Okay, ladies, I could understand the appeal



of the Skull tees and “hoodies", pants,

necklaces, earrings, hats, handbags and oh

my god do I need to keep going, for about

five minutes but the trend has exhausted

itself. This pirate trend (rrr….)seems to be

quite popular among large and /or fake

chested women in their forties and many

high-end designers like Juicy Couture,

Isabella Fiore, and Ed Hardy, have jumped

on the skull and cross bones pirate motif

bandwagon.

I could understand the sex appeal but many

women in my opinion have gone completely

over board. Whatever happened to classy

and tasteful. It is one thing to have your

own fashion sense and take fashion risks. I

am all for that! But Pirates? Yo Ho Yo Ho

Pirate Chic is out! If you are the unfortunate

woman who traded in her entire wardrobe

for skull and cross bone emblems and big

hoop earrings that you paid quite a few

doubloons for because you thought pirates

were here to stay…. That is unfortunate for

you. But, it is time for a new wardrobe!

Stop looking to self proclaimed celebrity

fashion icons in their teens and twenties for

what’s popular. The best thing about not

being in your teens and twenties is not

giving a crap what people think….about

anything.

Do not fear though. You have a lot of other

choices. You can still look sexy without an

eye patch and a skull cap. (Seriously, you

know some of you have those too.) There

are a lot of brands out there that large and or

fake chested women (LFCW)can wear.

One brand that that is particularly stylish,

sexy, but tasteful, is Free People. And yes it

is acceptable for women any age. Nordstrom

sells an abundance of this brand. Another

Nordstrom favorite is James Perse. You can

also find a lot of his line at online boutiques

such as eLUXURY.com. His line is casual,

fitted and gives an effortless sexy appeal.

Not to mention both of these brands have a

timeless quality about them so you do not

risk falling into a fad and having to clean out

your closets once the fad has run its course.

Ladies let’s have your own style. Let the

teenage twenty somethings have their

moment. You need to represent who the

thirty and fourty-somethings are. Are you

desperate to be twenty-somethings? God, I

hope not. Go out there, find your inner

pirate, Take the risk and walk the plank. I

think you will find that the sharks in that

water….. don’t bite.

tf(2006)