A "foofull" Day


I did something yesterday that was not my best decision when trying to give up negative self talk for Lent. I bought a fashion magazine. The draw was that with selling jewelry right now I wanted to take a close look at the fashion trends and different looks. Also I thought that the fashion to flatter every figure might be helpful. Neither reason was justified.

First the trends are pretty much crap. I don't think there is much in the horizontal stripes, large billowy cloths and bubble pants that anyone will find flattering. Also, flat menswear inspired shoes? I'll just say yuck! There is something to be said for the 70s inspired trend since I have always prefured wide leg trousers to last years super skinny jeans. Don't even get me started on jeggings. There is also a small trend towards rock, punk and biker wear. That is something I can sink my teeth into! I'll have to hold on to that one and run with it.

I have yet to determine if the article about models favorite parts of their bodies is what is supposed to inspire me to wear what they do but as I was reading an article this morning something interesting happened. I was holding the magazine open in front of me so the front and back covers were facing Alex. The cover is above and on the back was a Cover Girl ad featuring a full length photo of Queen Latifah wearing a gold dress. I wasn't able to find the exact ad but this is as close as I could get.

As Alex sat looking at these 2 images he began to proclaim that something was "foofull" his way of saying beautiful. Alex is a bit of a diva and is always quite interested in pretty things and sparkly stuff. I actually fight more with him over cloths than I ever did with Trinity at that age but I digress. I lowered the magazine in concern that he actually thinks the horrendous picture of Rihanna is really pretty and glanced at what he was looking at to discover the gorgeous photo of a realistically proportioned, exceptionally beautiful Queen Latifah. It was actually this image that had Alex enthralled. Though I was excited to see that they had put this ad in a prominent location it then started to strike me as a bit of a gimmick. Put a full figured woman on the back and sell some magazines. This was the ONLY location in the entire magazine that showed a woman with a natural body. I have to admit that though I felt happy that it was the plus size image that Alex proclaimed "fooful" it caught me off guard. I've been programmed to think thinks like "she would be gorgeous if she lost a few pounds." Though it's easier to think positive things about a famous full figured woman I do still place my own insecurities on her. I think sure she looks fantastic but she could look even MORE phenomenal if she were smaller. This is not a problem with her, it's a problem with me. I also realized I will have to be even more careful not to spread my negativity to my children who when they look at Queen Latifah see a glamorous, stunning, perfect woman. Hopefully I will begin to instead see myself threw their eyes and feel more perfect myself.

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