Beloved Aesthetics
[ 20 November 2007 ]
Recently on one of my favourite Livejournal style communities, someone posted asking people what they thought was the least attractive look. Of course, it quickly turned nasty. There was a small backlash, with one person replying “Bad attitudes” (bravo!). But other than that, there was page upon page of people bitching. It was a true yawnfest.
Being negative is boring & pointless. It doesn’t enhance your life in any way. If we can learn to focus on the positive things as much as possible, our lives improve immensely.
“Let’s not be narrow, nasty, and negative.” — T. S. Eliot
In keeping with that, I thought I’d ask you all about your favourite looks on other people. Do you love girls with long red hair, or curvy women in jeans & heels? Do you have a weakness for tattooed Japanese boys, or for men in impeccable suits?
I’ll start!
I really adore girls with purposefully messed hair — teased hair, big fluffy dreadlocks or crazy manes. I love perfectly sleek bobs. I do, in fact, have a secret weakness for tattooed Japanese boys (especially if they also have stretched ears). I am huge on rolled-up shirt sleeves, regardless of sex. I 
girls in long fur coats & boys wearing pocket squares. I love unusual eyewear & vintage mini-dresses. I totally admire anyone who pulls off a look from a past era consistently — I don’t know how you do it, but I salute you! I cherish long sleeves which only show the ends of fingers. I flip my wig over men’s watches on women’s wrists. I think the world of anyone who wears a hat or who can rock a turban. & I want to smooch people who really look after their shoes.
Now, your turn! Let’s exalt together!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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I love to see curvy girls in dresses with high heels, but my favourite is to see an older woman (or man) with a purple rinse through their hair. They are getting rarer as the years go on but when I do see one it makes me darn happy.
I love layers! I don’t know how people pull hem off (haven’t got round to reading that article yet!) I heart waistoats too, so simple and stylish. I love wearing the colours pink, white and black. I love skinny jeans and ballet pumps!
Alex =]
I love curvy girls with amazing smiles. I love layers, on guys and girls. I love New Rock Boots! I Love how Gala Darling dresses :P I LOVE dreadlocks- one day I will start fussing and just do my own! I adore scarves (neck and head)- all year round! I love purple eyeliner, and guys who dress well- there seems to be no end of well dressed boys in England, so I’m having a wee perve fest!
Oh, & I forgot to mention — I love pretty girls with septum rings. Awwwww. Bonus points if they also have dimples.
i love love love anyone who can make a hoodie interesting. i have an american apparel hoodie in bright purple and it jazzes up my wardrobe like you wouldn’t believe!
colourful outerwear is the best: i have a bright pink trenchcoat from coach that i adore, i got it super cheap, too! life is too short to only wear plain outerwear.
I like boys who look like Pete Doherty, even if TopSocialite claims he’s the human embodiment of gonorrhea. I like boys with kohl eyeliner and high cheekbones. I like boys with pale skin and dark hair, and straight noses. I like boys with long, thin, gangly frames, who wear cigarette pants and never, ever shorts. I like boys with big, buggy eyes and dark circles. I like boys with longer hair than my hair. I like boys who hate jeans as much as I do, and who never, ever wear denim. I like boys who get pedicures and manicures. I like boys with white hair, too. I like masses of tangled luxurious curls, and plucked eyebrows. I like heavy rings and never watches. I like boys who are about 6’2. I like dark colored eyes and pale blue eyes. I like boys who chainsmoke Pall Malls and drink 99 Oranges and kentucky bourbon. I like boys who wear ostentatious hats. I like boys with non-septum nose rings. I like boys with catty sharp smiles. I like boys with freckles. I like boys with smooth defined shoulders. I like boys with warm skin.
I like girls with short, cropped hair and too much kohl. I like girls with white hair and girls with black hair. I like girls in fedoras. I like girls with half moon glasses. I like girls with teased, overdone, oversized hair. I like my girls as delicate and thin as I like my boys (and I don’t like boobs). I like girls who carry their shopping basket in the crook of their arm. I like girls who always wear heels, no matter the walk. I like girls who powder their faces white and comb their lashes. I like girls who wear sunhats. I like girls with delicate cheekbones and square jaws. I like girls with heavy bangles, unique and vintage. I like girls who paint their toenails. I like girls who dance as they walk. I like girls who wear neon eyeshadow (black too) under their eyes. I like girls who only wear white after labor day. I like architectural haircuts. I like girls who dye their hair pale in the winter and dark in the summer. I like girls with stretched earlobes. I like girls who wear bright-but-not-neon colors. I like girls in riding boots. I like girls who always have a delicious book in their hand. I like girls who smile at jokes only they get. I like girls whose colors match. I like girls with long legs clad in stockings. I like girls who rarely if ever go bare-legged, and who wear little dresses.
I like accents regardless. I like long-armed sweaters. I like people who read while they walk down the sidewalk. I like people on vintage bicycles. I like people who are happy. I like people who have a whole nother side to them they’re just waiting to tell you about if you’re like them too. I like people who powder their hair. I like people who wear sovereign rings. I like people who fake accents and admit to their falsity with a wave and a laugh. I like people who walk along the tops of fences. I like nautical accents and the wearing of boots that look incredibly uncomfortable. I like people with clean shined shoes. I like people who smell like vanilla.
I LOVE anyone with unnatural hair dye. :D Especially pink (bonus points if they’re a boy!) or a really deep blue.
I love people who can pull off ridiculously high boots – like, so high they’re above knee length!
I love black and white stripy long socks.
I love girls who wear those necklaces with a big chunky heart on them. Even more if it’s got a little clock in it, hehe!
I love the smell of aftershave and men’s deoderant.
I love people who wear those belts with led light scrollies attached.
I love girls who can wear those big off-the-shoulder silver sparkly dresses.
I love boys who wear hoodies that look really cuddley.
I love when people wear cute glasses.
...And also when they wear unusual coloured contact lenses.
I love when girls wear simple shiny red high heels.
I love boys who can play guitar!
I like boys with british accents. I like anybody who can rock a vest. I like red sunglasses. I like boys in black jeans or pants. I like girls in headscarves. I like people who smile with their eyes as well as their mouth. I like tall boys. I like black patent heels. I like anyone with brightly coloured hair. I like boys in cobalt blue. I like curvy girls in suit jackets. I like boys who wear ties and jackets. I like bright-coloured stockings. I like knee-high socks. I like boys who wear eyeliner not in a goth way but in a cute way. I like messy hair and bee-stung lips. I like clear lipgloss and dramatic eyes. I like beautiful boots and slouchy messenger bags. I like anything tokidoki and boys who wear nice shoes.
i like perfect shoulderlength curls and double shine.
i like bright red lips and petite pale faces.
i like the tiniest touch of bronzer.
i like modest glamour.
really big sunglasses that match really big smiles.
i like people who glow.
i like pregnant women in their cutesie babydoll dresses.
i like babies in hi-tops.
i love twiggy.
i love audrey.
i love the class of the early fifties.
i love self confidence, yet modesty.
i love people who are comfortable in their own beautiful skin.
