Me, The Eyesore

At 8am yesterday I overheard a lardy chav buying several sausage rolls in Greggs declare my apparel "an eyesore" to her friend. I think it was the Bebaroque stockings that put her over the edge. Call me old fashioned but, apart from the legwear, there really isn't anything particularly unusual about my attire. But I suppose to her polyester clad, sausage roll guzzling self my look may have been as alien to her as a salad.

It really makes me wonder though why people who have zero interest in their own appearance still feel the need to comment negatively on those who do. But I had to laugh to myself since the girl in question was really in no position to call anyone an eyesore. Pot and kettle were two words which sprang to mind.

Of course being the contrary cow that I am, I always feel that when people like the sausage girl really hate what I'm wearing that to me means I must look the opposite of them, therefore I'm doing something right. It's like when you were a teenager and really wanted to shock but if your mum told you how nice you look you knew you had to go and change.

When people who aren't into fashion don't understand what you wear it creates this divide - an 'us' and 'them' thing. I often feel like a different species. I think this is perhaps the reason there is such a strong sense of camaraderie among fashion bloggers - we are united by a love which not that many people understand.

I am reminded of the 20's and 30's jazz clubs, where a section of society were living this hedonistic, underground lifestyle whilst everyone else lived nice clean, straight lives. Us and them.

So really, when you break it down being an eyesore to people who have little or no style of their own is actually a compliment. I'm just glad I didn't have little Bo with me then because she probably would have eaten him with tomato sauce.

Queen Michelle

Comments

[Sarah]

This story made me laugh alot, I can picture the scene perfectly! You're definitely doing something right when people like that don't like what you're wearing.

[clairebear]

don't you just love glasgow?? although i'm sure it happens elsewhere too. my bf often gets glasweigan neds telling him to get a hair cut - which he takes as the upmost compliment!! haha :o)

[Shini]

The majority of public nowadays regard fashion as buying and wearing the tightest/shortest/pinkest/and most uncharacteristic crap from high street retailers that give 'fashion' to them on a silver platter.. You're the one thinking out of the box and looking into abandoned corners of those 'fashion retailers' and finding treasures. I praise all you fashionista's bravery and diligence beat the status quo.

[Vanessa]

let me guess the lady was a rather hefty sausage buying a sausage roll?

how fitting.

[CM]

I am surprised that sausage-roll lady was able to use a two syllable word like 'eyesore'. Fantastic outfit and by no means particularly out-there to my eyes. Still, the wearing of red tights along with an otherwise plain outfit gets me a fair few confused stares in Glasgow.

[Belinda]

haha "As alien to her as salad" that is the best line i've heard in a long time.

Something like this happened to me quite a few years ago.
I was on a bus and i had leopard print tights on (I know they are commonly seen on everyone now-a-days, but back then i guess they weren't so popular!) and a little girl on the bus started laughing,pointing and calling my legs some sort of animal realted name which didn't offend me because shes only a child, but her Mother was in hysterics and joking along with her! So everyone around her knew what they where laughing about!

By the way, your outfit is great.
I actually tried to find those tight on the Bebaroque website but i couldn't see them.
:(

[Queen Michelle]

Belinda the stockings are in the Bridal section of the website xx
I really wouldn't be so surprised if I was wearing something pretty wacky, but I considered yesterday to one of my more sedate days!! Ah Glasgow, gotta love those neds huh?

[Helen]

It's *because* they're taste in fashion is different and they think reebok tracksuits, gold jewellery and the latest trainers are attractive. They genuinely do.

Plus I just find fat girls are almost uniformly nasty.

[Closet Kisses]

yeah thats glasgow for ya! I truly hate all the slagging that goes on and the stupid stares saying "what the fuck?" just cause you like fashion and looking good (and not denim mini skirt and pink neon legwarmers kind of fashion). But I guess it will never change. Oh well... Your outfit looks great...Is that belt thing part of the dress??? cause im lovin it!
x

[Queen Michelle]

Wow, I didn't even realise there were so many Glasgow gals on here!
The belt is actually a skinny scarf which I wrapped around my waist and fastened with a vintage brooch.

