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| ‘What about boys? I don’t want them getting any idea’s!’ |
When my dad first saw me at eighteen with a short dress on
with heels on before going out he explode; Just as many other dads’ would. But
you see this was one of the first times his daughter wore anything revealing
and instantly my dad panicked. I make my
dad sound like he’s controlling but honestly he’s not. He reacted like any
other parent would.
Society says that ‘girls
should cover up otherwise they’re asking for it’. I hope that when you
read that (whatever gender you may be) you feel extremely angry by it, it may
be an outdated view but yet it still dominants the way people treat and speak
about girls.
My fashion sense has changed drastically since I started
uni, to now going in to my third year of uni. *Yikes*
‘Do you not have any casual
skirts Hannah?’ In first year my housemate (who was also called Hannah
coincidentally!) was helping me decide
what to wear before going out for some fresher event at the SU. In my head I
automatically thought ‘Skirts? SKIRTS? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?’. She looked at me
bleak. I generally replied to her saying
‘That I didn’t wear skirts because boys would whistle and I hated my legs’.
I look back at that and I think that’s absurd, how did I let
the opinion of others control me so much? For anyone who knows me now, I love wearing
skirts! I usually wear them more winter time than I do summer time. I don’t
know why I adore the look of black think tights a skirt and a jumper but I do!
It may be because that’s when it all started.
Living in the city taught me a lot about self-acceptance;
Because honestly no-one gave a damn what I wore. No-one certainly didn’t give
me a negative opinion about what I wore, if anything I found, other girls empowered
each other and boys were somewhat more respective.
But when I came home, I realised the difference.
I wore my skirt one evening, (even my dad said I looked pretty, aww). By guys I was called a
tease, a slut and made jokes about me bending over and so on. Other girls varied
in their opinions and there were some childish remarks but once again looking
back I realise how silly it was to let other people’s comments affect the way I
felt about myself.
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| Remember these? |
Can you remember the time where everyone was wearing a bralette
? I mean L I T E R A L L Y A L M O S T EVERY
GIRL POSSIBLE? I honestly think this craze started when I was roughly 12/13. And
hand on heart I can honestly say I never personally bought one because I never
felt that I had the ‘right body’ too. Social media definitely had an effect on
the way I saw myself. Negative post about body images tend to lurk around the
internet and for a 13 year-old to see that ‘if you’re a size 12 you should stay
away from crop tops’.
Today’s society, a lot of girls will stand up and have now
taken ‘screw you photo’s’ and rocked them so hard. But back then, it wasn’t the
case.
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| Like Literally |
I’ve always had big boobs ever since I was 12 but I always
felt the need to cover them up, I mean I don’t want to be a tease,
right? Once at work. Some guy who was hammered tried to grab my boob
just because he thought ‘they were lovely’ and ‘wanted a squeeze’. A part of me wanted to vomit inside and do you
know what the most sickening thing was? It was when other boys and girls turned
around and said ‘Well you shouldn’t have worn a low top, it’s basically asking for it!’ (How
ridiculous.)
A few years ago, that comment would have made me feel like
it was MY fault. But it was HIS actions, not mine. It was his
issue. And my clothes or my body had no control of his actions. Wearing a vest
top in work is not asking for a random drunk old guy to try and squeeze your
boobs (like spew).
And that’s when I learnt, People shouldn’t control what you
wear or how you feel about yourself. If you want to wear a skirt or a crop top
or a burqa. It really does not matter.
That’s why I was super excited when I purchased 'Alia'
Ribbed Choker Crop Top’ in Black from
Boutique of Molly .
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| Size: 12 |
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| £19.95 |
I love the choker and I adore the ‘off the shoulder look’
and it’s extremely comfortable. When I wore it out Saturday, I had several
comments about how ‘gorgeous’ this top is which was an added bonus. ( P.S. If purchase anything from BOM, If you use the code: HANN20
you will get 20% off. *Wink* *Wink*)
And it’s crazy to think a few years ago, I would have never
purchased it because I would worry what other people thought? So who cares if
belly isn’t flat? If my boobs are ‘too big?’ if my legs are ‘too short?’. It’s
my body and I will dress it the way I want too, not the way that someone else
tells you too.
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