The things I have discovered aren't as interesting as you may think. I can tell you what I like or don't like about places but moving around as much as I have isn't all it's cracked up to be.
One thing I have noticed though is Perth seems to be the most fashionable I've lived.
It does help that we live close to Fremantle which attracts fashion conscious people but even heading further out into the suburbs most people seems to have got their shit in one sock fashion wise.
School drop off is a bit of a wake up call for me. The first week little madam attended I was as sick as a dog so looked like a bag of crap no matter how much concealer I whacked on. Almost every single mother waiting around with me for the classroom to open looks like the stepped out of a magazine advertorial.
All very practical but fashionable. A sea of denim jeans, either boots over the top of the jeans or ballet flats, jackets, jumpers and cardies galore and it works so well!
I seems to be the only one hiking my pants up to stop my arse crack hanging out pulling my shirt down to prevent it from ending up under my boobs.
The only thing that I can put it down to is the fact that Perth is so isolated from the rest of the country it gives Perth women a chance to actually think about what they should be wearing! ( I know it's a far out idea but it's the only thing that can explain this phenomena)
Sydney and Melbourne were all over the designer items and Darwin had tropical chic covered (tropical chic is cotton anything and things right?!)
Canberra was a merger of Sydney and melbourne. (Have a look at www.hercanberra.com.au to see some canberra fashionistas.)
Brisbane, I was 18, worked nights so not many social nights out and it before the rise of the ballet flat. My feet still hate me for wearing only heels or thongs every single day.
So where are you from and how would you describe the local fashion? The good, the bad and the ugly!
Cheers.
Cie
xox
We have extremes but I like to dress up. I probably stand out like a sore thumb. Rachel x
ReplyDeleteinteresting theory! i have fallen into the trap of work out gear being worn exclusively except when i am in the office at work... its just so darn comfortable!!!
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought to call Perth fashionable!!!!! But then, that is coming from me who always need to check I am wearing shoes as I leave the house :o) The past 5 years it has certainly got better, as more and more shops have opened branches here!
ReplyDeleteI'm in Darwin. Tropical Chic is a nice way of putting it. I'd say we're all just a bunch of dags!
ReplyDeleteDARWIN, the only place where its socially acceptable to wear thongs to the nightclubs, where its accepted to wear a tshirt and shorts and still be the fashionable one there lol darwin is not my pick of fashionable places to live lol if its doesnt stick to you like glue in the wet season, you'll wear it lol
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