ALL THE WORLD IS A RUNWAY

                And all the men and women merely models.  Our lives are a fashion show, they follow trends, they have their highpoints and revelations and in the end we only remember the significant moments.           

                We begin our fashion show wearing what our mother thinks we should wear. We don’t have any choice in the matter. We crawl and then walk through the catwalk in a naïve, relaxed and joyful manner, being constantly distracted by new toys and people and needing to be protected to not fall off.  We don’t care much about how we dress although girls usually start to get a bit vain by the age six.

                The second part of the show begins when teenagers walk in. Some already know what they stand for and others are still figuring out how to express their personality throughout style.   Their walk is apparently confident but hides many insecurities. They make a drama out of the smallest things and they have more fun that in those of any other parts of the fashion show. The preppies, the "sports”, the punks, the hippies… they all succeed each other having each one a short duration. They are trying to find themselves and to fit in at the same time and these purposes make it the most experimental part of the show. They end up by trying different looks until they find their own or just decide to mix them all.

                The third act is “te looking good”. It starts at the age 16 (not exactly, depending on the person) and ends in the early 20’s. This phase doesn’t apply to everyone. It is basically the stage where you wear what flatters you the most in order to get the opposite gender’s attention. These pieces are combined with what you think your peers may like, the trends and what you believe to be your “personal style”, the one you have found in the earlier phase (or that you are still discovering).

                And then comes “the adult”. This phase incorporates many years but often not many different styles. The collection reaches its maturity point. The models are confident, certain of their own style and aware of what they can and cannot wear. They understand that the looks are a complement of their personality and not the opposite. They are now capable of helping other models that are beginning the fashion show.

                Adults are more wisdom but they usually start taking fewer risks as well, ending up in the next and last stage – “the granny” or “the show must go on”. Nearly to the end, the show uses models that are not focused on their appearance any more, they just want to enjoy the last period of it after all that they have accomplished, living each day at a time, trying to walk further but slowly. Their show is in a balcony of a high building so that they can see the other shows they helped creating that are developing in different stages.

                Nearly to the end, the best creations walk again at high speed, showing the highpoints of the fashion show. Since we have dressed all the outfits that compose it, we remember wearing them, relating each one to a particular moment - happy or not so happy. When the show ends, the applauses stop and the lights go down. We do realize that all it matters is what we left on the catwalk, what we have done to make a difference and what we remember from it. All it really matters is that we lived, we found the courage to never stop walking.

                Red Shoes

                

            

           P.S: Yes, the Red Shoes are back on my feet. Do you think I could have written about fashion without them? No way! It’s better this way. We are both happy and I don’t think we will have another argument soon. I can’t wait to hear their new ideas!