Curly hair
Girls rocking the ginger
Boys with longish, messed up hair
Boys with longish, neat hair
Boys in tuxes and girls in cocktail dresses
The 20s, the 40s, the 50s
People who mix it up
Tall skinny boys with scarves
Tall sporty boys pulling off the casual rugby shirt
Pearls in most forms
Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dresses
Unusual shades of blue (including navy kohl)
Being able to look stylish without trying
Cat-flick eyeliner
High heels in fun colours
Men’s watches worn by girls
Brightly coloured tights
Really long, girly hair on a girl wearing something really fierce
Irish, Scottish, Californian, Australian, Welsh accents
Cheekbones
Mixing shirts with unusual clothes
Having a quirk (like ribbons)
Brooches
Great post, Gala!! xx
@ de Profundis’ awesome list, I say: WOW!
I love dimples on anyone, girl or guy.
Girls:
~who wear dresses.
~w/ magnificent dreadlocks.
~with thick beautiful kajal/surma/kohl lining their eyes, Arab style.
~natural redheads.
~who wear elaborate old-fashioned hats..preferably adorned w/ feathers..
~freckly.
~with stick-on crystals/sparkly ‘gems’/sequins on their faces.
~bold eyebrows
~who adorn their hair with real flowers :)
~with lots of bangles.
~who pull off the red lip perfectly.
~with sparkly personalities and clothes to match.
Guys:
~Japanese! :D
~with faux hawks
~with beautiful smiles.
~who wear fedoras.
~who roll up their sleeves [i agree, gala]
~in waistcoats.
~who smell of ‘itr.
~bearded {but neat trimmed beards}
~in silver business suits. or silver necktie. or maybe a silver hanky peeking out of their pocket..
~who incorporate their heritage, culture, into their style.
~sideburns :)
~with gold pocket watches
It’s so important to focus on the good, isn’t it, Gala? When these kind of discussions degenerate into the gutter, it’s depressing for all concerned. Well done for deciding to rise above it all and promote positivity. There needs to more like you in the blogosphere! For my own part I love the 1920s look: Headbands, Flapper Girls, Beaded Garments, Chic Bobs with Fringes, Uber-Wide Leg Trousers. Anything that looks as though it could have been worn by any of the Picasso set as they holidayed on the Riviera.
I love the style of people who look relaxed and effortless yet still well put together. A beachy relaxed sort of hippy style, long blond curly hair. Although that is only during summer. During the colder months I love black, and double breasted coats and choppy haircuts and big jewellery and boots.
i like- *unusual colour combos
*quiet and freakishly smart boys who obviously would wreck you in bed. (yeah. i said it.)
*60’s Dolly Dresses
*Maryjanes
*Girls who aren’t scared to be girly.
*Girls who aren’t scared to break gender roles.
*cat-eyed eyeliner (been rocking this one a looongg time)
*scruffy boyish boys. (super long hair a huge plus.. think down their backs)
*people who mix street style with high end designer items.
*devilish smiles
*hair accessories always (bonus if they’re sparkly)
*people who wear accessories where it’s obvious the item means a lot to them without even having to know them.
*Confidence
*My naturally darkdark almost-black extremely curly very long (never been cut) hair and how awesome it truly looks.
*people that are naturally unique and even when they are wearing no makeup and very plain clothes stand out and you cannot help but stare.
*huge, round, freak, doll eyes.
*girls who play up their sexuality in a seemingly non-sexual way. (there’s a lot to be said for this)
*guys with extreme noses.. especially long and thin that wear a simple silver nose ring (hoop only)
*extreme features in general
*guys who appear totally unfashionable..but wear great or even sexy underwear. this goes for chicks too.
I could go on and oonnnn sigh
I love girls who aren’t afraid to skip down the street in ridiculous outfits and sing along with me…
And I gotta admit.. I love emo boys. Lmao!! Or boys that are into basketball, it’s nice seeing them around the stadium I play at =]
I love girls with tiny waists. I love pigeon-toed girls. I love girls who smell like vanilla, peach or moonflowers. I love girls with almond shaped eyes. I love blonde girls with dark eyelashes. I love pale girls, girls with bright red lips. I love girls who dress like they might be into S & M in the spare time. I love girls who can strut in their high heels. I love girls who wear vintage cream dresses. I love girls who can shave parts of their hair off and still look feminine. I love girls who have curves. I love girls straight-edge girls. I love girls who take care with their make-up. I love girls with sensual lips. I love girls in gloves. I love girls with beautiful smiles, especially if they have braces. I love awkward beauty. I love girls who wink. I love girls who can dance – especially if they do ballet. I love girls with Russian accents. I love girls who can pull off pixie cuts. I love pretty girls with harsh piercings. I love girls with green eyes. I love girls who can quote poetry. I love girls who read me poetry over the phone. I love girls with dyed black hair – especially if they have blunt fringes. I love girls with beautiful tattoos, especially on their hands, wrists, or decolletage.
I love boys in skinny jeans. I love skinny boys. I love boys who hide behind their hair. I love boys with great cheekbones and a touch of eyeliner. I love boys who dress like they go to college in the 1950s. I love boys with great tattoos – especially sleeves. I love boys who wear waistcoats. I love boys in brogue shoes. I love boys with sensual lips. I love boys who wear geek glasses. I love boys in winklepickers. I love boys with convertibles. I love boys who aren’t afraid of femininity. I love boys who wear their hair like James Dean. I love boys who are vegetarian.
I love stillettos, regardless of the weather, i love a woman in a really sharp business skirt suit and fab pointy heels, i love skinny jeans tucked into either riding boots or boots witha dominatrix vibe, i love sleeveless pullovers over a really chrisp sharp white shirt, i love men with blond hair anyone over my side of the wiorld who is watching the x factor :see rydian!!) i love men wearing deep jewel coloured shirts with the sleeves rolled up and a aura of coolness, i love red, white and grey worn together, i love men in work clothes covered in dirt and still smiling at the end of a long day, i love men in trilbys, a waistcoat and really good shoes, i love wide legs trews, i loce heels to help those deprived of height, i love short girls who wear flats and don’t care who small they are, i love smooth straight hair, i love wild curly hair just ,like mine, i love a Marilyn munroe look, i love red lip stick and come to bed eyes, i love men in ruggged boots and check shirts half tucked in, i love stripes, i love spots, i love a classic jeans and white tee shirt conbo on a beautiful woman, i love the way artists dress in that whole scattered “i litterally got dressed of the floor but i don’t care” vibe, i love men who carrry bags, i love simple silver jewellery, i love over the top bed head amywinehouse be hive look, i love tattoos, i love child like jewellery and people who carry barbie linch boxes, i lovemen with stubble and a mean moody look but who are teddy bears underneath, i love when bad clothes happen to good people butt here confidence makes it work for them, i love bunches in girls hair and baby doll dresses
I find that the men I tend to go for these days are so diverse from one another that i cannot possibly divulge in what I find attractive on the male figure; however I thought I’d throw in my ten-pence worth (English, I do apologise) regarding what I find absolutely threateningly gorgeous on the female form;
- women/girls that can delicately grasp a cigarette holder in their fingers and pull it off without looking like a curb crawler.
