However, mommyhood is a lame excuse because fashion trends frequently confuse me. Sometimes I adapt, as was the case with the pointy-toed shoe phenomenon, othertimes I ignore as is the case with the current nail decor rage.
Still othertimes, I am so confounded that I think the stylists are all on sabbatical.
For months, I've been flipping through Us Weekly and loudly exclaiming my disgust with the ladies' hair, "What's up with her roots?" I've yelled at my husband, "Why didn't her people fix this?"
Turns out, letting your roots grow out is now on trend and has a fancy French name to go with it. Here is the "ombre" style, formerly known as the "go get a highlight because your roots are over two inches long" style.
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| Pics I have no rights to. Fashion bloggers probably would. |
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| Pics that are sadly of me. Fashion bloggers would never post these. |
So, for the next few days I will share, via exhibit, several more reasons why I could never be a fashion blogger.
Join the fun! Could you be a fashion blogger?
LMAO. Oh man, I hear ya on this. WTF is up with the roots? How in the world is that a fashion trend?!
ReplyDeleteI am so, so, so confused by it. My jaw dropped when I heard about "ombre" and realized people were trying to do this to their hair. Like on purpose.
DeleteBa ha ha I love fashion and read many blogs but I don't have the commitment to dress cool all the time! Also I rarely wear make up or do my hair which is a huge fashion faux pas. So what do you have in mind then???
ReplyDeleteI miss getting dressed for work, but somedays it's nice to not have to worry about it!
DeleteFor the next few days I am just going to be taking pictures of more reasons why I could not blog about fashion. Trust me, it's not hard to find dozens of applicable pics!
When ombre started getting popular, I assumed I started the trend back when I was in college and was too poor to get my highlights updated. ;)
ReplyDeleteI bet it is incredibly expensive to go "ombre" style. I'm sure my grown out highlight was all wrong.
DeleteLove this post. I actually am a fashion blogger but I like to think of my blog as the academic side of fashion and try to stay away from post that's just say "oh this skirt is cute" . I actually feel the same way about the ombré trend & have it going on right now bc I have bee too lazy (broke) to dye my hair lol
ReplyDeleteLove you blog. Found you on SITs sharefest!
Love your Blog - you are hysterical! I agree with you about the Ombre style, was wondering what was going on myself down here in Jamaica. We do not have that trend going here thank goodness!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about having a "big" job/career and then letting go for more important reasons - I did the same, though not to be a stay at home mom, but just to "catch myself" :-)
Keep up the good work here, loving your Blog!
All the best,
Jeanine
A Fabulous Life in Jamaica
Well thank you so much! So glad you came by. Just visited you. Sounds like we are having a similar year.
DeleteHa! Great post-I am here from SITS share fest! I could never be a fashion blogger because I do not know how they have all that money to put together so many cute outfits! I guess some of it they get for free? Maybe I need to learn how to better "shop my own closet"!
ReplyDeleteNo kidding! The money or the time. I did write about that and all my free gear. I don't think anyone is buying my "sponsored" looks, though.
DeleteFound you on the SITS Sharefest and I love this!
ReplyDeleteReason why I couldn't be a fashion blogger: I feel funny taking pictures of myself. It always seems like a fun idea but then I take them and I look like a dummy. What face do I make? What do I do with my hands? It's all so weird.
Ad I'm rocking ombré right now. Oh, not on purpose. Just because I don't know what to do with my hair so I've chosen to do nothing. It's all the rage.
www.MommaCandy.com
I hear you! I cannot take pictures of myself. It's just weird and since it's a requirement of the fashion blogging world, I'm just going to let the dream die.
DeleteI feel like all the stylists in Hollywood are conspiring. They're sick of doing anything and have just given up. Cue "ombre."
BB wears sundresses w/a fan and a fuzzy Babushka hat- that's my fashion, and I blog. Does that count? ; ) Here from SITS and having a good laugh cause- JU SO FONII!!! BB2U
ReplyDeleteYes, it counts!
DeleteSome days I think of myself as a fashion blogger. I don't write about it every day but when I find something fashion related I blog about it. And I did major in fashion. As far as trends go, sometimes I'm on the wagon and other times off the wagon doing my own thing.
ReplyDeleteLady, if you majored in it, you're legit! I don't think half the fashion bloggers do much more than read Lucky.
DeleteOmbre is the dumbest thing in the world. Haha. I love this post.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize it was "ombre" until the trend was over. Oh well, we all can't be fashion forward, right?
Stopping by from SITS! Hi there!
http://likeordinarylife.com
Wait a second...the trend is over?
DeleteOoooh I am on trend as well! I've got a solid 2" of gray roots and then the rest is red. HOT!!!
ReplyDelete(and yes, my hair seriously is gray. It's been that way since I was 16!)