Everything Old is New Again
To dress passé? A fashion sin,
yet everything old is new again.
So if your dress length’s out of date,
all you have to do is wait.
In twenty years, you’ll be in vogue,
in what last year marked you a rogue.
Who dictates fashion is beyond me,
as are those who wait to see
whether ankle, thigh or knee
is where a garment’s end should be
and whether cowl or boat or vee
is the right neckline for a tee
they tuck into their faded jeans—
now ripped and shredded like dumpster queens.
Following fashion’s every word?
I fear I find it most absurd.
I want the knees left in my jeans,
my butt well-covered, by all means.
What clothes you wear should be your passion,
not merely what’s okayed by fashion.
There should be no laws or rules
regarding clothes or hats or jewels
except what shows us who you are.
Each woman her own runway star.
Living up to its title, this poem is a rewrite of an earlier post. The prompt today was fashionable.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Amen, wear what you like, I always say, not what some clothes seller tells you you like. And yes, my butt well covered, by ALL means! 🙂
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In the REAL world where fashion is “What fashion?” — we wear whatever fits. Length? Short? Not me. I don’t “do” short!
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Nor do I. In fact, I don’t do dresses.
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I wouldn’t do dresses either except I have this itchy rash around my mid-section. It has changed my mind about pants!
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So true!
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Fun and truthful! Should be published somewhere/everywhere!
Last two lines hit it out of the park:
“except what shows us who you are.”
“Each woman her own runway star.”
🙂
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I love women with their own style sense. I have a number of friends who are always a pleasure to see. It is a gift they give us all. Nothing predictable but everything with style.
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You are so talented! This is so well thought out—like it was in a drawer waiting for the prompt to be “Fashionable”!
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Thanks, Linda. Like all of those out-of-size clothes in my closet!!!
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If only we could wear what we like – unfortunately we sometimes have no option but to wear what ‘fashion’ dictates or go out in our birthday suits 🙂
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