- masculine clothes on a curvy frame; especially high-waisted trousers with a crisp white shirt tucked in. Divine.
- curls; Marilyn Monroe’s hairstyle is the epitome of beauty.
- the elfin look – a little blonde pixie crop on a petite-framed lady can look so vulnerable and helpless.
I like pencil skirts on curvy women. I like curly retro hair. I LOVE red lipstick on a pale face. I like flowers in people’s hair. I like a man in a clean cut suit ; ) I like men in band t-shirts. I like red headed women especially wearing green. I like tartin (Im Scottish!). Also, Vivienne Westwood. I like feathers, sequins and glitter when done in a nice way. I like fancy eyeliner and stars and hearts drawn on your face. I like quiffs and leather jackets. I like pretty girls with lots of piercings and tattoos. I like big hair. I love huuuge heels. I like bowties worn round a wrist. I like fancy dress! I like Tarina Tarentino jewellery. I like accessories, hats, scarves, bags, shoes and watches. I like flawless skin. I like men with sideburns and dark brown eyes. I like chokers especially in black ribbon or velvet. I like cameos. I like things that are sentimental. I like vintage anything. I love my boyfriend’s love for pinstripes and shiny shoes. I like flapper girls and burlesque actresses. I love going into a bar and getting a martini glass. I like messed up hair after a night of dancing. I like girls with freckles over their noses. I love bright coloured jeans. I like wrap dresses. I love corsets on curvy women.
I heart twiggy style haircuts on girls with big eyes, boys who wear eyeliner and have floppy hair and moodiness and anyone who wears a well cut suit – a tailored suit, boy or girl.
I heart 50s housewife style with floral aan twin set and pearls and court heels and wallpaper and puffed short sleeves.
I heart 20s flapper girls with cigarette holders and dark glossy bobs and ribbons around their heads.
I heart anyone who wears cameos, t-shirts with 80s cartoon characters on them, saris, blazers or combat boots.
I heart androgyny, but I also heart really macho stubbly men with muscles rippling underneath business shirts with the sleeves rolled up or girls who cover themselves from head to toe so all you can see in kohl-rimmed eyes.
I heart hippy chics with flowy skirts and anklets wih bells on them, henna tattooes and furry vests.
I heart ballet girls, with leotards and anything wrap around and pink high laced ballet shoes.
I heart people who have tattooes and piercings that mean someting and are not just accessories. Same with jewelery – I like accessories that have stories.
And I love love love people who carry notebooks around and stop to scribble in them frequently.
I love it when guys and girls pull off a geeky/preppy outfit without looking overdone and with just a touch of cool.
Like, I have this glasses-wearing professor who wears a crisp white shirt, sleeves scrunched up to reveal forearms, over jeans and a studded leather belt. Its preppy meets punk rock, and its a great look :)
Where do I start?
printed belts
novelty shoelaces
sensible sneakers (ie. no heels!) with suit pants
pale skin (untanned, ladies and gents!)
sleek, shiny and healthy hair
chunky accessories
people who dress how they feel or how they hope to make others feel
Oh there’s more… ;)
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I love like minded people. Everything thing I love has basically been covered here.
-I love boys and girls who make their own clothes.
-I love it when strangers smile and laugh.
-I love smiles on cute boys and girls
-I love it when it rains in the city and you watch who runs for cover and who looks up.
-I love strong jaw lines and high cheekbones.
i love everything that makes someone that slight bit different.
lists lists oh how i love them.
on girls:
aesthete chic~ satchels full of books, geeky glasses (= i have an iq of one billion), slightly oversized woollen jerseys, knee length skirts, black & navy.. this can also morph into:
schoolgirl chic~ just add grazed knees, messy hair, shrunken blazer & stripey tie
~mental fairy tale accessories; babies heads, big glass cherries, teeth, antlers
equally hot on boys & girls~
morrissey chic~ a pocketful of gladiolis, quiff and nhs specs
~hoodies and battered converse trainers
~basically i like my men to look like skinheads O.o ~ rolled up jeans, doc martens & shaved heads, but a girl version of this is super cute also. hehe!
<3
I love…
wavy hair, betty bangs. feminine things. flowers. almost everything in the Victorian Trading catalogues, anything that flatters a woman’s curves, French and Italian style, Bigalow’s peppermint lip glosses, shiny black hair, unique tattoos, red patent leather heels, red, pink, sage green, men with striking features who stand out from the crowd, Mediterranian/olive skin tones, sexy glasses, dark eyes, men who dress in suits, fedoras, men who wear masks (I am such a Phan girl. LOL.)
And iCiNG (of course)...
I love…
-really long homemade scarves.
-hitop sneakers with quotes on the sides. (Mine have Shakespeare and Buffy quotes)
-Docs
-Tailcoats and bowties
-Cardigans and quirky broaches.
-anything tulle
-fairy wings
-bum length hair
-lots of silver eyeliner
-neon fake fur
-leggings. I love love love leggings coz it means I can wear skirts and not worry about the likelihood that I’ll end up swinging upside down from a pole. (It happens more often than you’d think)
-Huge hoop earrings and chunky silver rings
-welly boots and floral dresses
-girlish boys
-tweed trousers and flat caps
I love dresses with boots
I love tights, different colours and styles
I love people that accessorize their outfit perfectly but not so perfect that you think they tried too hard.
I love black sweaters
I love head scarves and bands, cute clips and short hair
I love jeans on men but I also love a man in a perfect suit.
I love pearls in the hair
I love bright coloured coats
I love hats, and people that can pull hats off
I love people that can wear anything and look good because they have the confidence to do so.
Great post!
I love…
Sixties style – short hair, eyeliner, short dresses, swing coats and jackets, brocade and jacquard daywear
Bows on everything – headbands, tops, backs of dresses – especially if the bow is a contrasting colour to the rest of the dress.
Anything in yellow – especially a sunshine-y shade of yellow. I bought a yellow pashmina at the airport recently – one of the best purchases I made recently – it goes with everything, especially navy.
