![]() ![]() Horrifying some, pleasing many, I put a very imperfect woman into the fashion space along with the attitude she belonged there. ![]() In a media so saturated with perfect images (and the resulting depression and anxiety that ensues), the characteristic that seems to make me a “badass” in my followers’ eyes is that I’ve simply accepted who I am, grey hair, wrinkles, no retouching and all. They write and tell me they find the courage to resist stereotypes and expectations. In my photos (since I rarely talk about age) followers seem to see new possibilities. Instead of a fashion icon, I became a fashionable iconoclast, someone perceived as tearing down cultural images of what life should be like as an older person. Since I tend to be oppositional, putting myself on the Internet was perhaps my “giving the finger” to the notion I should start becoming invisible. I’ve entertained the thought that unconsciously, as my aging body began to change in ways not always pleasing or in my control, my response was to focus more on what I was covering it with. My university colleagues asked, with eyeballs rolling, what fashion blogging had to do with social change. Whether the class was about social media or jewelry making, I was frequently told I should start a fashion blog. Exploring possibilities, I took some continuing ed classes in a fashion school. ” As a professor of social welfare, I felt limited in how creative I could be in representing issues I was interested in and passionate about. That’s why I always go over your posts to keep me feeling happy and well.” -Facebook FollowerĪ few years ago, I started a blog and Instagram feed called “ Accidental Icon. I even feel like I want to sing and dance like I did when I was young. ![]() “You always inspire me to feel young, beautiful and free again. How glad I am that I did! I’m learning to enjoy and embrace my age!” -Instagram Follower “I’m 67 next month and spent years hating getting older. I now realize it only has to be that way if I let it.” -Instagram Follower I’m still pretty young but was starting to feel that everything after my 20’s was going to be sad. “Thanks for helping me feel better about getting older. ![]()
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