No Pants is the New Black?
In the midst of my mindless flickering back and forth between music channels on cable TV, one can't help but notice the choice of wardrobe on some female pop-stars... None of them are wearing pants.
Am I the only one on planet earth who sees this new found trend? I mean, when did it all start? Well, we know that it started in the prehistoric ages, but I'm pretty sure that at some point in the twentieth century, women stopped wearing corsets and long-dresses made from lead and iron-ore and started wearing pants, the social aesthetic that is universally accepted. For years, pop-stars and actresses on screen wore pants (even though some opted to take photo's with them off), but when they paraded around on screen, they wore pants. PANTS!
But what about female sex sirens? Even they wore pants. Once upon a time, Madonna actually wore pants. In the 80s, Bananarama wore pants. Even Salt 'N Pepa wore pants (short ones, but they were still pants). In the 90s, unless you were in a Snoop Dogg video - you WORE PANTS.
Now, journey forward into the 'futuristic' age (The present, for all those playing at home), turn on MTV or VH1, and examine the wardrobe of many of the sultry vixens on screen. Lady Gaga explodes into the music business, never wearing pants. Even well-established icons, such as Beyonce Knowles, Madonna and even Christina Aguilera change the way they go about things -- In many of their film clips they are in fact, wait for it.... NOT WEARING PANTS. Even the soulful are opting to no longer wear pants... Take the singer Duffy for example, her music videos might not depict such pantlessness, but her live shows speak otherwise as she graces the stages wearing nothing but a skimpy pantless leotard and a Blazer.
I think it's safe to say that for women in this day and age, no pants is beginning to establish itself as the new black. With such 'in-your-face' pantsless antics so easily accessible to children on TV, maybe it's giving the wrong message. I don't know... I just really don't like Lady Gaga - it's like a man's head with a pantsless woman's body and the androgyny confuses my ability to decipher between neutral genders. What do you think, anyway?
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On another note, I'm looking at picking up a roaming SIM card for international travel for when I head over to Europe later in the year. I've heard BackChat Mobile have some pretty decent global roaming deals for prepaid call cards, has anybody here ever used them before? I've heard they're pretty decent. Anyway, until my next blog, peace :-P
