Five things Friday number 41

I will share every Friday five things.  I will place them in no order of importance, just five things.   I will try not to over-explain.  In fact, I will attempt to explain nothing at all…..

Five things I would change about my appearance

1. My hair.  I started greying when I was sixteen. At 43 my head is whiter than your grandma's

2. My fat knees.

3. My ugly ballet-toes.

4. My terribly skew teeth - well, the bottom ones...

5. My way too narrow shoulders.  In comparison to my wide hips, yes, a classic pear shape, thank you very much


What would you change about your looks?  Are you happy with the way you are?

On being fashionable

I was agreeing with a twitter friend (@cyrilnaicker) on how lovely the fashions, hairstyles, architecture and dances (Charleston, anyone?) of the 1920’s are, when I thought to myself:  “Mmmm… but I’m glad I’m living now too.”

Squidoo

There is such a wide choice available to us when it comes to fashion and other trends.  

Geometrics are in.  

Louis Vuitton on Vogue

But so are florals.

Vogue

Colour blocking 

Vuitton on Vogue

and ombres

Picture from idoityourself

Neon colours are in, 

From: The Frock Report

but so are pastels.

From Vogue

Your hair can be long, or short, or just somewhere in between.

Charlize Theron 

Glamour and glitter is in, 

Valentino on Vogue

but so is hand-made.

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Modernistic is in.  

Source

But so is Scandinavian (has it ever been out of style?) 

Interior design world

and vintage.

From Better Homes and Gardens

And lifestyle?  Where in the 20’s a married woman had no choice but to be a wife and mother, we now have a choice.  If you can afford to stay at home with your children, you can, but if you don’t want to, nobody’s going to make a fuss over it.

I like that I can choose what to wear every day.  In the 20’s the dresses were rather shapeless – and though I do love it so much, frankly on my body it would not have looked well.  Believe me, I’ve tried on those long-line low-waisted dresses.  

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I like that I can wear pants today, a dress tomorrow, a skirt, high heels, low heels, flat shoes, bright colours, muted colours.  I like that I can be….well, me!