Throughout the past few fashion seasons, the image of an externally tame yet internally deranged housewife has been portrayed in the form of buttoned blouses, frilly matchy-matchy skirt suits, and a hairdo resemblant of a beehive. I do love the put together-ness and the idea of a picture perfect housewife glamorously roaming the streets of suburban America, but I feel as though her time is up. It is right about time to break out of the granny hose, loosen collars, and begin to more generously expose a previously hidden organ called "skin." Single print, high cut dresses, though chic and simple, tend to put a "granny-damper" on matters as hems sink and skin shrivels.
Just as fast as I am to criticize how overdone this trend has become, I will, just as quickly, pounce on the opportunity to give additional advice on how to mix up this look. Rather than suiting up from head to toe, mix a brightly colored, high cut blouse with leather shorts and nude wedges, pair singly printed dresses with spiked heels and chunky chokers, and calm the hair/nest/tiny animal habitat DOWN. Highly cut tops go with short shorts and long skirts mix well with short shirts and elegantly low necklines. No young woman wants to be approached by an even younger one asking if she needs some assistance with crossing the street. That would just be low, unlike the necklines people tend to wear these days (haha?).
Fun prank to play on people still sporting the giant hair: slowly work small spitball-like pieces of crumpled paper into the hairnest of anyone sporting said style. Even better? Paper umbrellas. Who wouldn't want paradise to reside on the very peak of their mountainous hair?
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