I think this is an interesting one.  Firstly, what is a fashionista? Is it someone who just loves fashion, can always be found with the latest fashion mag by their bed and would always catch Xpose’s fashion slots and stalk the fashion websites?  Or is it something a bit more subtle, someone who observes a bit of what’s going on in the fashion world and then takes pieces from various collections and start their own fantastic trends.  I think a real fashionista can take any piece of clothing and turn it into something that looks well and trendy no matter what is ‘In’ at the time.  I know so many of these women, and honestly I have never seen them not look good. They can take outfits from Penney’s and make them look great by simply adding a few pricey pieces and Boom; they look as though they’ve just strolled out of a high end boutique!

For those of you that love fashion and are always good at pulling off the latest trends and would consider themselves a ‘dedicated follower of fashion’ I want you to ask yourselves something. Who do you dress for? I know that sounds like a strange question, but many of us don’t dress depending on what we think we should wear. A lot of us dress according to what others think we should wear.  Again I can almost hear you saying ‘eh you might dress for others, but I don’t’, well ok then, for example if you pull together an outfit in the morning and you likes it but you though others might laugh at you or say it was a bit much for during the day then are you telling me you’d happily rock into work in such an outfit? Maybe, if you’re in the fashion industry and want to turn heads or cause a stir but if you’re in an office or a company where there is a certain culture and to step outside of that would be considered unusual.   In addition to our work colleagues how many of us dress according to our partners opinion.  I honestly would not feel comfortable wearing something on a night out if my partner said he didn’t think it was attractive or looked weird on.  It’s not that I let him tell me how to dress, if I said I was wearing it anyway I would be told I still look beautiful and not another word would be said, however I would have that niggling feeling in the back of my head that I don’t quite look my best, and who doesn’t always want to look their best on a night out?  

Do we not think Pat Field (designer) got this one awfully wrong, now wouldn’t you just kill (not literally) your partner if they said nothing as you walked out the door in this getup? I know I would. Just take a close look at the dress ad you will see she has taken ‘cutting it a bit close’ to a whole new meaning. My advice is stick to clothes that you yourself are comfortable in, take other people’s opinions on board but don’t let them make that last call on your outfit, if you really love it and are 100% confident then hold you head high and strut your stuff. After all fashion is REALLY about individuality, not uniformity.