8. I have taken it upon myself to work through these 8 female body types in order listed below and teach you how to spot each one and how to dress each one.
The 8 Female Body Types
The Apple
The Pear
The Petite
The Tall
The Athletic
The Inverted Triangle
The Slender
The Hourglass
The 5 Male Body Shapes
The Triangle
The Oval
The Rectangle
The Rhomboid
The Inverted Triangle
(I know...They sound so not as cool but hey, what can you do?)
There are also a respectable 5 body shapes for men which I will also be going over. I am a person who believe that men should have just as much choice when it comes to fashion as women. Sadly the world disagrees. So, my little fashion monsters, stay tuned for the first installment of the Body Shop where we will learn how to spot and dress an apple!
Love Lunarchic
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Fashion and Friends
In the immortal words of Coco Chanel
"Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes; fashion is in the air, born upon the wind; one intuits it… it comes from ideas, manners, events…”
In simple, fashion doesn't just mean putting on some nice clothes. Fashion is the materialistic embodiment of self expression. Every event in out lives affects us in a way that can be expressed though our clothes.If we were brought us in a conservative manner we will dress conservatively. If we were brought up by parents that valued and promoted self expression we will dress however we like. Which leads us to the question, if we can dress however we like then what influences what we will wear?The answer to that question is one word, one which is only two syllables long and has shaped the earth itself. Fashion.
A dictionary definition of fashion would be "a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc." We can easily see that this definition was written by someone who has never experienced wearing a little bit of Prada. Fashion is much bigger than any non-fashionista can imagine. Clothes are used only for 2 things, protection and warmth. "Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeed." Yet again some more inspiring words from Coco Chanel. However, the self proclaimed queen of self expression may beg to differ. Lady Gaga exhibited a new idea in fashion the instant she slipped on this little number.
When I say slipped, I mean more of slimed into it. By wearing a vegetarian's nightmare we have finally hit the bare bones of fashion. This momentous occasion in fashion when the world realised that fashion is more than just clothes, it's pure self expression.
In my personal opinion, if someone were to say to me "You're unfashionable" I'd take it as a compliment. To be fashionable means to conform to the current clothes that are "cool", which is quite frankly the complete opposite to self expression. With the creation of this blog I hope to educate and inspire you to experiment with your clothes.With a little bit of luck and a little bit of love we can really make this blog take off! It's a 2 way progress process. I need to write things worth reading and all you need to do is check back often and to the fashion obsessed to you out there I would love to here your feedback and any requests you may have. You can email me on lunarchic@hotmail.co.uk
You can also follow the blog's twitter to show your support and to get updates on the blog and on the whole fashion world.
Yours faithfully
Lunarchic
"Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes; fashion is in the air, born upon the wind; one intuits it… it comes from ideas, manners, events…”
In simple, fashion doesn't just mean putting on some nice clothes. Fashion is the materialistic embodiment of self expression. Every event in out lives affects us in a way that can be expressed though our clothes.If we were brought us in a conservative manner we will dress conservatively. If we were brought up by parents that valued and promoted self expression we will dress however we like. Which leads us to the question, if we can dress however we like then what influences what we will wear?The answer to that question is one word, one which is only two syllables long and has shaped the earth itself. Fashion.
A dictionary definition of fashion would be "a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc." We can easily see that this definition was written by someone who has never experienced wearing a little bit of Prada. Fashion is much bigger than any non-fashionista can imagine. Clothes are used only for 2 things, protection and warmth. "Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeed." Yet again some more inspiring words from Coco Chanel. However, the self proclaimed queen of self expression may beg to differ. Lady Gaga exhibited a new idea in fashion the instant she slipped on this little number.
In my personal opinion, if someone were to say to me "You're unfashionable" I'd take it as a compliment. To be fashionable means to conform to the current clothes that are "cool", which is quite frankly the complete opposite to self expression. With the creation of this blog I hope to educate and inspire you to experiment with your clothes.With a little bit of luck and a little bit of love we can really make this blog take off! It's a 2 way progress process. I need to write things worth reading and all you need to do is check back often and to the fashion obsessed to you out there I would love to here your feedback and any requests you may have. You can email me on lunarchic@hotmail.co.uk
You can also follow the blog's twitter to show your support and to get updates on the blog and on the whole fashion world.
Yours faithfully
Lunarchic
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