I hate it when people get the wrong idea of what fashion is really about. A lot of times people think that fashion is air-headed. They think that fashion is for those who are spoiled. That it’s stupid.

I see fashion as an art form for the designers as well as the people  (US, WE’RE THE PEOPLE!) who wear the clothes. What we wear allows us to tell express ourselves without saying a word. We can change it based on our mood or style to reflect to the world what we feel. Not a lot of other things can do that. Fashion is also WALKING art.

Now, you may be thinking that fashion may be an art form for the models and designers when they walk down runways or whatever, but you as the consumer actually has it better. (I’ve thought long and hard about this and here are the top two reasons as to why it’s better and more connected to why I love fashion being a regular old HUMAN. (Not that models aren’t human, but they’re just different looking super types of humans with good height genes.)

1. You get to express yourself when you’re not dressed by somebody else and pull together your OWN outfits to tell your story (a real story!)
2. You get to eat french fries

I truly believe that everyone should take the advantage of using their style as a way of expressing themselves. Even if you’re not necessarily one to follow “trends”, put together your own looks to show what you do follow.

The Oscar de la Renta Resort 2013 show had some hits and some misses. The beginning was well done with nice shapes and patterns that were styled nicely together, but the ending with the ball gowns felt forced into the show and didn’t fit.   I also didn’t like the colors or shapes of the dresses.

Here’s what I liked:

The skirt and jacket pairing sort of remind me of Alexander McQueen, but more of a classic structure… is that possible?

This is so beautiful and flow-y.

This is such a stunning pattern! I like how it is pulled together with the black belt and shoes.

I like the color and the structure of the blazer and pants. The color is so deep and pretty. Normally you would think of it as perfect for the fall but I like how he reinvented it for resort.

Somewhere in between:

Although I like the look, I feel like it is a little to safe for Oscar de la Renta. You can walk into any Zara or H&M and find these pieces. To make this fresh and personalized it needed a little twist.

What I didn’t like (a portion of the entire ending that I despised):

What is this?! The color is tacky and the shape is weird and not in a good way.

It’s just TOO much with all the ruffles and the pouf and the ombre color and the GIANT RANDOM FLOWER on the side!

The dress makes her look like a celery stick or some type of green vegetable… an asparagus? And where did that pattern come from?

The others I just can’t even…