Boys who miz quirky with prep-school style. Like Chuck in the Gossip Girls.
Women who rock red hair and pale skin – GORGEOUS.
my biggest fetish is men’s shoes, good men’s shoes.. oxfords and wingtips mostly. they don’t have to be on anyone’s feet even.. i’d like a pair of robert clergerie beauties to just stare at:
http://www.fashionmag.fr/newsletters/images/20051220/robertclergerieR.jpg
dec us elle has a pair of black & white striped ones i am in lust with.
also lovelovelove:
-normally clean-cut boys who have missed their last 3 haircuts
-neckties and bowties on everyone
-hats, all of them.. men’s women’s, glittery cardboard party hats..
-tailored vests
-dressing w total irony – nasty tshirts w tailored high waist pants (love nanette lepore best), clunky duckboots with sexy little skirts, children’s silly plastic cartoon brooches on formal wear
-giant wilma flintstone baubles
-and i will likely always have my little betty page bangs!
-love girls who dress like 8 year olds, wearing all their favorite most comfy things that don’t match at all
-lovelove anyone who pulls off their own aesthetic and inspires me!
I love…
-tanned Israeli boys..mmmm they’re hott
-people with interesting noses especially big ones
-teezed hair and dreadlocks
-nose rings on boys
-rolled up sleeves on long sleeved white dress shirts
-younger men in nice suits…I pretty much gawk when I see one
-short bobs with short bangs
-velvet waistcoats
-Betsey Johnson she exudes confidence in her weirdness
-flowers especially gladiolas in peoples freshly coifed hair
-little white lacy fingerless mitts
-red hair like Tori Amos’s hair
-henna tatoos on peoples feet
-nerdy techy sort of boys they’re so cute and shy and nice
-people who are eccentric and passionate like people who put a 100% into everything
-pregnant women
* cute little bustles attached to skirts (is that how you spell it?) *studded tan leather footwear, bags or belts. *sparkly boleros and anyone who can rock a redriding hood style cape!! * great teeth. red lipstick and heaps and heaps of bangles. * colour combinations of yellow and white, red and white or red and blue. * the little random everday objects people weave into their dreads (buttons, bells,silk feathers) *star patterns *flowers in any part of an outfit *pastel blue or yellow nailpolish on short nails on people with dark skin. *amazing neck jewellery with semi-precious stones *inca style jewellery, turquoise with silver
&large square shaped, gemcut rings. *skirts with legwarmers over either boots, sneakers or even thongs. * punky skater vegan cafe boys with tatts, stretchedears, bakerboys caps and cheeky smiles. *shaggy big hair on guys esp afros!!(they make me smile like nothing else sometimes) *when glasses are so thick on ppl they enlarge their eyes and make them more blue/green/brown. *leopard print.
i really could go on forever..xxoo
I absolutely adore the Red Hats Society. Seeing older women looking stylish in elaborate hats and purple dresses makes me happy, it makes me see that you don’t have to be young to look fabulous. Actually I love the granny opera chic too. There’s simply something lively and radiant about an older woman dressed well.
I also love seeing curvy women in flared skirts and either flats or chunky cabaret high heels, and those blouses that tie on the side, a bit like a kimono. Actually any woman in a flared or gypsy skirt. Skirts are so feminine.
Long healthy-looking hair on a guy looks great, it makes me want to play with it.
I love pretty much anything I see in the Japanese magazine Fruits. But I happen to be biaised toward Japanese culture.
Guys- nerds. It’s all I’ve ever dated. Into comic books and super heroes? Then you’re probably the one for me. I like boys who stray from the “normal” twenty-something-guy uniform of jeans and a tshirt. I like guys that wear suits for “no particular reason”. Boys who sew are also really cute.
I love girls with short WHITE hair. I also love when girls have long long messy layers in natural brown or dirty blonde. I think it is because I miss having super long hair (it is now just past my shoulders). Girls who have way better vintage wardrobes than me- I am so jealous. Girls who wear little or no makeup. Straight bangs have been really appealing to me lately, too. When girls show off their knee high boots (over jeans or with a skirt) and not hide them under pants.
I also have an attraction to people who ride bicycles and eat vegan. I don’t do either, by a long shot, but I hope to start living a healthier, more conscious lifestyle, and I find these people inspiring. Unnatural hair colors are amazing. And people who can pull off dreadlocks. Cute glasses- because I have poor eyesight and have always worn frames that were a bit different. So I’m glad that this is a bit of a trend right now. People who “dress up” to go to class also make me smile, because I could never let myself go to class (or even out of the house) in sweatpants or pajamas.
I love- *Boys in 50’s bad ass dress. Tight drainpipes, black leather jackets, tight white t-shirts and Converse. Think Grease! *Big, brown eyes with long eye-lashes. *English accents *Black guys who dress well aka not gangsta *Middle school and High school teen who are not afraid to dress like grown ups *People who get really exited over Christmas cue ME!!! *silver christmas trees! *Planning every aspect of anything! *Artsy (but not gay) men *So so so so so much more!
I love girls dressed in a monocromatic scheme, specially with bright-80s colors. Big sunglasses, men with striped shirts (like the Godfather xD), men with worn jeans, vintage dresses, red-heads girls (weird in my country), sleek afroamerican girls with big ‘fros, skirts full of patterns or appliques, guys that look like rock-stars, beards (I think that was the first reason I started to like my bf in the first place xD), pale and beautiful girls with blue hair, cowboy boots with style…
yay :D
I love smiles on everyone. I love fairy wings and pirate hats. I love vibrant tights. I love unique hair – long, short, coloured or not, messy or sleek as long as the owner loves it. I especially love people with dreadlocks or curls. I love natural redheads. I love primary colours, clean lines, extravagent patterns, sumptuous fabrics. I love the way children throw on the clothes they love and accessorise with shiny things and a great big grin.
I love people who are happy. People who have a cheeky smile and eyes that sparkle. People who can always recommend the perfect book. I love skirts and dresses, flowers in hair and jewels on faces. I love awesome shoes. I love oversize glasses and jumpers. I love people who smile at things only they understand. I love people who dance. And people who are n’t afraid to have fun or throw themselves into things. I love people with their natural skintone.
I love people who are n’t afraid to be positive and people with a fantastic personality which shines through everything.
I adore a pretty smile and dimples, boys in skinny jeans, girls in minidresses and flats. I love british accents, and big bright bags. Short girls in tall heels are lovely. I love big, curly hair on girls.
Hair like yours is wonderful as well =)
I love:
(prepare to explode with the amount!)
-Vintage jewelry, not the stuff thats made now thats meant to look vintage but actualy peices that where made in the 50’s or whenever.
