"Why do you dress up? Are you gay?"

I've always wanted to discuss about this topic in like forever because it has been troubling me for quite some time. People in the society nowadays are so judgemental that I just want them to be gone if I know that they are one. It's extremely tough to please every single people because there will always be that one person who is out there to spoil things for you. It's like they just wakes up in the morning and create a plan to ruin someone's day over a bowl of Froot Loops or something.

To dress up and look nice doesn't means that I’m a gay, I’m only gay if I’m trying to get all intimate with a guy which I don’t see myself doing it so soon or perhaps, ever. To dress up and to present myself in that way proves how much I put a thought daily into my outfits, it’s really not easy. Waking up and just staring into my wardrobes while your mind runs wild with the inspirations. If I were a gay, I would dress better for sure.

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn” ― Orson Welles

“Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability” ― Karl Lagerfeld

I get many stares and comments about the way I dress up, I simply just like to wear clothes that are of many loud prints and all because I like to stand out. I've been dressing up too much that dull clothes just make me feel lazy if I'm in them. I don't understand why those judgemental people must stereotypically categorize what men and women can only wear. It's the year 2014 and the fashion industry is expanding steadily that women have been wearing pants long time ago and not to mention that some men are in skirts now too. They say that a guy should dress up and look like a guy, I strongly disagree with it because you can be a guy in any outfits still.

I've had a few strong and tensed discussions or conversations with my family as they disapproved me of what I wear. It's really sad because I really expected them to be supportive of what I wear because I do dress up and that kinda brings up the status of the family in some way, somehow. Endless conversations are still unable to convince them and that really made me feel so sick whenever this topic is being brought up.

So what if I do actually dress up? I feel extremely great in them and that makes me more confident, which is the most important thing of all, not to mention that I do feel happy about myself. If I were to actually act on how people judge me, my life can never be peaceful. People with good fashion sense will appreciate me for how I do actually spend time to match up an outfit and that might inspire them, especially those on LOOKBOOK. To those judgemental people with really dull and regular outfits, just get a grip on your life and start shopping.

For those people who wants to put on loud outfits but are just too afraid to do so because you might be judged, perhaps you should not care and be bothered by a handful of " loud outfit haters" and do what you want to do. People do ask me why I dress up in prints and blings, the reason is that I'd rather dress up and be wrong than to dress down and be dull. You can't worry about what anyone else thinks about you. Just remember and keep it close to your heart that at the end of the day, it's important you must be the person feeling happy.

That's a little rant that occupied most space in the "RANT" department and I've finally able to get it out. Will be updating my blog with a new outfit(s) next week because it's Chinese New Year, OOTD it is! Quite looking forward to it but at the same time, not that much because I'll only be celebrating it on a reunion lunch with the relatives and I'll be leaving hometown, Muar, for Singapore on the first day of Chinese New Year.

Till then!