The "Plastic" Look

[j'adore_couture]

^The weight thread will tell you extensively how that, ahem, second picture, is physically impossible to the extent where it just becomes rather comical.

 

[michyed]

^Hahaha yes

 

[jackie1]

Love Jesse Jane in post #318... don't ask me how I know... lol

The first thing I do when looking at pics of p*rnstars in action is look at their makeup...

 

[PinkGoddess]

I've noticed that many people who diss wearers of the "plastic look" really don't have any issue with artificial, heavy, or embellishing styles, they just dislike those who want to look conventionally and sexually attractive. These are the same people who often defend their own styles on the basis of individual freedom of expression, and then turn around and criticise others just the same. I find it sad that modern high fashion has encouraged women to reject everything traditionally feminine, to the extent where women who don't are criticised and labelled on the basis of their sexuality and intelligence, etc. How ironic that these people accuse such women of being "shallow" when the only ones judging character by appearance are themselves.

Anyway, I'm a much bigger fan of the plastic looks worn by women in the 50's and 60's. I think Jayne Mansfield was one of the first women to popularise it:

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

No offense meant, but for some of us a lot of the plastic looks posted on here are not what some of us consider conventionally and sexually attractive and I do not consider those looks traditionally feminine. Jayne Mansfield's look there is not the same as a lot of these pictures.

 

[The_Ida]

No offense meant, but for some of us a lot of the plastic looks posted on here are not what some of us consider conventionally and sexually attractive and I do not consider those looks traditionally feminine.

I totally agree. That's what I have against the plastic look: those who do it brand themselves as the epitome of femininity, and I just don't think that they are. At all. I think they look silly.

 

[PinkGoddess]

Of course there are many women who wear it very heavy, to the point of looking drag queenish, but generally the "plastic" look just refers to long blonde hair, tanned skin, pink lips, darkened eyes, pink/bronze blush etc, which are all conventionally feminine. Most of the examples in this thread lean toward the extreme plastic look, but I think the majority of girls who wear it keep it much more simple. Maybe it's the word "plastic" that makes people think of literal plastic (i.e. boob jobs and inflated lips) or I could just have a different interpretation.

 

[The_Ida]

Of course there are many women who wear it very heavy, to the point of looking drag queenish, but generally the "plastic" look just refers to long blonde hair, tanned skin, pink lips, darkened eyes, pink/bronze blush etc, which are all conventionally feminine.

Again - I disagree. I don't that is "conventionally feminine". That doesn't even exist. We all have so different preferences that I don't think it makes sense to talk about conventional in this case...which is why I think the whole plastic look in itself is pretty much fail

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

I agree with that. We all have different things we find appealing, whether or not we're into high fashion. And I'm brunette. I don't get why specifically long blonde hair would be considered more feminine as opposed to any other hair color or why we would have any reason to feel the need to stick to what some people consider "conventional". Also that definition seems somewhat culturally biased.

 

[PinkGoddess]

But that is the inherent nature of anything "conventional", that it exists as a standard irrespective of varied personal tastes. In Western culture (particularly America), tanned, blue-eyed blondes still remain the popular ideal for female beauty, therefore that is the conventionally attractive look. The same applies to the "plastic" makeup style.

It makes sense to talk about what's conventional because conventional beauty always works both ways; many people associate it with attractiveness and sex appeal, but many others also immediately dismiss it as generic, unoriginal, and artificial. The people who criticise girls just for wearing the plastic style are no better than those who fawn over those girls just for being bleach blonde and slathered in makeup.

 

[PinkGoddess]

I agree with that. We all have different things we find appealing, whether or not we're into high fashion. And I'm brunette. I don't get why specifically long blonde hair would be considered more feminine as opposed to any other hair color or why we would have any reason to feel the need to stick to what some people consider "conventional". Also that definition seems somewhat culturally biased.

There is certainly no reason to follow to a style just because it's conventional, the same way there's no reason to avoid or criticise a style just because it's conventional. Both are equally pointless, but it's the latter that those who judge wearers of the plastic look don't seem to understand.

 

[miu_miu]

PinkGoddess, please credit your images (324) as per tFS guidelines. Thank you

 

[michyed]

So by saying that long blonde hair + tanned skin + blue eyes etc is considered conventionally feminine, I assume that all asians, blacks, brunettes & redheads who chose not to dye their hair will never have the chance to fall under the look you consider "most feminine". Very ethically and racially biased indeed.

 

[PinkGoddess]

PinkGoddess, please credit your images (324) as per tFS guidelines. Thank you

Ah, thanks for reminding me

The source is: pinkgoddess.ning.com

 

[PinkGoddess]

So by saying that long blonde hair + tanned skin + blue eyes etc is considered conventionally feminine, I assume that all asians, blacks, brunettes & redheads who chose not to dye their hair will never have the chance to fall under the look you consider "most feminine". Very ethically and racially biased indeed.

I said it's the standard of conventional beauty among Western culture, which it is. Of course that's culturally and racially biased, but rejecting the style for that reason alone is silly, and that's the only point I was making.

 

[The_Ida]

^I don't think it's silly.

 

[PinkGoddess]

How is rejecting something because it's popular any less silly than buying into it just because it's popular?

 

[michyed]

^We don't reject it because it's popular, we reject it because it's very aesthetically unpleasing

 

[The_Ida]

^Because of the silly reasons that it's popular? And still, don't know if the plastic look is popular. It isn't where I live.

 

[michyed]

^And where Ida lives is considered "western" too