— German music! its a complete and utter obsession of mine
—- The whole rockstar look! Its so utterly fabulous!
—— Taking Jumping photos!!! woot!!
——- The supernatural and the occult!
——— Really thin guys
———-People who feel absolutely comfortable being labbeled as weird or “quirky”. Thats pretty much me and my friends! We get called weird all the time and that just makes us incredibly happy!
———-“Nerds” and not being the typical teenager! Being different is the best and being your own person is great!
————My best friends – They are always there for you when you need them and you can alway rely on them!
————-Staying up late to do homework. It just makes you feel like you’ve achieved so much!!
—————People with pixie size faces wearing huge hats! Complete and utter
i love people. especially if they smile. it’s getting too cold out where i am to notice or care what people wear!
I love chunky bracelets or wrapped bandanas over teeny tiny wrists, and women who can be chubby and make it look beautiful, and a boy who looks good in aviators. these days i am absolutely LOVING anyone who can pull off the steampunk style. steampunk makes me giggly and weak in the knees and i absolutely crumple in awe and envy. in an effort to join in, i have a bought a vintage brown leather long trench coat, brown rockwood boots, and i’m in the market for a good pair of jodhpurs and a brown dressage coat and perhaps a well fitting waistcoat. help!
and finally i am attracted to anyone, girl or boy, who wears the well-fitting-but-loose-fitted-plaid-flannel-shirt… with the sleeves rolled up to just under the elbow. i die.
i love guys with well fitting pants… Like I’m all about the whole guys in girl jeans phase. love it. I love guys with [almost] better hair than me… for girls I love the whole hippie bohemian look with the little leather headbands and wavy hair. so janis joplin ;)
These are the aesthetics that make me salivate:
- Dyed hair. I love dying my own hair so when I see someone with hair that is either black, pink, dark red, plum, blue or violet I’m automatically in love.
- Victoriana men and women. I think that style of dress is so beautiful, dark, and romantic.
- Curvy/full-figured women in bootcut jeans or pencil skirts with some very sexy heels.
- Men with facial hair or without. I think both is sexy.
- Eccentricities that are subtle (dyed hair is not an eccentricity to me…it seems normal now).
- Big goofy smiles, smug looking profiles, and a really nice nose on men. I’m particularly drawn to rail-thin men. When it comes to women I love a curvy woman and if she’s dressed like Marlene Dietrich then I’m all hers.
Actually there are a lot things I love on other people because I love to people watch and everyone has something that I love.
I love people who look totally at ease with themselves, and are comfortable in their own skins. That to me in insanely sexy.
But more specifically, I like girls with short hair (like my twin sister, who sometimes shaves it all off), and guys with long (but well kept) hair. Anyone with well tailored outfits with a savvy personality to pull it off I immediately revere. Those who wear incredible outfits that make me look again I definitely respect and covet.
But I like most the people who have the strength to be who they are, dress how they like, and smile as often as possible regardless of the accepted or recent fashions and trends. I think those people are incredibly brave and exciting.
I love amazingly healthy skin. I always wonder how they do it. I love women who wear so many colors, but they all look so interesting a vibrant together. I have a soft spot for men with dark hair and blue eyes and I love that slouchy “I like to read” look. I think minimalist makeup is amazing, as is super duper dramatic out-of-this-world makeup. Like colored eyebrows. I admire people who color their eyebrows wild colors. I am impressed with women who can walk miles in high heels, and women who managed to find the perfect pair of flats. I think healthy, groomed nails are incredible. I love people who have that light walk of confidence in them. I think smiles and bright eyes make anyone look good, no matter what they’re wearing.
Thank you, Gala. After all that’s happened to me today this is the perfect pick-me-up. Also, which LJ style communities do you like? (I love LJ. :D) Also, yay T.S. Eliot quote!
——I love skinny girls with toned arms, looking fit and fantastic.
——I loved messy beach hair.
——I love looks that just ARE expensive: velvet blazers, snakesin shoes, croc bags, fur coats (ooh yes), cashmere cardigans, Chanel headbands, pearls, etc.
——For some unknown reason I really like go-go boots.
——I love sophisticated wrap dresses and maxi dresses.
——I love a well-tied scarf.
——I love a perfect, flawless creamy face.
——I love flowy dresses taken in by a structured blazer or cardi.
——I love big baggy cardigans and sweater dresses.
——I love fringes of all kinds; side-swept and loose, long and heavy, and everything.
——I love that one girl in costume play I saw once with the short curly white hair…
——And of course I love you. But that’s taken for granted. :D
-pale boys with lots of tattoos and piercings.
-girls who pull off glamour.
-people with oddly coloured hair, especially if they have a mainly mono-chrome style. (lots of black, etc.)
-curvy girls who dress to their size, but also to their style.
-little girls with big bags.
-muss and fuss hair…the messier, the better.
-big rings on every finger, and huge necklaces.
-people who dress to themselves, no matter what.
I love when people sport their freckles.
I love:
Boys:
*a fitted suit. And I mean REALLY fitted. No sloppiness. *Boys who dress like Elvis Costello *Vests *Overcoats *Militaria *Regency style jackets
Girls: *pencil skirts on girls who can fill them out *pale skin and dark hair *hats- any style, but mainly the cute little 40s cocktail hats with veils aplenty *twiggy style dressses *pixie cuts * coat dresses *the Hitchcock Heroine look *riding boots *girls who dress sharp all the time. No sweats! *T strap heels *cloche hats *red lips *colorfull eyemake up *ballet style wrap sweaters *red trench coats *colored fishnet stockings
Both: *Red hair *Freckles *thick framed glasses *neatness *an appreciation of historical clothing (bring on the tail coats!) *ahh, who are we kidding, PALE skin for everyone!
Basically, I love people who have the confindance to pull off anything. They’re aren’t many people where I am who dress nicely everyday, so I’m enamored with those who do!
- red lips – dark mahogony skin – white porcelain skin – red hair – curls – dreadlocks – nose studs – pixie cuts – dimples – mischevious grins – super-long chandelier earrings – stacks of bangles/anklets – super-high chunky heels – sparkly tights – beauty spots – green eyes – quilted bags – flushed cheeks – deep purple nail polish – black sequins – faux fur coats
Oh, I could go on and on! It’s so much easier to think of these things than I thought it would be.
You know I said a billion things and then deleted them because I figured it’d be more of value to say what I love most. I think overall I love people who look cultured. Who seem to take a little bit of various things and make it their own.
There was a man I saw in the cafe on Morehouse’s campus who just epitomized it to me. He had sorta paleish skin, green freckled eyes and that sorta curly honey hair in an afro that only mixed kids get. He was wearing a well tailored black suit but the cuffs of his shirt were slightly ruffled, the kind of thing you see on Prince. He had many rings (silver, black, peridot) and 3 to 4 lines of text wrapped around his wrist in a beautiful flowy script.