[Lady K]

I think you look lovely (how cute is Bo??), but agree with you wholeheartedly. Walked up Sauchiehall St about 2 years ago with apple green coloured tights and you would have thought I had 2 heads. Later that month I wore 90 denier pale pink tights on, to which I heard the comment "do you think she knows her legs look like Walls sausages", i just had to laugh. K

[Queen Michelle]

Lady K, that Walls sausage comment did make me laugh out loud! I actually don't mind if it's funny, but sausage girl's patter was pish.
Actually, Q Marie and I were walking through the Barra's a few weeks ago and I was wearing a pair of bright pink tights and off-white shoes. As I walked passed a bunch of Barra boys they sang/shouted, in the same way they shout "2 pairs for a £1!", "the legs are perfection but I think ye'll find they tights don't go wi' they shoes!!"
Me and Q Marie were totally pissing ourselves! It was genius!

[Stephie]

perfectly well said, Queen Michelle - I applaud you (:

at the same time while the 'great divide' as you speak, of patterned leggings (and other whatnots) and the general inability of the public to understand our love for them may extend not just to fashion bloggers but fashion lovers in general.

and yet amongst the fashion lovers there are still people who are effing critical of others who rock outfits in their own quirky way - and what for, i ask, when fashion should just be all about fun?

[Dizzy]

Hah, I like the idea of fashion bloggers being like decadent 1930s Berliners - if only!

[Rachel (aka IvoryDemon)]

I've been happy to note that in the most recent decade or so, fashion has become less of a cookie-cutter process line and more an encouragement of individualism. As such, the old interpretation of the word "fashion" has become obsolete - where it once specifically referred to the filtered and simplified interpretations of what the industry viewed as acceptable (with, of course, the punk/rocker/etc looks as a contradiction), now the word "fashion" can be interpreted to mean, "Wear whatever the hell you want and enjoy the freedom to do so."

[Unicorns have whiskers]

You are right, it's a compliment :)
And well, commenting rudely on other's appearance just screams that one lacks class and style, no matter if they are wearing polyester jogging outfit 2 sizes too small, or the most expensive designer brands money can buy!

[Unicorns have whiskers]

You are right, it's a compliment :)
And well, commenting rudely on other's appearance just screams that one lacks class and style, no matter if they are wearing polyester jogging outfit 2 sizes too small, or the most expensive designer brands money can buy!

[Alline]

Bo is kick-ass!

[Natty]

It never ceases to amaze me when someone with zero style actually decide to ridicule those that do, or more precisely those that look "different". We get it hear in Essex a lot and I get funny looks, sniggers and comments from a lot of the Essex chavs about my stylish togs which works as a barometer for me signifying that I am still looking good as the chavs havent caught onto this particular trend as yet!

[Meg]

When you're buying excessive amounts of food in GREGGS of all places, dressed as a chav, I think it's your duty to pretend you are a mute. The only thing more annoying than a chav, is knowing there is a possibility of them giving you a shoeing if you tell them to FO. You look great and your tights are wonderful.

[lady coveted]

ahahha that's too funny... in my imagination she's a scottish vicky pollard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDOpVA5vQ8I

and who couldn't take fashion advice from her?

[Chic Looks]

This is hilarious, I reckon Sausage girl (scottish vicky pollard) is just jealous she cant look half as great as you do.

[yas]

im not the type of person you would consider fashionable. Actually, my look is made out of collared shirts, dark jeans and my favorite vans sneakers. Sometimes i wear jackets, even if I live in the tropics. My point is, even if Im not fashionable, I do appreciate fashion. I actually like your outfits and the stuff that you feature in your blog. And I strongly agree with your statement that, "...I had to laugh to myself since the girl in question was really in no position to call anyone an eyesore." Oh well, the sausage lady's one sorry bigot. She is frowned upon.

[The Clothes Horse]

You look terrif. And I have a similar stance. When I get the "stink-eye" from girls in sweatshirts and flip flops, I don't see why I'm supposed to care about their opinion. They either have no style or no interest in their own appearance...

[Queen Michelle]

Oh well, I may be an eyesore but she will forever been known as Sausage Girl! That's way worse!