oceanharlot
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looks like i'll finally be in vogue when i go out and about in my "uniform" aka jeans and t-shirt covered in paint. I'm not neat.
most people just ask me, (quite condescendingly mind you) "oh, so what? you're a painter or something?" or "do you paint houses for a living?" sometimes I tell people, what? do I have something on my shirt? more often than not though, I laugh and say "oh, hahahaha, it's Diesel. (has anyone been in there? everything looks like it was owned by a painter who smokes and accidentally gets their clothes caught in a sanding machine.)
on a personal note: maybe it's just because I am a painter, but I don't like this trend. at all. I think it cheapens the art, especially the rothko inspired one, so disgusting to me, I feel like rothko is closest thing to god in my life... to see it on a dress, you lose the touch of the sublime that is Rothko... all that is left is the "idea" of a rothko. all that is left is the shell. this trend also perpetuates the trend of paying exorbinate amounts of money to look as though you are part of something you aren't... I hate seeing people paying 100+ dollars for a pair of jeans that was lovingly distressed to look as though the wearer works in a messy profession, whilst they really work in PR. I should clarify myself- I see nothing wrong with a mechanic wearing distressed jeans covered in oil stains and whatnot- but to see a 16 year old girl wearing them with a pink tank top and converse seems off to me. I wish people would rejoice in representing themselves truthfully, rather than wearing something that is not a part of their life at all. I guess this applies mostly to that blazer with the paint smears on the pockets especially. And that first article really peeves me. Its meant to look as though an aristocrat who can afford to buy another silk gown walked through an atelier and got paint all over herself, and doesnt care... seriously? especially after so many people say very not-nice things to me when I dare to wear my paint splattered clothing outside of the studio...
I should mention that it took me a long time to post this, I feel as though I shouldn't care if someone wears paint drips on their clothing, because that helps to break the idea of the artist as this entity...
but honestly, I can't help, or even explain how derogatory this trend feels to me.
most people just ask me, (quite condescendingly mind you) "oh, so what? you're a painter or something?" or "do you paint houses for a living?" sometimes I tell people, what? do I have something on my shirt? more often than not though, I laugh and say "oh, hahahaha, it's Diesel. (has anyone been in there? everything looks like it was owned by a painter who smokes and accidentally gets their clothes caught in a sanding machine.)
on a personal note: maybe it's just because I am a painter, but I don't like this trend. at all. I think it cheapens the art, especially the rothko inspired one, so disgusting to me, I feel like rothko is closest thing to god in my life... to see it on a dress, you lose the touch of the sublime that is Rothko... all that is left is the "idea" of a rothko. all that is left is the shell. this trend also perpetuates the trend of paying exorbinate amounts of money to look as though you are part of something you aren't... I hate seeing people paying 100+ dollars for a pair of jeans that was lovingly distressed to look as though the wearer works in a messy profession, whilst they really work in PR. I should clarify myself- I see nothing wrong with a mechanic wearing distressed jeans covered in oil stains and whatnot- but to see a 16 year old girl wearing them with a pink tank top and converse seems off to me. I wish people would rejoice in representing themselves truthfully, rather than wearing something that is not a part of their life at all. I guess this applies mostly to that blazer with the paint smears on the pockets especially. And that first article really peeves me. Its meant to look as though an aristocrat who can afford to buy another silk gown walked through an atelier and got paint all over herself, and doesnt care... seriously? especially after so many people say very not-nice things to me when I dare to wear my paint splattered clothing outside of the studio...
I should mention that it took me a long time to post this, I feel as though I shouldn't care if someone wears paint drips on their clothing, because that helps to break the idea of the artist as this entity...
but honestly, I can't help, or even explain how derogatory this trend feels to me.
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