@dd it: fashion fear

so for the entire week, we have talked about halloween. on monday, it was about a fashion spread inspired by halloween and what i wore to a halloween event. then over the next three days, it was where to go, what to wear and how to look. hope you managed to see the underlying connections between the three daily posts. as for today, i wanted to share the background to a couple of halloween stories with everyone but in all honesty, i got really freaked out after writing the section on the pontianak hence i dropped the rest of the material. my friends know that i am one that does not like to scare myself. the last post is really a 'full circle' post where we look at fashion accessories that can be used during halloween. something light for the last 'content' post of the week.

but the question looms and remains, what can we possible trend this halloween? well, i would first encourage you to look into your closet and find one piece of garment that you have not worn in at least a year. ask yourself why have you not worn it for the longest time. 

this is what i found in mine... 

so what exactly am i getting people to trend? it can't be as cliche as old clothes, right? well, it's worse... a lot of times, we stop wearing a piece of clothing because our bodies change or we do not look as good as we think we should.

for my pair of jeans, i outgrew it in the year that passed. much as i would like to squeeze myself back in, i can no longer do that. one of my biggest fears: weight gain...

same for the two tees, one just hangs loosely and the other is also skin tight but both give away the weight that i have gained. 

so why wear them if they do not make one look good? i'm asking us all to take a look at our biggest fashion fears. why do we avoid certain articles, colours or patterns? is the fear of not looking good that scary? perhaps it is. it's normal to feel insecure about the way we look but there needs to be a point of balance within ourselves. 

there are days that we will feel and look like our worst nightmares come true but that is fine. this is why i say we should add to our true closet. a dose of confidence and a touch of reality that we cannot look our best everyday. there will be days when we look into the mirror and staring back at us are our fashion fears... let's face them with a tinge of courage. 

fash'on... BAM!