I really want to find out who this person is

[cupcake_goth]

Hey look, another comment on a post at Jezebel!

Japanese Princess Girls Live Life Like A Fairy Tale (clicky-link!)

thatonegirl says: "There is a woman at my company who dresses like these women do EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.

Except it's black and pink and more gothy, but seriously, so much effort! Why for?"

Oh, that's an easy question to answer, thatonegirl. Because I like to. Because it makes me happy.

(I am SO TEMPTED to actually sign up for a user ID at Jezebel and reply to her comment. I probably won't (and I probably shouldn't), but it is tempting.)

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I didn't see you in this fashion trend

[maiaarts.livejournal.com]

Is this woman wandering the web trying to find things remotely like you (and failing since you are you) and commenting - I mean, what is her motive? Does she wants someone on high to suddenly go:
OK girl, this worries you so much, that HERE is the answer! Blah Blah...?

You don't go without food to wear what you do. In fact, the way you get bargains and make them look like a million dollars is one of the coolest things about your looks, because it makes it seem possible for the rest of us.

And also - what if this woman is wearing simple clothes, but super expensive designer label crap that costs more than you shoes?

The issue is why is she so concerned about this? Why doesn't she just ASK you? Why post all over?

I think that the idea of linking to the Bust article is good, but even a straight forward answer to her might not make her understand.

I love the roses thing, but I could make those things for waaaay less than they cost. I don't think that they even look that tea party like OR Marie Antoinette like. So I am not sure why they are called princess?

Re: I didn't see you in this fashion trend

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Why post all over? Because it is a strange kind of bragging- saying she works with someone who wears vaguely similar things is her way of feeling connected to the fashion and making her own statement. I read it as, in effect, a "me too!".

Lame, but whatever.

I have found that the more fun things I wear to work the better I feel about my body and my clothes, and people do come by to see what I am wearing each day. Yesterday someone was disappointed that I wasn't in a new outfit to go with the shoes I got the day before. Now, I am sure that it makes me a topic of conversation, but I am old enough to totally not care.