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Ridiculously Cool.
Age old question. What is cool? Who is cool?What defines it? Is it worth defining? And why the hell does it sound so incredibly cliche (and well, “un-cool) now that I’ve put it down on the page?
Cool is in the eye of the beholder. Like many things in our society, it’s not meant to mean the same thing to everyone. Perhaps cool to you is the latest gizmo or gadget. Or the latest kicks for the sneaker heads amongst us. Or the hottest new hipster band absolutely no one has heard of and as SOON as someone has heard of it, it instantly becomes uncool (you know who you are). Or maybe it’s knowing the right people to get you into the right places to be seen. Let’s call this “cool by association”(or “faux cool”)
Or if you’re like me, perhaps you think that the cool factor is merely a manifestation of attitude. Swagger if you will. A carefree attitude in the respect that you are so secure in yourself and who you are that you just don’t care what others think of you. Fashion is huge, but it’s not about the latest purse or hottest label–it’s about your personal style. Finding out who you are stylistically and owning it. Confidence to be who you are and not care about the person sitting beside you thinks of your large stole (faux fur of course), giant pearls, red lipstick and inexplicably dark sunglasses for a dreary day in the middle of a suburban jungle as you pick up your morning latte.
Not surprising that blogs about this “kind” of cool are numerous. This is the new definition of fashion…it’s whatever the heck you want it to be! As I’ve talked about before, the democratization of fashion is here. It’s not being dictated by the fashion houses, it’s the downtown gals who are shaping the new cool. My two favorites are the Sartorialist (an oldie, but still a goodie) and the impossible cool. Which is JUST that. The most impossible kind of cool you can imagine. So beyond anything I could possibly hope to be myself, but such a treat to look at. Catherine Denuve, Audrey Hepburn, Kurt Vonnegut…gorgeousness beyond WORDS. Enjoy both:
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com
And finally some of my favorites du jour that make me feel like tossing my entire wardrobe, moving to Milan, purchasing a vespa, taking up smoking (sorry kids) and drinking a very dirty martini at noon. None of which will actually happen, but a girl can dream right? Ah to be the cool kids.
agree. “cool” is whatever delights you. most people naturally associate cool w/the latest: tech in your hand, clothes on your back, or person/place/thing you most recently experienced. i propose “cool” should be anything that gets someone excited, whatever their motivations, drivers or frame of reference is. i find my 65yro mother’s excitement for growing veggies in her backyard very cool.
Very much like drawing the parallel of cool with the notion of delight–it’s true and really does come back to the point of self definition of the term itself. And gardening is VERY cool…