Dress Code in School



             I attend a public school where the dress code rules are simply a girl's shirt can't be too low the, and it can't be too high and show your stomach, your shorts can't be too short, and you can't show too much skin (back, shoulders, etc.) Although, girls have countless rules of what are outfits should look like boys don't have a dress code at all so what is this saying about the importance of a woman's education, and rights.

             In middle school we had this rule that when you put your arms down your shorts have to be longer than your fingertips, and you had to wear sleeves, because shoulders are too distracting for the male population. I have been told by many staff members that my shorts were too short, and they were in the middle between my hips, and my knees. In high school I personally have never been called to change, but many people have, and all of them have been girls.

             Yes, I believe sometimes that there are instances when a girl's outfit can be too revealing, but most of the time it's not, but women are still taken out of class to go home and change or they will provide you with a shirt, pants, etc. I believe it is unfair that a woman has to interrupt their education, because a man doesn't know how to treat a woman respectfully. What is this saying about our education system? There is a bigger problem than too short of shorts or revealing too much shoulder. What's really wrong is the fact that schools think it is okay that instead of teaching a man how to treat a woman respectfully, and not stare at her chest, legs or whatever the problem they teach women to change, because the man gets distracted, and we can't interrupt his education, but we can interrupt a woman's.

             They claim that revealing outfits are distracting to a man, but honestly being in the actual classrooms I don't feel that it is. I mean sure it might catch their eye when someone walks into a classroom or gets up to get something, but they get over it, and I personally have never seen it where it distracts them from their education, and schoolwork. They claim a woman's outfit can be too distracting, but so can a man's. I've seen many men walk around with sagging pants, and muscle shirts that go down to their ribcage, but that's perfectly fine. Why? I don't know. Is it because as woman are less distracted by it? I don't know. Is it because men have more rights than women? I don't know, but what I do know is that women have just as equal rights as men, and that should include their education as well.

            

          Leather Jackets

 

  One trend that has been reappearing in closets is leather jackets. Leather jackets are a timeless fashion piece and have been popular in fashion of all decades. As Leather jackets are being worn more I have decided to put outfits together including two leather jackets. Although I'm only showing two leather jackets I will show multiple outfits to show the versatility that the almighty leather jacket brings. The pictures were unable to upload, but I will put them on as soon as I can figure out.

 

Brown Leather Jacket from Express                 Metallic Black Jacket from Dry Goods

 

 

 

 

 

Add some heat to some of your favorite patterned or solid tank tops by pairing it with a solid colored leather jacket. Tips: Make sure the colors in the pattern are cohesive to the color of the jacket or have the same color somewhere throughout the pattern.

 

 

Tank Top- TJ Maxx                                           Tank Top- TJ Maxx

 

 

 

 

 

 Add some flare by adding a leather jacket to a romper. Tips: Make sure the two outfits are cohesive, and keep your accessories to a minimum so it doesn't overshadow the pattern of the romper. To add more flare pair this outfit with your favorite pair of combat boots.

 

 

Romper- Forever 21                                        Romper- Von Maur   

 

 

 

 

 

 To spice up a casual look pair a leather jacket with a button up shirt. Tips: If you chose to pair it with a solid shirt spice it up by adding bold jewelery such as long necklaces. If you decide to do patterned shirts try to minimize jewelery.

 

 

 

Shirt- Express                                       Shirt- American Eagle

 

 

 

 

Add a little bit of edge to your favorite striped sweaters. Tips: Due to the pattern already in your look try to minimize any other bold patterns such as shoes, jewelery, hats, and if  you decide to wear a scarf stick to a solid or minimal print scarf.

 

 

Sweater- American Eagle                                        Sweater- Forever 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

The Controversial Fashion Question

 

One of the biggest controversies spreading across the nation worldwide comes down to one question… “Can you wear white after Labor Day?” Because this is an ongoing problem of citizens not knowing the answer I have taken it upon myself to answer. Not being able the wear white after Labor Day has many theories have how it started. Some people believe that it was a rule made by rich women who thought that by having this rule it would somehow separate the rich and poor classes even more, and put the rich women above everyone else. This is among the may theories have how this rule started, regardless of the many theories I believe that wearing white after Labor Day is perfectly fine in fact I’m wearing right now as I’m writing this, and I’m not really sure why people have followed this rule for so long. Now since that question has been cleared up I have also taken it upon myself to put together some looks involving white articles of clothing that will stop traffic. The pictures weren't uploading, and because of that they don't have pictures included in with the description.

A white knit sweater featured in my blog before is from Forever 21, and is one of the most versatile sweaters. If you want to dress it up you can pair it with a black skirt, or if you want to dress it down you can pair it with your favorite pair of jeans, and a colorful scarf or jewelry.

The next article of clothing are white skinny jeans. These particular ones I got at Aeropostale, but you can find similar ones at numerous amounts of other clothing stores. Since these are a solid color pant I recommend pairing it with a colorful patterned shirt of your choice, but if you do decide to wear a solid bright neutral colors such as sky blue are my favorite. If you do wear a solid try adding a personal flare with colorful shoes, jewelry, scarf, or hat to make the look more unique to your personality.

