Now that’s what I wouldn't call fashion..

I am 22 years old and therefore consider myself a young woman. I think being a girl/woman is fantastic, there are just so many things you can do with yourself. Sometimes I wonder why girls would choose to do that..

Do what? 

My parents have always told me that it only matters what I think (clothes wise anyways). Of course they would sometimes say: “ eehhh are you sure you want to wear that?” or “That is too short”. When I was 14/15 I had my Goth phase, I loved wearing black long skirts and heavy red make up and dyed my hair black. People used to stare as I walked by and call me names. The name calling wasn't the best but the fact that people would stare made me feel special, almost like: I am very happy I gave you something to talk about later on today. One time a woman asked one of my friends (she is blond, wore clothes like Diesel and Esprit and everything was in colour) “is that girl sick or something?” I suppose the long black hair, pale skin and red eye makeup doesn't make for such a healthy looking combination. My friend will still to this day piss herself laughing when talking about this. We were an odd couple together but also showed people that clothes and taste in music don’t have to mean to much in a friendship. Now 7 years later with her living in the Netherlands and myself in Ireland she is still one of my best friends and we talk every day.

What I was trying to say was, be yourself and be proud to be yourself there is no one you have to please but you.

What I see in Irish girls is a lot of naked and a lot of makeup. If I go out I always feel very casually dressed but comfortable, I am not tugging at the back of my skirt and I do not have to run to the bathroom to fix my makeup every time I touch my face. Of course not every girl is like this.

Sometimes I wonder if they dress like that because they really want to or because everyone does it. Is it to make boys notice you? If so, what type of boys do you want to attract?

I remember one girl very, very good. She makes me laugh whenever I think about her. I was at the doctors in Dublin. Sitting there for about an hour, a woman walks in with her daughter, now I’d say the girl was about 14/15. The woman was a big woman with brown curly hair and an awful sour expression on her face. She made the appointment and sat down, her daughter followed. Now the girl (and I feel awful for saying this but it needs to be said) really looked like her mom except for the curly hair. The girl had her hair tied back in a bun and I could see the line of fake tan going from her ears following her cheek line. Her neck, bottom of her chin and upper chest were not tanned. The girl had a (what I could see, without making it too obvious) nice skin and I wondered WHY in the name of ... would you do that to yourself? Why make your face orange and then only the face and not whatever is attached to it? To her mom: Why would you let your daughter leave the house like that?

 Sometimes its not everywhere though..

This girl wasn't naked but she was wearing leggings as jeans. In Holland girls don’t do that, it’s a big no no.

Now I am wondering if this is really Irish fashion OR if there are more people out there, like me, saying that is just not done.

One thing I must admit is that Dr Martens in Holland are mainly worn by alternative people they wouldn't be seen as a fashionable pair of boots to wear. Here in Ireland I've noticed that everyone can wear them and its still seen as fashionable. So there is a definite fashion difference between the two country’s. I can definitely see/notice that I was raised in Holland.

So what was the point of my story? To be honest I got kind of caught up in basically everything.  Different fashion sense can do that I suppose.

Anyhow I hope this was ok to read, if you made it this far, thanks!! If not you won’t read this anyways so....