I mean, he was a bunch of opposites all pushed in together. He’d taken from black culture, alt culture, professionalism, and just mixed it together. He was beautiful. Yes, I did stare.
I like boys: with blue eyes – with dirty blond hair – with stubble that’s just beginning to soften – who are brave enough to wear cardigans – with wild, uncontrollable locks – with warm, wonderful smiles – who look great in just a white tee, jeans, and sneakers – with tattoos – in glasses
I like girls: who layer on the eyeliner and mascara, and keep the rest of their face bare – with red/auburn hair – with uncontrollable curls – who can dress their curvy bodies – who play up their small breasts to their advantage – who go glam when everyone else is casual – who dress like Grace Slick
I’m pretty confident that anyone will look good if they KNOW they look good (which 90% of the time, they do). Personally, I love people who dress anachronistically and just own it.
Long hair is beautiful, but I titter inside over short styles that rock. Like when Victoria came out with her MAJOR haircut… Swoon.
I also love, love, love girls who wear heels every day, every where, without ANY shame. I think that’s probably the dreamiest thing ever. A woman who’s damn proud to be a woman and will fight crime and kick ass without batting a falsie. Melt.
xoxo!
*girls with short dark hair *pale girls with freckles *girls with PINK hair *girls who push gender boundries with their clothes and hair…Tilda Swinton, for example *grunge boys *men in well tailored suits *Rachel Weisz *dark hair + blue eyes *confidence *glasses *girls covered in tattoos *short short bangs *men who wear black fingernail polish *Mary-Kate Olsen *I really also love Lindsay Lohan’s look in Mean Girls before she went totally plastic. And her look in Herbie the Love Bug. *..and did I mention Rachel Weisz..I just LOVE her look. *John Cusack. He is always a perfect combo of regular next door neighbor guy and quirkiness. *regular blue collar working guys in their work clothes. Scruffy and dirty. Looking like they are down to earth guys doing a good and hard day of work. *girls in a plain tee shirt and jeans *anyone in converse chuck taylors
Cleanliness is a virtue, crystal skin, purposeful way of dress, smiles or laughing (sense of humor) – Sometimes my favorite people are fellow runners I see – anyone who rocks exercise clothing …mary jane shoes, vegan shoes, posture…
skinny jeans, especially on boys.
straight edge boys and girls.
vegetarians.
short hair on girls.
scottish accents.
pale faces.
eyeliner.
scene hair.
anyone anti-fur.
‘geek chic’.
japanese fashions. of any kind. love them.
really skinny, muscular girls.
I love anyone who looks cute and knows it but is not at all concieted about it.
I love GOOD tattoos, especially on the forearms. The more colorful, the better.
I love heavily tattooed women in dresses.
I love dark- haired men in suits that are slightly disheveled (tie pulled down, etc). That’s so hot.
I LOVE cardigans!!!!!
I love retro touches in an outfit.
I love pin curls!
I love it when curvy girls look hot.
I love girls that are curvy but flaunt it instead of complaining that they are not stick thin. I love long hair with swept across bangs and the colors pink, Grey, and green. Jewlery that is handmade. Cardigans, and skinny jeans. Flats are cute and make me happy because I can’t pull off heals.
And mustaches for men because I am supporting my bf in growing one.
-Short, elfin haircuts.
-Conversely, long grey hair. It’s so unusual, sadly, to see a woman with naturally grey hair who wears it long, but it can be so beautiful.
-People who wear exactly the right colours for their complexion.
-Jewel colours: raspberry, forest green, magenta.
-Skirt suits.
-Slightly old-fashioned, feminine dresses.
-Black crew-neck sweaters with black trousers and black ballet flats.
-People who don’t wear makeup because they know they look better without it.
-Kohl done well.
-Jeans on absolutely anybody.
-Lacy tights.
-Long-sleeved sweaters.
-Kimono with amazing patterns and colours.
-Traditional pyjamas!
-Untreated Afro hair.
-Necklaces and pendants that come down to the navel.
-Short messy hair
-Outfits that channel a bit of Marie Antoinette
-Boys with long eyelashes
-Stripes
-Legwarmers done right
-Boys in stripey sweaters
-Androgyny
-Scarves (even in the summer!)
-Confidence
~ Pale girls with long, dark hair.
~ Boys who wear bright colors, particularly if it’s a striped sweater or argyle.
~ Boys in sweater vests of any kind; extra points for a tie!
~ Girls with blonde hair and dark glasses.
~ Boys with glasses!
~ Plaid in any form, on anybody.
~ Big bright blue scarves.
~ Freckles, freckles freckles. :D
~ Asian girls in oversized coats, or Asian girls in anything really… they can pull off so many styles and look good while doing it.
~ Unexpected layers!
~ Girls with boyish hair and big eyes.
~ Big, pointy, prominent, or otherwise aristocratic noses.
Skinny pale girls with bright blue or green eyes, stringy long black hair (no bangs), and wearing form-fitting sheer scoop neck tops with contrastingly wide-leg jeans and fat platform shoes.
-Guys in skinny jeans
-Skinny jeans in general
-Guys with eyeliner
-The cat-eye look on girls
-Hair dyed unusual, or multiple colors
-Converses
-Scarves
-Brightly colored eyeshadow
-Band tees
-Hoodies
-Knee high socks with skirts/short shorts
-Chunky jewelery
-Pale skin with dark hair/darker skin with light hair
-Lip ring/nose ring
I’m also a sucker for any guy that can play the guitar.
Tattooed Japanese boys make me weak too.
I am so attracted to people with an excess of confidence, almost borderline arrogance but without being overt about it. Very few people, I think, can pull this off. I find it so compelling when people can exude an aura of self-assurance regardless of what they are doing or how they are dressed.
So, in short, people who can do what they want without shame and own it.
I adore: when gals stack knee-hi socks over leggings or stockings, door knocker earrings, girls with pixie hair cuts, jumpers, boys who rock scarves, red red lips, when girls with curly hair don’t straighten their hair, wooden allen glasses, boys in houndstooth coats, short short 70s shorts, convertible gloves, girls unafraid to wear sequins in casual settings, kanye west’s style, pairing neon colors with grey or brown, and smiling in pictures!
I love pin up girls! They are my true picture of beauty.
I love beehives! I tried one on myself and fell in love.
I love splashes of color on other people.
your purple hair for example :)
I love bright colored tattoos
I love pin up girl tattoos oh the perfect combo!
I love the way boys smell.
Or the way my shirt smells after I hug a boy.
