The Silverbloggers Chronicles: Trends of my youth 😎
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Trends of my youth
I have always liked fashion, dressing nicely, looking put-together, but also feeling comfortable in the clothes I wear. I remember that when I was a child, I was the only one who traveled with my parents three times a year to buy clothes on Margarita Island, a place where you could find everything more affordably, because I would choose clothes for my sisters since, according to them, I had a lot of style. Since I was a child, I have always liked dresses, skirts, and onesie, and I didn’t like wearing jeans.
I was a teenager in the 80s, so I wore lots of skirts and wide pants with side pockets (pink, fuchsia, green, yellow), blouses, wide belts at the hips, plastic jewelry (bracelets, hoops, crucifixes), and colorful bandanas that I could wear in my hair, around my neck, on my hand, and even as a belt. Now that I look back: I looked like a parrot. The role models were Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and Boy George. For hairstyles, I wore the cuts of the protagonists from the Venezuelan soap operas Niña Bonita and Las Amazonas, which were fashionable among teenagers at the time.
When I entered college and began to socialize with poets, painters, and sculptors, I leaned toward a more hippie style: loose Indian-style dresses, thread bags, leather strap sandals, very long hair, and handmade accessories. I also started wearing low-rise jeans, flared pants, and lots of T-shirts with peace messages and even quotes from famous writers. Although I still retain some features of that trend, when I did my teaching practice I felt obliged to dress differently: with a more sober, elegant, mature, and timeless style. So I started wearing suits, heeled sandals, jackets, dresses, and linen or silk blouses.
As a teacher, although I don't wear a uniform, I must wear clothing according to the institution's rules, although I always try to make my style stand out. You wouldn't believe the number of students who compliment me and ask about the clothes I'm wearing.
Currently, I dress one way to go to work and have another style for other activities. For example, I still wear light dresses, Indian-style, long or short; also leather sandals for shopping or just going for a stroll. I take advantage of the fact that flared pants are in fashion and wear them, and I also wear fun t-shirts with nice or funny messages. My long hair has been a constant part of my style all these years: I usually wear it loose and messy, as a friend would say, 'as if the breeze had danced with it.'
It is said that fashion speaks. If they were to look through my closet right now, they would find that there are modern, contemporary pieces, but also "old" ones, though never out of style. Those "old" pieces, likely expensive, are timeless: the kind you could wear at any time, like a little black dress at parties. At this stage of my life, more than ever, when dressing I seek comfort, economy, and durability. And if I were to die right now, there are already three people who would inherit my entire wardrobe, but they would also inherit that multicolored universe that I am and that has always defined me.
The images are from my personal gallery and the text was translated with Deepl
Thank you for reading and commenting. Until a future reading, friends
Thank you for reading and commenting. Until a future reading, friends
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Good afternoon. Your post reminded me of those days when I used to travel with my mother to buy clothes on Margarita Island. Like you, I loved hippie-style clothes, leather sandals, Indian-style dresses, and wide-leg pants. I always looked for stores in downtown Porlamar that sold this type of clothing. Best regards.
The time of: "It's cheap, give me two." Margarita was the Miami of middle-class Venezuelans. Hugs, friend
Ah, fashion... I notice it when I'm out and about, some people are dressed differently. By the time I start to like it, it's already a new fashion trend. I'm obviously a bit slow :)
Hahaha. More than fashion, I like to wear what fits me well, and for a while now I've been looking for fabrics that don't require ironing, for example. A hug and thanks for the support.🌻