Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m over this dumb DCUM trend of hateful threads where the whole purpose is to be nasty.
Ehhh .. this
I agree, but whenever I come across these threads I think of a woman I used to know. She was the biggest amateur fashion and beauty critic I've ever met -- she frequently brought up fashion trends just to trash them or make fun of people for wearing them. I remember once being out with her and a couple friends and seeing a woman walking by in an outfit I really liked. I said "oooh, I love what that woman is wearing, do you think it would be weird to take a pic so I can google it all later?" I mostly said it as a joke (I didn't actually photograph this woman though I still remember her outfit) but I meant the compliment. Meanwhile, Ms. Fashion Critic immediately ripped into me, saying stuff like "I guess you could buy that outfit, if you wanted to look ridiculous," and then detailing everything she thought was wrong with it. It was such an over the top response. Most people, even if they didn't like the outfit, would just say... nothing. At most, a very opinionated person would say "huh, that's not my thing." But this woman went full Joan Rivers on it. It was very aggressive.
But here's the thing: she was terribly dressed. Like she never once wore an outfit I'd call flattering or fashionable. She frequently wore clothes that were at least a size too small, so her pants were always riding down and her shirts riding up. She'd pair mustard yellow with bright purple. Like I'm too live and let live to have ever actually commented on her clothes, but I can't imagine someone less qualified to be a fashion critic.
So that's who I think of when I see the comments on this website. I have no idea if it's lack of self awareness or insecurity, but I don't think the people angrily criticizing every trend and making fun of other women for wearing clothes they like and feel good in is always particularly chic or polished. Which is why I'd never take the criticism of weirdos on this site seriously. Many of them are probably at home wearing weirdly clashing, too tight clothes, thinking they know something we don't.