Flies Don’t Bite is a site filled with the Brisbane Scene kidlets inc. happy snaps.
I'm always around. My eyes are peeled like a banana.
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Warning: This post is a tad nasty as I have written it before breakfast.
FDB + No Food = Mean
I know I have been away for a long… long… long long time. The photos of my NY fashion escapades are coming, I promise.
It seems like forever ago I was there with my (now beautifully dressed *thank you H&M and Zara* boyfriend). Good news though… I will be returning at the end of the year!
I know, I would hate me too. I will be going to NY and also… HARRY POTTER WORLD WOOOOOO! I really want to dress in character too. I’ll grab me a pair of grey pants, a nice crisp white shirt with a green and silver tie (I do have short white-blonde hair so I have to be Malfoy… Yay for hair gel)
Anywho.. onto more pressing matters… (However, there is nothing more important than NY)…
I was at uni a couple of weeks ago and saw this girl with the shortest shorts ever, a white singlet with a polkadot bra showing and black sequined suspenders…
I was so sad. I actually had to be on a panel with her which made it worse because I couldn’t help becoming progressively sadder and sadder. She was also wearing a sloppy beanie. And not in the good “I-look-so-trendy-chic-in-this-huffulump-of-a-beanie” kind of way. It was bad. It was all very bad.
Teamed with the heavy eye make up (at 10am)… it was a disaster.
I just had to get out a little judge time there. I am done. With that particular person…
Now onto the good stuff:
Jewellery Overdosing. It’s a serious epidemic that has apparently infected 75+% of Brisbane’s population. Now I’m not saying that we have that many people, resources (of fashiontastic things) or the most appropriate weather at the best of times… but come on Brisbanites, at least give it a go…
Why put so much jewellery on? I understand the dilemma of “I have so many shiny things I want to show off all at once” but we have to hold back. You can’t have a necklace on with bracelets, earrings and rings. I’ll make a rule (that I’m sure none will follow) - 2 is maximum unless the earrings are standard ‘keep the hole open’ type ones. Then 3 is maximum. I think that sounds fair, yes? Yes? Yes.
Also… I’ve seen MX. I love it, I really do… but the people they put in the “Spotted” section for Brisbane is just sad. The Sydney and Melbourne kids (who most of the time aren’t really that much better) must laugh at the sad outifts that are wastes of ink. I’m not saying they all dress horribly… some of them are quite good. And even if they aren’t so good, that is sort of ok… but just don’t put them as a sort of “fashion-face” for Brisbane.
I apologise if you are reading this and have been in MX. I’m sure all of you are the exception.
So.. to the people who are reading this for the first time, have re-stumbled across it from the past or have loyally waited for another post (ha… I’m sure), let’s step it up for the good of Brisbane. Let’s put us on the fashion map as not sad creatures, but the Paris/Milan/NY of Australia. It will take a few thousand giant leaps but we can do it. Let’s beat out Melbourne and Sydney! Yay Brisbane!
Side Note:
I now live in the city, so no one is safe. I can see you all from the comfort of my rooftop. Just letting you know :) I also hope to run into you at Starbucks Queens Plaza which I now frequent for a sneaky treat of tea in a paper cup.
Eyes Peeled Like A Banana,
FDB
