Vanity

Vanity, originally uploaded by caasi.lane.

"Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality." Friedrich Nietzsche

For a long time in SL, i have gone against the grain of what I see as the norm. Luckily I know a number of people who also share the same aim. Now when i say, go against the norm, i don't really mean that you have to do anything particularly special. But instead, follow your own sense of style and personality, not copy the style of others. After all, this is a virtual world, not the same world that we are confronted with in the real world where there are socially accepted norms, and socially constrained images of the ideal woman, or even the ideal man. Everyday we are confronted with images of unrealistic women, skinny, perfect skin, perfect hair, perfect lives....all these things that constrain us are all the things that Second Life should not be about. Yes, there will be "models" or magazines, cat walks and other similarities with the real world but should these be approached in the same way as they are in the real world?

I very much don't think so. Yes i love fashion in second life, but once a long time ago, i went to a "model casting" and was told my avie was too small and curvy. And would never make it in fashion in SL. Well, now i definitely don't agree with this statement. On a regular daily basis I have people asking me where i got my shape, and how beautiful it is. Now this isn't me being big headed, it is simply me pointing out that in our second lives, people should be able to identify and enjoy a variety of things. And the fashion that we enjoy here, should not be viewed with all the massive constraints we view it with in the real world.

Have a little bit of a sense of humour, and do what you enjoy here. Don't follow the crowd, second life, is no place for sheep!

Can't wait for my new fashion find...*grins* <3