The next article which has been featured in my blog before is a long white Bohemian cardigan from Hollister. This is one of my favorite articles of clothing, because it fits one of my many styles perfectly. This cardigan like many things is very versatile. You can pair it with a floral print dress or a patterned shirt, and jeans.

Are You the One?

As I was flipping through the channels and shows on my TV guide I noticed that Are You the One? Season Two was on. The show aired last year, and of course I watched it, and was actually intrigued, and wanted them to continue, and do a Season Two, and they finally did. Although the show premiered a week before I recorded it, and was very excited to watch it.

                Are You the One is a competition reality show where 20 contestants meet, and tests and experts as cheesy and unrealistic as it seems have found them there perfect match who is one of the other contestants. They have 10 weeks for all 10 20 contestants to find their perfect match, and if all contestants do they win $1,000,000.

                When I first heard what the show was about I doubted it. How could tests find someone’s perfect match out of only the people who were willing to do the show? Especially since it airs on MTV I thought it was all for the drama, and the views. When I finished watching the show I definitely knew that I was right. Out of all the couples paired up only two couples remained together in the end. All the other couples couldn’t stand one another and their “relationship” had ended badly. The show is something different than anything I’ve seen on tv. So, did MTV create the show for the views and put people on the show that will create drama and spike their views or was their objective in mind to find the contestants “true love?”

                This season they’ve added a twist, because one guy had to “perfect matches.” Whoever the guy chooses as his perfect match, and is right the other girl has to go home. I don’t like this new rule, because I believe it’s unfair to the girl who is paired up with her because only one will end up with their “true love” and the other will pack up and be sent home. This made me question the show once again, because this rule will create and already has created drama in the house, and when one of the girls is picked there is bound to be a fight.

                Although I’ve questioned the objective of MTV I am overall excited to watch the season unfold. Although finding true love based on tests might not be real it is still a cheesy dramatic reality show so of course I’m bound to watch it.

Dance Moms

 

 

             Although I have already written about Dance Moms I still can't get over the 2 week season finale where the ALDC traveled to Los Angeles, and competed in Nationals.

            The first half of the finale started in Los Angeles where Chloe, Kendall, and Kamryn received a solo, but Maddie didn't. For once I actually sided with Abby with something, and that was not giving Maddie a solo. It's pretty obvious Maddie is put on the pedestal, and is Abby's clear favorite, and always receives solos, because she always wins, but I think she doesn't give the other girls a chance, and when she does I feel she gives them lower quality choreography compared to Maddie and sets her up to win. The only thing I didn't agree with is when she said that Maddie doesn't get a solo, because she's busy with Jimmy Kimmel. I know she most likely is too busy to learn a new solo, but the way Abby said it was almost rubbing it in the other girl's faces that Maddie was going to be on Jimmy Kimmel. Even though none of the solos won I was much happier that they got a chance than them actually winning first.

             Of course no reality show is good without a little drama, and thanks to Cathy from Candy Apples Dance Studio there wasn't a shortage during these episodes. Maddie Ziegler from Abby Lee Dance Company was featured in a music video of a song by Sia called Chandelier, and the song, and music video became a worldwide hit, and Cathy decided to have her dancers dance to this song for Nationals. Overall I had mixed feeling about what Cathy did, because yes she does have the right, and did pay the money so that her dances could dance to that song, but I feel like why she did it was wrong. To me it didn't seem like she wanted to do it, because it was a good song she wanted to do it in hopes of having her student's perform better than Maddie did in the music video. Her dancer's did do have an immaculate performance, and it was overall very cohesive, but I feel like no one could have a better performance than Maddie, because the music video was amazing!

           Over the course of the show it had become apparent that Abby is not the nicest person....okay let me rephrase that it has become apparent that Abby is the least nice person. Over the course of the show she has sabotaged her own dancers, and ridiculed them, and out of all the dancers Chloe has received the worst treatment from her. During all seasons of Dance Moms, Chloe has been compared to Maddie countless times, and when she is she is usually compared as being worse. At the end of the show Chloe said "I still want to dance, but not with her anymore." referring to Abby. I've been wondering all series long how any of the girls, and moms put up with Abby, and why none of them have left yet, because Abby treats them horribly. I was proud of Chloe for finally sticking up for herself and deciding that enough is enough, and I could tell that because of Abby's treatment Chloe was losing her passion for dance, and didn't seem like she wanted to dance anymore. Chloe has been my favorite since the beginning, because she's the underdog of the show, and I'm sad because I'm not sure if she will still be on the show at another studio or what the future holds.

            Overall this season has been filled with twists, and turns and I'm excited to see what the reunion on Tuesday night will bring.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Halloween Wars

               

 

            This week as I was scrolling through the channels to find a show to write about I came across one that caught my eye. It’s a show called Halloween Wars which is a cooking show where teams compete to win $50,000. In Halloween Wars there are teams and on each team there is a professional pumpkin carver, candy maker, and cake artist, and these teams work together to create displays based on Halloween.

