Last time we were here to talk about fashion, I was wearing this comfy, cute little striped hat in pink and white stripes, with a band of neon green around the edge. I’m loving this little hat so much, I don’t want to take it off! In fact, I’ve been so inspired by this hat, I suggested to Tillie and Tessie that we might want to put our noggins together and see if we could use my new hat as a jumping off point for a themed fashion show! Well, of course, we all saw it right away—the theme is stripes! We all love stripes, and we certainly have enough striped items in our extensive wardrobe, so this is what we have put together for your viewing pleasure. (Miss Chrissy helped us a little in putting together our new looks….but Mr. Squee did not help at all. He just lay there on the bed and watched us like we must be crazy to keep changing our fur, when he has perfectly good fur that works for him in all seasons and always looks great.)
Anyway, that’s Mr. Squee. But enough about him! Let’s get on with the Fashion Show!
First, as you can see, Tessie changed out of her last Summer outfit, and has gone in a totally different direction. Gone is the buzzy little ladybug, and now our Tess is decked out in sharp, classic black and gray stripes. Looking at Tessie in this outfit makes me realize that sometimes the very best outfits are those that are most simple. Because what have we here? Two colors. One pattern. But a look that says, “Look at me! I love fashion!”
And what about Tillie? Well, you’ll notice that in addition to purple and white stripes, Till has chosen to do something most unusual with her hair. She has so much beautiful hair, she really could do so many fun things with it, with ribbons and bows and clips and elastic bands. Here, Till has gathered all her hair on top of her hair in an appropriately colored purple hairband, and fluffed the resulting ponytail out in all kinds of crazy directions. This is a look that says, “Hey, look at me! Even when I look like I couldn’t do a thing with my hair, so I just stuck it on top of my head in a simple ponytail, I still look great!”
And now, last but not least…me! Here I am in my signature color, pink, working the pink stripes with my pink-striped hat and some plain pink pants. Don’t I look bright and sunny? And you know what? Wearing pink even makes me feel bright and sunny! Funny how that happens…One day soon I’m sure I’ll have to take off my new favorite hat, but while it’s looking so great with my brilliant pink ensemble, why not keep it on just a little bit longer?
We Whimsies have been enjoying Summer so much, and these outfits we have chosen today are just perfect for Summer fun! But soon, Summer will wane, and it will be time to start wearing some more substantial clothes again—socks (and if we’re lucky, shoes), as well as long sleeves, fleece and wool, maybe even a hood now and then! That’s fine. We’ll be ready when it happens. But in the meantime…we’ll be hanging out in our soft and simple STRIPES!!
