Teenage Rebellion

Look look look! I have yet again gone under the "knife" to puncture holes in my ear for the sake of looking cool and mod and edgyyy. As part of my celebratory 17 years and 46 days on this wonderful planet called Earth, I received the unique ability to go see Gone Girl– or better yet Horrible Bosses 2!–without the accompaniment of a parent or legal guardian, the right to legally drive past the 10 pm curfew, and a $60 gift card to pierce my tragus with the supervision of a consenting adult.

It's safe to say that this past birthday, was a banger.

I am fortunate enough to have parents that begrudgingly accept my wild dreams and impulse toward piercing, tats, and inappropriately short sweaters dresses, because we both know that I should not have gotten away with wearing the featured outfit out of the house, let alone school. But tell me, what is life without a little rebellion, a handful of regret, and an uncanny number of cringeworthy moments?

Enter the true story of an oversized sweater that, although barely covering my bottom, I wore as a dress. With thigh highs. With then few "fricks"given.

 As you may have come to understand, my closet is more about functionality and less about an abundance of statement pieces. This sweater for example (which I purchased for under three dollars  at a Salvation Army) clearly serves more than one purpose in purporting both my scandalous inclinations and shapeless, shameless XXL alter ego taking form in either a dress or a sweater.

In a way, you too can revolutionize– pun intended–your wardrobe by both adding and subtracting clothing to express your own split personalities.

So cowabunga dude! Cartilage piercings, thigh high stockings and sweater dresses for all!