Fashion Fopas and Phenomenons!
By Misha Sandham-Bains
Naturally my style has changed numerous of times ranging from items such as my fingerless gloves stage at the tender age of 13, to the more "fashionable" age of checked tops and stripes which is my current love in terms of fashion I tend to wear.
One thing growing up that I have and many other people have learnt is that most people want to stick to the seasons trends whether that be big statement necklaces or man buns. It was what I thought successful people wear and look like. Although that does change every season so the concept that something such as stripes is currently in fashion but next season might not be. I guess to quote Disney it is the circle of life, things come and go quickly in the life cycle of a style.
Nevertheless, as a child I wasn't the girl who had too many clothes in her wardrobe but quite the opposite. My parents only took my clothes shopping when absolutely necessary and being the youngest child I quite often got given my older sisters clothes to save money. (May I add that this went completely out the window as I am now the girl with too many clothes yet always finding a reason to buy more outfits!) So going to school discos and having mufty days at school was never my "finest hour" if you could call it that.
This picture here is an example where I thought it was "trendy" to only have one of my eyes showing in the picture with badly done eyeliner all around my eyes... the days of sweepy side fringes I like to call those. At the time I thought this was the best hair style I had ever had because loads of my friends had these hair styles. Which I now see was probably one of the worst hair styles I ever had... (sad thing is I had this hair style till I was 16...now I have a simple and normal side fringe which shows both of my eyes!)
It wasn't till I was 16 that I started to drift away from the long fringes and bad eyeliner phase and try out different styles which aren't the worst but also aren't the best...denim on denim phase wasn't a good one either with American jersey jackets.
This was also the start of the days where I started to grow my hair out... to the stage where it was so long I couldn't look after it very well and also the stage I started to use hair curlers and damage my hair! I'm not sad these stages of my development happened as I learnt what made me feel good about myself and what didn't. At this stage my body also started to change so my hips got bigger and so did my boobs so i adapted my fashion to fit the changes which leads me to my current fashion style at the bright old age of 18.
The whole point to this blog post is to look back at my teenage years in terms of fashion and see how i've changed in terms of how I dress and view myself. When I had the sweepy fringe and thick eyeliner I was an unconfident teenage girl who used the trend to hide behind her hair and then I became the 16 year old who tried and tested lots of fashion trends till I found my style. Which as seen by the picture is cute little dresses, hats, pinafore dresses and denim jackets.
If anyone reads this post I do recommend having a little laugh at yourself and try looking back at your fashion do's and don'ts as they are quite funny to look back at. Have a lovely day!
