The Price of (perceived) Beauty

Three girls walked in front of me and Johnny as we walked home from the engineering colloquium. The one on the far right was wearing a chripy blue, off-shoulder top and jeans. Except her off-shoulder was more off-everything. I could see her black bra with ruffled trimmings. If she leave her arms straight by her side, the whole top would probably fall off. I don't think the "I just got up and can't be bothered" profile fits her since she was obviously well caked with make-up. "It's comfortable" doesn't seem to really describe her ensemble as well since she literally has to walk around with her arms in a chicken dance position. So the next possible explanation that comes to mind is that she wants attention or that she thinks it's sexy/ nice/ creative (we have so many hippies in this area. think: goth make-up and pretty much goth everything, lots of vegans, enrivonmentalist types, etc...)

I've always thought it funny that women take so much effort to keep their undergarments from view (t-shirt bras with "invisible" lines, g-strings with no pantylines, the outrage at being panty/bra-peeked... etc) but somehow wearing a bikini at a beach (or anywhere else) is considered okay. Well, the issue about bra imprints and panty-lines may be more aesthetic than modesty but this girl with her black girlie bra just looked kinda skanky. Kinda reminds me of the "How much does it cost to look so cheap" article in Cosmo which showed some celebs in some cheap-looking outfit (think: bustier, mini shorts and fur coat combination, designer guni sack -- the kind of sack you use to pack 50kg of rice) which cost a bomb. Too bad I've recycled that issue. It's actually quite keep-worthy.

P.S: Hey hey, yufen, I got your lanterns today!!! I really like the big blue one leh. Hee hee I thought you were joking when you said you will send me lanterns!! Thank you!!!! Errr so does anyone know when zhong chiu (mid-autumn festival) is? I'm all ready to light my Jill-o-lantern's!