Grumpy Old Women

On Sunday night I went out with a girlfriend again, it doesn't happen often, that's why I have to tell you about it. We went to Darling Harbour which I guess might be described as an entertainment precinct. I don't go there too often and pretty much never at night so it was an interesting night for me.
There were all kinds of folks out at all kinds of functions and in all kinds of dress. There was a party where everyone was wearing white- an all white "red Indian", an ancient Roman in white toga (please don't tell me that's a Greek!), girls in white mini clothes (no that's not a mistake, they weren't just mini skirts)
I just wish I knew what that party was about!

My girlfriend alerted me to the massive amounts of cleavage on show everywhere. I don't know why I never notice it, apparently it's very fashionable right now.

There was a girl wearing a tight jersey dress that, I swear, was going to ride up to her waist.

Talking of fashion, my girlfriend and I wondered about the trend towards "Brazilians" (Fellas, if this post is too girly for ya, bail out now, it gets worse)
Please tell me you all know what a Brazilian is? Well if women were blokes you'd be justified in calling them "nude nuts" after a Brazilian!
Why, we asked, would a girl do that? are all the bright young things doing it? or a loud minority?
Imagine getting it done...or worse, doing it! .....for your job!...... all day!
And would a man do a thing like that to impress a woman?

I only have to think about it for a second and I want to grab my boys and shake them and say "You. just. can't. demand. that......and I'd disown you if you did"

On the trip home I saw some young women out for a night on the town in the most up-to-the-minute gear. They were probably in their very early twenties, the peak of their looks but the clothes were just horrible. I wondered why the brightest, most gorgeous young things are the ones wearing terrible fashions. Why spoil natural beauty with shocking clothes?

Of course, there's nothing new in all of this. It's the way of the world and the bright young things are, after all, the ones who can afford to wear something ridiculous because they have youth and beauty on their side.
I just thought the whole thing was rather amusing. I'm becoming a grumpy old woman!


"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."
Oscar Wilde