Why Trends Are Pretty Much the Most Useless Thing Ever
Let’s face it. These days, I don’t get out much. Which translates to much of my social interaction happening online, through social media sites like Facebook and Pinterest (I recently discovered Instagram, but I’m still trying to figure that one out).
I check out what’s going on in the world, what’s cool now (seriously, I have no idea unless you want to get into nursery colour schemes and maternity underwear, which I didn’t even know was a thing until it was WAY too late) and so on. In my quest to stay informed, I stumbled on a recent post via Vogue that made me basically fall out of my chair laughing. It was a piece on “Chic-Mom” hair and how to get it. Along with the blundering post, there were pictures of celebrities like Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba touting their adorable children around, their hair either tossed into messy buns, or in a mess around their faces, as if it was a trend (they obviously looked beautiful, but I suspect that has more to do with genetics and photo angles than anything else). Now, if you happen to be a mother, you and I both know that these ‘messy’ hairstyles are far from purposeful. In fact, they are more likely the result of, “Okay, the kids are dressed, they haven’t pooped yet and I’m pseudo-presentable considering that I brushed my teeth. We’ve got 15 minutes to get to where we need to be, so I’m going to tuck these sunglasses in my hair and hope that nobody notices.” Translating to, “The way my hair looks is really at the bottom of my priority list.” Lucky for us flustered mamas, messy hair is becoming a thing that corporate companies are currently trying to bottle and sell to those who still have the time to actually run a brush through their hair.
This brings me to my next point. Trends are stupid. They are just a way to keep magazines and fashion houses in business, and make no sense at all. Wearing classic shades and cuts is pretty much the way to go, especially if you don’t want to have to switch up your entire wardrobe every season (And seriously, who can afford/wants to do that?). Wearing what works for you is what works in general—regardless of what the bored writer at