Pieces of me?
- Leopard print wool cardigan (last seen here) from Ann Taylor Loft– $15 on sale, with coupon
- Green camisole (last seen here) from Banana Republic– $6.99
- ATLCurvy Bootcut Jeans (last seen oh-so-recently)– $20 on sale
- Brown faux-stone necklace, (last seen here), a gift from Ann Taylor
- SE Boutique reptile flats (last seen here) via FB– $28
Honestly, I’m not sure how I could have done half of what I’ve done this year without a photographer. That lives in my house.
The above is pretty much what happens when I have to do things myself, on my 15-minute lunch break. Moody? Artistic? Just plain cr@ppy? Nah… let’s go with moody and artistic.
I’m always kinda really reallyjealous when I see photos from Wardrobe Remixers like keikolynn and missvu (even without her head). I don’t know if it’s equipment or talent, but they look good. Not “artistic,” but artistically shot. There’s composition going on. Flattering angles. Focus. White balance. That kind of thing.
I don’t think I’m the world’s worst model. I do think it’s a little harder to look “good” when you don’t look like what we’re conditioned to seeing on TV and in print media. You remember TV and print? The standard-setters for our current milieu? Not only are they professionals with literally jillions of dollars, but their models are tall and skinny and pose in tall-skinny-flattering ways. When I try that hunched-over pigeon-toed stuff? Not so much.
Maybe the younger generation won’t have this prejudice. What do you think? When you’ve been inundated from birth with thousands of blurry, unedited slideshows (the disturbing downside of digital)– slideshows that appear right alongside slick webzines– maybe you become more open-minded. In a way. I know spending time on the Fatshionista LJ community always does my perspective a world of good.
OTOH, there’s a whole batch of youngsters who are used to seeing even their junior high (nay, middle school) BFFs Photoshopped into mini-Mileys by age 11. Not to mention, used to using acronyms like OTOH and BFF. And children with veneers*.
What do you think? Is the Superfluous Information Age a good or a bad thing for body image and diversity of representation? Not that we could stop it or aid it one way or the other, but it’s interesting to ponder. Now, if you’ll excuse me for a moment, I’m off to Google “white balance.”
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*And not turning around when folks walking behind start talking loudly. Cell phones and bluetooths– blueteeth?– and all that. Gets me every time.
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Wow, after looking through your pictures for a while it was so jarring to look at that image!
(I was posting as Allison, but then I saw there’s another one)