Young at Heart

Today, whilst in the supermarket wearing the Gizmo winter hat my mother got me for Christmas, a teenage girl asked me if my hat was a cow.  Yup, a cow.  This made me feel veerrryy old!  It also made me realize that not only was I wearing a Gizmo hat, but I was wearing Animal (The Muppet) mittens and an animal purse.  I have received many compliments on my hat, and was complimented just yesterday on my bag.  What's funny is, the people complimenting me were older women who lets just say were dressed very conservatively.  It made me wonder if that many of us are really still young at heart, but afraid to show it.

Let me clarify that I do feel there is a difference between older women being nostalgic, and women who don't "dress their age".  Even though, personally, I don't give a damn what someone is wearing.  I would prefer they be wearing something though in public.  Sometimes we see people who don't appear to be entirely dressed.  Anyway, getting off topic...

I realized that my fashion style really changes drastically according to my mood.  Some days I wish I could put on a vintage dress, some vintage gloves, and head off to work.  Other days I am feeling more classy, I feel like dressing as if I were headed to the excecutives office.  And then there are those days that I just want to put on my E.T. tee-shirt and chucks and head out the door.  Luckily, my job allows me to do this, somewhat.  I may have to save the E.T. shirt for Friday, but I could probably get away with it any day of the week.

People obviously use fashion as a way to express themselves, I seem to use it as a way to express my mood.  I guess you could call me a fashion chameleon.