I loooove…
...men in three-piece suits ...girls with gauged ears ...girls who wear ballet SLIPPERS rather than ballet flats (I recently started doing so, and it is SO much more comfortable!) ...beehives as an everyday look ...people with pink hair. Every time I see it, I squeal, “PINK!!!” ...large, Willy Wonka-esque rings ...skinny jeans on boys ...men who jog up and down my street without shirts (yum!!) ...big, long eyelashes ...unusual manicures ...nerdy boys, like Henry on Ugly Betty (LOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!) ...men who bake ...clean-shaven men (seriously, it just feels SO much better!) ...eyelashes in unnatural colors (but I really hate stuff like pink mascara and the like without a white primer underneath)Girls with cute bobs that wear headbands, ribbons, or roses in their hair, lace, pearls, sleeve detail, clean lines, mixing lacy femininity with crisp masculine clothes, like a delicate blouse with mens pin striped pants, ballet flats, women not afraid to use their best assets, even if those assets don’t match whats “in” right now, big, full, meeningful smiles, dimples, pretty shades of lipstick and eyeshadow, umbrellas and long scarves, necklaces, dangily earrings, bold silver rings.
I love that we’re all diffrent, and that what we love is all diffrent.
And I thought I was the only one who adored beautiful, fine-featured girls with septum piercings… I can’t get enough.
I love redheads to the point of fetishism. I LOVE androgyny! I love large, sensual women and spiky, irritable-looking boys (even if I don’t really like talking to the latter because they are inevitable spiky and irritable). I love preppiness.
I really love those dirty-looking angry 16-year-old boys with long hair that’s messy because they really never brush it, not ‘cause they’re going for That Look, who are always in angry punk bands and fight-dancing and sticking their jaws out at everyone.
I love unpretentiousness infashion and I love effortlessness. I especially love those people who maintain their own style in the face of greatest adversity, with no apologies. I love practicality while remaining stylish!
And I love this attitude. Thanks, Gala.
@ de profundis: You could maybe phrase it ‘I like girls with small chests’ rather than ‘I don’t like boobs.’ >.> Because putting it the way that you did is rather negative, and makes me uneasy.
i love people who dress like they know who they are.
I love sixties mod dresses.
I love my new bleached hair.
I love men’s coats – I just DIE for men’s coats, they have such beautiful lines.
I love people who aren’t afraid to speak their minds.
I love DDr addicts at the arcade here in the university.
I love people who know how to drink delicately out of a travel coffee mug.
-pink hair
-teased hair
-tattoos
-boys in snuggley hoodies with tattoos
-cotton boxer shorts (not the tight variety!)
-woolen beanies
-hand knitted socks and mittens (thanks mum) – ^ extra points if they match!
-looooong scarves
-green eyeshadow
-sparkley eyeshadow
-a blunt fringe with a smooth bob
-natural skin ie: no faketan or excessive sun exposure!
-white teeth
-clear lipgloss that smells good
-chanel
-structured coats
-juju lips
-ruffled hair
-beauty spots
-perfume everyday
a smile is always the best accessory.
I love:
Leggings with pleated mini skirts!
Knee high boots (any colour, any style).
Long straight black or dark hair.
Huge frizzy curls (like mine!).
Converse sneakers with skintight black pants and a red or white top.
Emo bangs.
Very tall and skinny boys.
Ballerina like skirts.
Dramatic eye make up.
Long sleeved shirts.
Kisses.
I really dig a girl who wears springtime dresses all year round altered only in the colder monthes by colorful leggings, a vintage military coat, and a russian flap-ear hat…
*patterned tights in wonderful colours *red hair and pale skin *long dark hair worn loose *fairytale aesthetics *hair dyed brilliant colours *sleeve and back tattoos in bright colours *gloves *knee height lace-up boots *lace *vivid makeup (red, red lips) *high round toed heels
And I wear almost none of these things myself – I guess what I love on other people is not what I love on myself (or not what suits me, anyway).
I love:
redheads (wish i could pull that look off *sighs)guys or girls! i love red hair
british accents (adorable!)
Shirts with political messages
boys who dress creatively!
that sums it up well
i adore:
... big messy hair,
... people who dress up,
... big poofy petticoats,
... dramatic eye makeup,
... boys & girls with unnatural hair colors,
... anyone who breaks out of the jeans and hoodie uniform that i see all to often [its just so blah!]
... men with tattoo sleeves, or just good tattoos in-general
... anyone who wears stacks of bangles
... boys who wear good fitting pants
... very very tall boys [i’m 6 foot tall, i like to be at eye level]
... people with excellent grammar.
... beautiful milky pale skin
... massive, paper weight looking rings
... long dark hair
... pin-up girls
... unusual purses
and i go batty for a delicious smelling man :]
Yeah, I thought that blackcigarette post on LJ got nasty really quick. But the person who said that bad attitudes were unattractive wasn’t trying to talk about the original poster in a sneaky way…she just meant that people who have nasty attitudes while wearing a cool outfit kill the look.
And that’s why I just like confidence and originality – they’re two of the the few pieces of a wardrobe that are always in season.
I love things that look like they originated from a secret garden. Sshhhh!
I love femininity…pearls, pinky stuff, lace, frilly skirts, knickers, bows etc
I love intricately patterned wallpaper in grand hotels, bars & boutiques.
I love enameled flowery jewellery
I love men with a well-defined Adams Apple, sideburns and with a slight dusting of freckles.
I love this space to expound about all of the delicious beauty in this magnificent world of variety! Thanks Gala!
But, a little more superficially, I love…
* Korean & Japanese guys, I think they’re the most BEAUTIFUL Asians ever * Older men * People whose physical appearance and style sort of clash (a petite girl with tons of tattoos and piercings, a built guy in a sweatervest, things like that) * Pale skin (people are not meant to be orange!) * Africans (people from that whole continent seem so strong and full of class!)
Honestly, anyone who has fun breaking “the rules” is amazingly sexy to me, I don’t have extremely high standards!
Going to the city, or even the neighbouring town is like an adventure for me. I love seeing what people wear, and how they put clothes together. Things I really, really love…
Girls who wear legwarmers over their boots, wearing any shade of pink (regardless of sex), people with well-dyed unnatural hair colour like Gala n_n, japanese boys who wear stylish threads, girls who dress in cute-overload, men wearing sweater vests, men with shaved heads glasses and a bright coloured collared shirt, girls who have a full fringe, girls who wear liquid eyeliner pink blush and rosy lips, people prancing about in Toronto (or any other major city) in their native clothing (kimono, shalwar kameez, sombrero’s…?)
