Transparency
My parents have told me my whole
life that they don’t really mind where I go as long as I drop them a text to
let them know. (This is obviously quite a generous generalisation and they
weren’t always indifferent but for the sake of the argument let’s just say they
were) Some might say that transparency/honesty is the most important thing in a
relationship –
It’s
not that you kissed another guy, it’s that I had to find out from someone else –
not that anyone would ever say that. But, all jokes aside, honesty aka transparency
are very important in order to maintain relationships.
Besides
all personal matters, transparency has been all around us in fashion as well. Everything
started when Furla launched their famous Candy Bags and even when they went out
of style, or at least out of the public eye, the see-through trend persisted,
moving from bag to bag, growing smaller and smaller in size. Even now, a perspex
clutch or minaudiere is something most girls would like to have in their bag
collection. American Apparel lately introduced see-through skirts which
obviously lack the practical aspect of clothing, unless you want to flash
everyone, and they don’t come with anything to sport underneath either despite
their very steep price of £48. Bottom line, transparency seems to be pretty
trendy. However, like with most trends, not everyone can sport them
successfully. Transparency is good, until you give away too much. Just like those
girls that try to sport sky-high heels without actually knowing how to walk in
them – Vine-worthy disaster.
Transparency is good for investors
in a company but unequivocally
bad for drugstore plastic bags. Honestly, is it so hard to make some plastic
bags that don’t reveal their whole content? It’s not like anyone wants to walk
around with a bag so shamelessly transparent that it could just as well scream “She’s
got some Always ultra here!” Yep, it’s that time of the month again... At first
I thought, why would anyone want to flash their tampons on the street? But then
maybe they just didn’t have a bigger bag to shove them in, maybe they didn’t
realise they were basically telling everyone that they were having their period
until they got on the bus or underground and then, eventually, tried to hide
the damn bag under a chair so no one else, beside the tens of people they’d
just passed by, could see that. Poor girls. That’s just to show that just
because it’s a trend not everyone should do it so beware the next time you buy
your intimate products from a drugstore.
So tell me, would you wear a clear skirt? Would you wear just a clear skirt?
Pictures taken from Vogue, The Blonde Salad, illustration by me.
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