Though this trend is mostly donned in the fall, many people are still wearing my least favorite print. I'll say it proudly- I hate plaid. It's a hideous print that is only thought to be "stylish" for it's trend factor; it's considered grungy, edgy, and rock 'n roll. I'll never be caught dead in a plaid flannel or skirt- and you can hold me to that.
It's easy to see MK in an over-sized flannel and then pick one up yourself to wear with leggings. No stylish thought has gone into wearing just that, and it truly bothers me that someone wearing tights and a plaid shirt is thought to be stylish. Obviously, I'm not saying that a stylish person cannot wear a plaid shirt; that's absolutely false. It's the idea that following an overdone trend automatically makes a person "stylish" when all they are really doing is conforming and doing the complete opposite of being stylishly creative. Wearing plaid in your own way, adding your own personal style to it, is wonderful, just as taking any item of clothing and styling it personally is fantastic. This, of course, isn't about only plaid. It's all of the cliche trends. Fashion is about taking something that calls to you, even let it be "trendy," and making it into your own creative piece using your personal creativity. That is why I love fashion, not for the anorexic robots following a model's every sluggish and trendy move. Trendy, trendy, trendy. Not fashion.
sidenote: this was written late at night and is the end product of a much needed unfinished rant..excuse the shoddy writing and/or bitterness.
sidenote 2: I do have to admit- boys in plaid occasionally capture my eye. Girls in tartan make me gag.
credit- whowhatweardaily, google, tfs
It's easy to see MK in an over-sized flannel and then pick one up yourself to wear with leggings. No stylish thought has gone into wearing just that, and it truly bothers me that someone wearing tights and a plaid shirt is thought to be stylish. Obviously, I'm not saying that a stylish person cannot wear a plaid shirt; that's absolutely false. It's the idea that following an overdone trend automatically makes a person "stylish" when all they are really doing is conforming and doing the complete opposite of being stylishly creative. Wearing plaid in your own way, adding your own personal style to it, is wonderful, just as taking any item of clothing and styling it personally is fantastic. This, of course, isn't about only plaid. It's all of the cliche trends. Fashion is about taking something that calls to you, even let it be "trendy," and making it into your own creative piece using your personal creativity. That is why I love fashion, not for the anorexic robots following a model's every sluggish and trendy move. Trendy, trendy, trendy. Not fashion.
sidenote: this was written late at night and is the end product of a much needed unfinished rant..excuse the shoddy writing and/or bitterness.
sidenote 2: I do have to admit- boys in plaid occasionally capture my eye. Girls in tartan make me gag.
credit- whowhatweardaily, google, tfs
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