TomBoy Fashion?



Tomboy???

Well Hell Yes I Am One!

When I was a kid I hated it when my parents would say..

"This is our little tomboy" when they introduced me

I always thought, " Hey, I'm NO boy"

but it was true that I did play more with boys on my street

they didn't cry when they got hurt

or worry about getting dirty or wet & muddy

So Yeah They Could Be More Fun Sometimes...

but I definitely was a girl,

not a girly girl,

but definitely a girl none the less.

and most of the tomboys I've ever known
have ended up getting involved in fashion
either personally or professionally


I Am One of Them Too!

Isn't there something sexy about a woman
wearing men's clothing??



I mean....

 Can We Talk Here??
Garbo Made it Work
she coaxed the idea into the mainstream
NOW....
there is no question that Greta Garbo
was a Fiercely Sexy Woman
There is NO boy, Tom or otherwise in her picture




Of Course She Wasn't The Only One.....



Kate Hepburn
 Beautiful and a Huge Star,
BIG Box Office Draw

I would have to say
 that she did not fall into
the "girly girl" category





AND THEN OF COURSE
MY IDOL


Diane

"Annie Hall"
did it for me

Cool permission to dress
 the way I was naturally inclined,
 definitely cute, stylish and sexy,


&
NOT compared in any way
 to those Girly Girls!

For instance.....

Me on the Right
my cousin Anne (who I love) on the Left

do you see the ladder behind Annie's legs?
uh yeah..she didn't actually climb the tree


but how could she
 wearing patent leather shoes with silver buckles
pressed jeans, a stark white shirt with peter pan collar
 and a pale pink windbreaker



This is where I come in...

Filthy Keds canvas sneakers,
 once white socks bunched down
 with some form of dirt in the creases
plaid wool boys jacket
one pigtail up & one pigtail down.....




The thing is...
I can't see myself "in" what Annie is wearing
 Then or Now!






I think that is why I buy & sell a lot of men's vintage clothing




for women to wear!




Even the vintage I sell that is more traditionally feminine...
I have to mix in an unconventional way....





....like this beautiful mink wrap!!
Bren's not wearing it with a sequined dress
"nuh uh"
but over a cabled wool sweater and jeans

She looks BEAUTIFUL!

See......
Definitely
No Boy in That Picture!!