Blog #2 - Well, at least I'm not wearing a tacky Gap sweater

So I realized a while ago that I'm mistaken a lot for being gay. I'm not openly gay, or parade a No to Prop 8 shirt or anything like that, but some of the things I do is considered by a lot of people to be 'gay,' which I think is half-ignorant, half-amusing.

Like for example, I LOVE Project Runway! Every time I hear a group of girls talking about that show, I can't help but put in my own 2 cents on some of the contestant's awesome/terrible fashion sense, or how amazing Tim Gunn is. The real reason I love that show is because of the fashion, and for some reason, it's 'gay' if a guy is interested in fashion. But it does make sense, because most butthurt straight "IM NOT A FAGGG DURR" guys usually dress like shit. And it's those kind of guys that scare everyone else to thinking "Oh no, I shouldn't care about how I dress or else people will think I'm gay." And I think this is why a large fraction of the male population's fashion is dictated by Sears. Not even Macy's, fucking Sears.



But then how, in this unfashionable masculine climate, was I able to slip through the cracks and actually give a shit about how I dress? I think it was due to growing up in a house with three other women. But they didn't directly influence the way I dressed, I think it was those Vogue magazines. Whenever I went to the bathroom, there was always a Vogue waiting to be read. So as the years passed by, absorbing the fashion photo shoots and the billions of perfume sample pages while on the crapper, I developed a sense of what looks good and what doesn't. I'm no expert, but I do know a few basic things, like how black pants never go well with brown shoes, or that a simple color coordination can make your outfit twice, if not three times better.

So to all the straight bros out there: It's ok to care about what you dress like. It's ok to use conditioner every once in a while. It's ok to look like you care about your outside appearance. If we all had this mindset, then maybe all those european countries can stop talkin' shit about Americans being ugly.

-James Farmer