So Valentine’s is coming up, and I only have three things to say. For the love of fashion…
1) Don’t drape yourself in a pink sheet.
It’s completely unnecessary to celebrate the day of love with atrociously extravagant pink feathers, glitter, and all things sparkling and annoying. Valentine’s about love (and commercial marketing, of course), and if your love is something to be mocked at by over-the-top feather boas and reflective eyeshadow, then I don’t know what to make of your love.
This is really unnecessary. Really.
2) Then again, don’t don an all-black outfit with outrageously winged eyeliner, either.
For all you single ladies out there, this is no time to be bitter. I, too, share in your common relationship status. It means no spending money on expensive chocolate just to reaffirm a romance that should already be there and doesn’t need to be confirmed with material goods (and if you think it does maybe it’s a good time to reexamine your relationship). It means no dressing up on a Thursday night for a fancy candle-lit dinner when all you want to do is sleep (oh, college). It also means you shouldn’t be the Grinch of Valentine’s and wear a floor-length, long-sleeved, turtle-necked velvet dress with skull-covered combat boots.
Also rather unnecessary. