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Plaid is Rad(ical) Haiku #1

Imagine me in

Catholic school--I'd wear plaid skirts,

and likely hate them. 

Celebs in Plaid: Selena Gomez in Justin Bieber's Shirt

Justin Bieber is a special creature and Selena Gomez is his girlfriend. They're apparently having separation anxiety and she's been living in his purple plaid shirt while prancing around London. This must be their attempt to replicate a normal relationship--the equivalent of a letterman jacket exchange in normal high schools (not that Justin would be a varsity athlete...let's just pretend).

I'd probably never wear this outfit, but color also tends not to vomit on me like it does on all Disney stars so, dice. They probably can't help it. I mean, this look's not bad, but it ain't exactly rad either. Also, it's just really hard to muster up a lot of enthusiasm about a post that involves Justin Bieber. Teenybopper out!

What are your thoughts--bad or rad?

I Talk Big Talk, But This Time I'm Back

I'm all revved up and ready to go!

Plaid is Rad(ical) is a short-lived relic of my old blogging life. When I started it, I was thirteen years old, new to the blogging world, and so fresh-faced and innocent.

Now, I'm almost nineteen. I've embarked on some professional blogging adventures. I go to college. I no longer have dial-up Internet. These are all delightful advances in my life. So delightful, in fact, that I look at my thirteen-year-old self and the crevice between us widens and widens with each passing day.

If that's the case, why return to this particular blog, uh, spot? Because I want to. I'm itching to write and obsess about plaid all over again. Love letters to patterns are the next big things, ya know? Besides, it's been five years and I am still on the hunt for the perfect tartan skirt. That's as good a reason as any.

(Photo by CarbonNYC)

It's seems as if a revival may be in store for this blog now that plaid is big and back and bold and seen on every little hipster walking down the street (in shirt form, that is).

Whorish. Whore.

I reread my last blog entry and I realize that I sound exactly like a non-fad whore. That is, I seem like I just hate plaid now because it has become popular. Really, the reason I've become tired of it is because it doesn't have the whole new, first date feel anymore. I still like it (at least, on some things) and I still really want a plaid skirt.

When it gets to this point...

So at the point that a middle-aged man tells me a print is "in", should I accept it? Well, I'm already past it.

http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=4118,ptnrid=164,ptnrdata=301689&GT1=9008

Plus, I've seen those plaid scarves EVERYWHERE. Including on my best friend. Those plaid Delia's dresses are all the rage too. And so are the bomber jackets. Still, when I went to San Francisco, I bought this pair of plaid Jack Purcell shoes that I had been salivating over for months at the local Marshalls, but they were a size too big. I snagged them for $15.

Here they are in all their glory. They remind me of golfing. Which is pretty cool even though I don't golf but my brother used to and my second cousin got a scholarship to Yale because of it...and now I'm rambling. Anywho, dare to wear plaid, but I advise to keep it refreshing and new. I don't know, wear it in an ironic way or something. The only other thing is that people might think you're wearing plaid just because it is a passing trend. Those are my two caveats. Tally-ho!

I'm no longer avant garde

Plaid is back in style. Case in point--I saw two, count em', two plaid dresses on girls in my grade, a few plaid scarves, and multiple plaid backpacks (plus one pair of Vans that this this girl in my math class always wears). Ironically, I just haven't been in a plaid-ish mood lately. I still want a red plaid skirt and stuff, but the whole plaid appeal has kind of died down a bit for me. It is sad, but true. So, I might do some long overdue postings of my blue plaid Keds and brown plaid blazer, but unless the mood strikes, I don't see myself obsessing over this print as of now.

As far as prints go, I've lately been into animal print--in small amounts. The idea of a tee, jeans, and trainers with a leopard print cardigan just appeals to me. So does an animal print bag/clutch and a black tee and jeans or just a LBD. I'd like it on a pair of pumps too. With red. God, I'm practically salivating over the image.