The episode that I watched aired in 2013 with the final four remaining teams. At the beginning they have a small challenge where they have 45 minutes to create a display, and this week they had to design a display based on a scary Greek mythology character. Teams created creatures such as Medusa, a Cyclopes, Griffin, and a Minitar. I thought that 45 minutes was not enough time, because as I was watching most teams had to hurry to finish what they were going to do. Each team I felt did a great job representing the character, but I felt the griffin which is half tiger half bird wasn’t scary even though the challenge said it was supposed to be. I wasn’t able to tell that it was half tiger half bird, and the creature was almost cute. In the end the team who created the Cyclopes won which I agreed with, because not only did they create a Cyclopes, but they  created a scenery around it showing the Cyclopes escaping which I thought was unique, and they had a lot of detail on the Cyclopes’ face. The team that won received an extra assistant in the next challenge which I felt would benefit the team.

              The next challenge called the “spine chiller” was the ultimate challenge, and the teams got five hours to complete it. They had to create a display based on a kid’s nursery rhyme, but give it a Halloween twist, and create a twist on a kid’s snack and put it somewhere in their display. I thought this challenge was cool, because it allowed the team to really show their creativity by creating a scary twist. One team was based on the rhyme Patty Cake, and instead of a bakers man they used a witch instead. I thought this was cool, but it seemed far from the traditional baker’s man story, because it had nothing that connected the two stories. Although they had that problem I felt their display had a lot of detail in it, and probably the most detail out of all the teams. Another team did Ms. Muffet, and the spider is killing her instead of befriending her. I didn’t really know the story of Ms. Muffet before this, but I thought it was a cool twist on the traditional story once I did learn what it was. Even though they did provide a cool twist their display was pretty simple compared to the other teams. The other teams included Three Blind Mice, and placed a Butcher’s wife instead of a farmer’s wife, and Mary Mary Quite Contrary, and instead of watering a garden she was watering a graveyard.

For the snack three out of the four teams did a twist on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich which I thought was comic, because I felt that there are many other kid snacks that they could have made and incorporated it into their displays. Once the competition was over the winner of the show was Mary Mary Quite Contrary, and I agreed with this, because it showed the skills of all the team members. The losing team and the team that was eliminated was the team who created the Ms. Muffet display, and I agreed with the judges on this as well. Although there were some cool aspects such as the spider web that the candy maker made out of sugar, and the spider legs made of pumpkins it was simple, and didn’t have a backdrop or anything like that which I thought it should’ve.

                The next season is premiering tonight on the Food Network at 9/8c and I’m eager to see if the season will be a trick or a treat.

 The Voice

 

Another competition show I’ve been watching is The Voice. The Voice is a show where four judges are turned away from the stage when someone is singing to not judge their voice based on their appearance. If they decided they like their voice and potentially want to coach them they turn their chairs around. Once all coaches teams are full they then compete against each other until there is one winner from one coach. I’ve been watching the show since the beginning and they’re constantly changing the judges just when I’m starting to get used to them.

At first there was Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, and Christina Aguilera. I like this group of judges, because I liked all of them individually, and not only that, but they worked well on the show, and you could tell they all liked each other, and there wasn’t some hidden dislike between the judges. After a couple of seasons they traded CeeLo and Christina for Usher and Shakira and out this was my least favorite group out of all three. It’s not that I didn’t like them I did, but it seemed like the show wasn’t as “fun” as it was before, and I know the show is a competition show, and it doesn’t need to be fun, but it was more entertaining to watch when the judges joked, and messed around. They have gone back and forth between these two for a couple seasons, but now they’re changing it up. Instead of Usher and Shakira they are now having Pharell, and Gwen Stefani. I like Gwen, because everyone that chose her as a coach she gave them a t-shirt she had made that said Team Gwen, and I thought that was cool, because it showed the contestants that she does truly care.…..

 Out of all the changing of coaches two coaches have never left Blake and Adam. I think they haven’t left yet, because the viewers of the show love them. Adam and Blake are great friends and you can tell by how they act on the show. They are constantly fighting, and picking on each other, but you can still tell they’re really good friends, and I think that’s why they’ve stayed on the show for so long, because viewers love to be entertained while watching a show that doesn’t have to do with entertaining. Another thing that I’ve noticed is that some of the contestants seem to avoid Blake, because he is known for being a country singer, and people who aren’t country singers tend to go for people like Gwen or Pharell. I think that if it was up to me I would chose Blake, because although he is a country singer he is still a singer, and still knows how to sing and the technique of singing. Not only that, but since he does tend to go for country singers and if I was a powerhouse singer I would go for Blake, because you would stand out in his group instead of going to another team where you sound just the same as everybody else.

I like the voice, and what it stands for, because they judge them on their voice, and not their look which nowadays you get into show business if you “have the right look,” and I think that’s wrong, and I like how people who have never been confident about themselves can go up there and just sing, and not be picked based on their look. Since the show just started I don’t have a favorite out of the contestants, but I’m excited for the show to continue, and who will be the next voice winner.