Thursday, 2 May 2013

Clothes Always Look Better In The Movies.

I am the proud owner of not one, but two dressing gowns. Two dressing gowns and a house coat (a short dressing gown, meant to be worn over clothing).

I don’t know about everyone else, but when I think of a dressing gown, I always think of slim, blonde, 007 babes in silk dressing gowns that gape at all the right places, or those see through dressing gowns that show everything and yet nothing all that the same time – a fact that I find mind blowing. Yet in reality, I find that people in dressing gowns don’t even closely resemble their film counter parts.

When I put one of my dressing gowns on I instantly put that four stone back on, deveop a hunch, and it gapes in all the WRONG places, turning me into the least sexy person on the planet.

So this got me to thinking about other clothes that, like the dressing gown, make people look awful in reality but seem like such a good idea when you see them on tv, in adverts or, worst of all, the movies. In order to help my fellow women (and men, if you float that way) I have compiled a list of clothes that should NEVER, EVER be worn off-screen.

1. Thongs.
This is something that SO MANY women make the mistake of purchasing. But ladies, WHAT ON EARTH makes you think you look attractive when you have a bit of cheesewire slicing you in half and a look of constant worry on your face as you search for the next people free spot to de-wedgify yourself? Here’s the thing – you don’t. especially if you have that cheesewire displayed above the top of your jeans on show to the whole world. That just screams tacky. The only way you can get away with wearing a thong is if you are a size 6 and even then the look of abject terror as you wonder if you’re going to have to have an operation to remove the thong from places no underwear should ever go STILL doesn't look good. Go with some nice French Knickers – Classy AND comfortable.

2. Hot Pants.
Thankfully, there are far less women that make this mistake than there are for the previous point. But there are enough out there that I do, sadly, have to include this point.
HOT PANTS DO NOT MAKE YOU LOOK SLIM. Only slim people can wear hotpants – which is why everyone you see wearing them looks slim. You do not. So go and take them off and we’ll never mention this again.
Hot pants have this amazing ability to find themselves in the cracks of women who are SERIOUSLY large. On an average sized woman hotpants manage to increase the width of their thighs, cause muffin tops and add about 3 stone onto their weight. All of which instantly disappears the moment the hotpants are removed. Luckily, I have the solution. If you see Hotpants – RUN.

3. Nighties
Nighties are available from all good granny shops (e.g. BHS, Marks and Sparks, Charity Shops, etc) and, thankfully, most of us are well aware of the dangers these items of clothing pose. BUT, I have included this point in order to warn you all about the dangers of the Ann Summers Nighty. These dangerous items of clothing are often disguised as “Lingerie”. You are encouraged to purchase them in order to up your sex appeal and please your partner. They cost a fortune, are made of polyester and frilly, annoying bits of lace, and have around about the same amount of fabric as your average handkerchief. I have found (through personal experience) that you go into the store, try on and buy this frilly demon-of-the-clothing-industry. You take it home feeling pleased with yourself and then try it on again at home; preparing to surprise your other half. But somehow, during the journey from the store to your home, the item has mutated into the ugliest garment ever seen by man. You put it on and you instantly look like a sack of potatoes and for some reason your boobs keep popping out under your arms. Additionally it keeps twisting around your neck and trying to strangle you and you can’t work out why there are three arm holes and two neck ones. In NO WAY do you look like the sex goddess you were in the store, and you've just wasted 50 quid.

4. Boob Tubes
Boob tubes were obviously designed to show off how anti-gravity your boobs are. As anyone with boobs knows, this is an IMPOSSIBILITY. The only people who wear boob tubes are the flat-chested and the plastic. If you wear a boob tube and you are well endowed (such as myself) you look like you have one large stomach tumour and terrible dress sense. If you wear boob tubes and you’re flat chested you look like a 5 year old wearing her “party clothing” or a man dressing as a woman and getting it terribly, terribly wrong. If you wear boob tubes and you’re plastic… well, we wouldn't expect anything more from you really. Well done you - have a biscuit.

5. Leg Warmers
Leg warmers are probably the worst thing the 80’s produced. Worse than the terrible special effects put on Top of the Pops and those god-awful perms. They come in many luminous, violent colours and, for some unknown reason, every now and again we get them out of storage and all go around wearing them like we’re the Queens of cool. But all leg warmers actually do is shorten our legs and make them look stubby and fat. You may try pairing them with some skyscraper heels and a skirt that is pretending to be a belt, but all that does is make you walk in an extremely odd fashion as you try to not flash your parts or break an ankle. Additionally, they don’t actually keep your legs warm. They sit around your ankles, making them sweaty whilst the rest of your legs freeze and drop off.

6. Leggings/Jeggings
Leggings were also a terrible thing to have come out of the 80s. They were probably designed to make up for the Leg Warmer’s inability to keep your legs warm. Again, skinny size 6’s look FANTASTIC in leggings, as they show off every curve to it’s best. Sadly, for the likes of you and I, they also show off every lump, bump, and knicker line. They are NOT an excuse to wear a thong, mind you. If you try walking around in these wearing a thong, in addition to all your other lumps and bumps you will also have the look of abject terror on your face as you realise you’re never going to be able to find your pants again. This is another item of clothing that fat people believe they can carry off, when we all know that they really, really can’t. Every time I wear Leggings I live with the terror that, like so many other fatties’ bums, my bum is stretching the fabric so thin that everyone can see right through it.
Then, to add insult to injury, someone had the bright idea of inventing jeggings. Jeggings are just like leggings, only with the added insult of making it look like you’re either too poor or too tight to buy real jeans, or even worse – you’re too fat for real jeans. Stay WELL clear of these, ladies – WELL clear.

7. Hareem Pants
Are you in a hareem? No? Take them off. Idiot.

Although I could continue with this list till the cows come home, I’m going to leave it there. If anyone has any suggestions, disagrees with any of my points, or wants to add some points, please feel free to add a comment!

I hope that you all find this list very helpful and will avoid the listed items from now on...If you don't, feel free to email me a picture of you in them so I can have a good laugh.

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