- primarily black outfits accented with bright, bright colors (chartreuse tights, a bright red scarf, anything!) – backseamed and/or thigh-high stockings – well-tailored suits on anyone, male or female – ribbons tied in hair or around necks – anything inspired by the Victorian era. Mmm, steampunk. – unusual necklines or hems – red and black. These two colours took over my wardrobe for years. It made things a little monotonous, but everything matched and I looked so polished! – jewelry with locks on. It’s so subtly suggestive. – brightly colored hair – people dressed in very sleek, classic clothing but with visible tattoos, piercings, or crazy hair. Pearls + piercings = win – on that note, lip piercings. I’d look silly all pierced up, but I envy those who can carry it off. – androgyny; specifically, girls with short hair combed like men’s hairstyles from previous eras, and boys in makeup or nail polish. – red lipstick worn with confidence – people who are always wearing the perfect underwear – clothing with long lines – fedoras and other neat hats – ballet slippers – stompy boots, especially when incongruously paired with a more delicate, feminine outfit – Cool coats. Trench coats, peacoats, colorful raincoats . . . I have a bright green faux fur coat I’m positively obsessed with right now.
I love girls with big eyes and a lot of dramatic makeup. I love boys with big puffy hair. I love girls with short pixie hair cuts. I love boys with long hair. I love girls with sleek bobs. I love boys in uniform. I love girls who can kick butt. I love boys who can sing. I love girls with flawless style. I love boys who wear scarves…
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I love girls with big eyes and a lot of dramatic makeup. I love boys with big puffy hair. I love girls with short pixie hair cuts. I love boys with long hair. I love girls with sleek bobs. I love boys in uniform. I love girls who can kick butt. I love boys who can sing. I love girls with flawless style. I love boys who wear scarves…
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I love ridiculously bright stockings and dresses (Patience Hodgson does them well!)
I love little waists with curvy hips
I LOVE smiles. Huge smiles that aren’t just stuck on to look pretty for the camera. Real, sincere smiles. They’re my favourite accessory _
I love girls with red hair.
I love Asian girls with long black hair with grey streaks at their temples.
I love blood red lips.
I love Hello Kitty over-kill.
I love stockings with spider webs on them.
I love tucked in shirts with pants and belts.
I love massive sailor tattoos on the arms and chest. Of women.
I love jewellery that makes noise.
I love facial moles.
I love scars.
I love charm bracelets.
Great post Gala! I can be a bitchy gal sometimes and I love a gossip but you rein me back in and remind me to be nice. Thanks love!
i love
blunt thick fringes on women
tall girls with heels on
tattoos on the collar bones of women
spotting a man with cufflinks
cufflinks on females
pink tattoos
older ladies wearing natural coloured fishnets
japanese guys and girls wearing anything crazy – they look good in anything!
girls with curls!
black haired beauties
white blonde hair
boys with red hair and green eyes
girls wearing ballet flats with summer dresses
I love sheer almost see-through tops.
I love cashmere camel sweaters that are skin-tight.
I Love brighty pointy shoes and boots. If they’re patent even better!
I love people who carry books and read them on the bus.
I love people who don’t have mp3s hanging out of their ears.
And I love those who can pull off white hair!
Why does it make me so sad that people are referring to what they find attractive in terms of weight? So many people are commenting on thinness vs. ‘curviness’ and girls who “dress for their size”. How about dressing for your HAPPINESS?
I’m 5’10” and about 155 lb. on a good day. I am by no means thin— And I wear or embody a lot of things on these lists (I’m a fairy-tale dresser with blonde and navy blue hair, I’ve got a surplus of tattoos, skinny jeans, uniforms, jewelry blah blah blah) but is it all the same kind of ‘good’ if a chubby girl like me is doing it? Probably not, to some of these people.
I know that when I flip styles and go to class in Uggs and an AA pullover, the preppy girls look at me like I’ve lost my mind. Because I’m not 5’4” and 100 lb, the look doesn’t quite fit. But you know, I’d rather be happy where I am right now than miserable at 104 lb, which is where I was at fourteen years old.
The thing I value most in people, the trend I find most attractive, is SELFLESSNESS. Show me what you do to improve your surroundings and spread an unending, boundariless, WEIGHTLESS love.
Women especially need to stop encouraging the mentality that extreme thinness is ‘trendy’ or ‘the best thing.’ That type of behaviour is triggering and bothersome, and there’s no need for it.
Love,
Meredith
boys in well-tailored pants and dress shirts with the sleeves rolled up and the top couple of buttons undone.
swoon.
I love boys with long hair and girls with short hair.
Anything that messes with conventional gender stereotypes.
I love love love it when women dress to accentuate what society would deem ‘flaws’. e.g. short girls wearing flats, curvy girls in horizontal stripes. The body should be embraced and celebrated. We shouldn’t waste our time trying to hide our so called imperfections. I’m a curvy girl (australian size 12). I’m sick of seeing fashion magazines that tell me I should dress in certain ways to hide this. You will not separate me from my skinny jeans until I’m dead and burried :)
Anyone who rocks the moon tan.
Brightly coloured tights.
Vintage engagement rings worn for everyday on any finger.
I’m a sucker for a boy in buddy holly glasses.
I love boys wearing girls clothes and having a good time while doing so. I love either sex with red hair and green eyes. I love my momma and people like her. I love stripey socks and those who like the appearance of Pipi longstalkings. Dressing like a babydoll, crazy eye contacts, people who sport septum noserings or liprings, armsleeve tattoos, and/or crazy shoes. I love people who appreciate other people’s style and those who dress any crazy Decora of VisuKei.
I love people who can smile and really mean it.
besides all the things i love, i noticed that everything i don’t like about myself (red hair, freckles, pale skin, roman nose, interesting profile, short in stature, etc etc), there is at least one person out there who thinks it’s adorable! :3
just off the top of my head:
dark hair with pale skin, people who smile back at me on the street, people comfortable in their own skin, boys who wear square scarves, tall lanky boys, chubbier guys, oversized glasses on boys, etc etc etc.
i love boys with scars, tunnels, people with tatt’s that actually MEAN something to them, i love girls who are porcelain-pale with flaming red hair, i love curvy girls who make it look so damn good, i love boys who don’t look like they work out every day but have a bit of natural muscles.
i love the glow pregnant women have.
most of all i love people who are not scared to be themselves. no MATTER what they look like.
+ i love a well pulled off mullet…and im not talking billy ray-cyrus i mean the punk mullet…especially the black & blonde ones+
+ anybody who wears clothing with pictures of cupcakes, strawberries or apples on them +
+ i absolutely love curvy women who show confidence no matter what they are wearing… purely because we are HOT!!! +
+ i love piercings…on men and women… +
+ i especially love sweet looking girls, with natural hair, freckles and unexpected piercings & tattoos +
+ i love well done dreadlocks on both sexes +
+ i love well dressed drag queens – so hot! +
+ Anyone who wears the basic skinny jean & slogan tee combo with over the top accesories & hair +
+ brightly coloured shoes…