Ok, my guilty pleasure in music used to be a bit of Kylie, a bit of Natalie Imbruglia. This is weird, when you consider I'm a lover of hard metal and alternative: NiN, Deftones, Metallica, Tool... you catch the drift. Anyway, I have a new guilty pleasure. I tend to fall (unsexually) for women on occasion who have a certain - almost burlesque-gothic style, which they make their own. Rose McGowan was a big one for me, Alyssa Milano (mostly for her hair styles), and a number of others. Now? Katy Perry. I've never been a big fan of her music, but I must say, she does have a good voice and some fun songs - I also like that she doesn't sing about crap, but stuff that she goes/has gone through. And she is a bit mental, like Jenna Marbles and like me - but of course, different to anyone else.

Katy Perry's personality coincides so well with her cute-but-sexual outfits, hairstyles and make-up. She is hilarious, not afraid to be who she is - not afraid to say "this is me, deal with it".

I am a woman who had my own goth-ancient-Egyptian type stylings in jewellery, make-up and clothing from the time I could buy my own clothes and started to find out who I was; thus, it isn't so strange that I adore the occasional woman I see in the street or in music and TV who are not afraid to be different.

I've drifted from the ancient Egyptian stylings after spending years in expensive skirts, shirts, high heels and stockings as a professional web dev - we all move on; but I never stopped dressing like "me". I even put my style into workwear. But, of course, Jacqui-E, Events, Witchery and similar rarely stock anything I'd term as completely "me".
Now, or then, I will go into a shop, either expensive or cheap (oftimes Vinnies), to look for clothes that are "Da's style". Now that I put on weight after my accident (I've lost 11kg of 30kg far! :-D), I have had to buy new clothes and shoes that fit me, in my style. Most frustrating of all is that of the 64 skirts and 10 pairs of long leather boots I own, I haven't fit many of them in over a year. I never stopped loving lace, black, red, purple, tartan, skirts, long leather boots, dress-up jewellery, coats, stockings, wigs, lots of colour in my make-up, bold eyebrows, lipstick, different hair colours... never. I just got in trouble at work whenever I streaked my hair boldly red, or changed my hair colour every month. As a massive tom-boy, I get my girly on whenever I go out. These days, I don't wear make-up as much as I used to - at least not at the "Katy Perry on-stage" level that I used to. I love looking different, attracting bad or good attention - I know I look good, I don't need anyone to confirm or deny it for me. If I make someone talk as I walk past, so be it. Although, I'm not against positive comments. I give compliments all the time where I see it is due - I do tire of people getting offended over it.

That's what Katy and Rose are like - they don't care what people think, at least not externally, and they look how they feel - that's why I love them both.

I was going to show you a whole lot of photos of me dressing as, well, me, but I think these three photos of me sum me up quite well (note: I'm overweight in the photos):

Labels: ancient Egyptian, goth, jewellery, Katy Perry, leather boots, Rose McGowan, skirts, style, tartan, weight loss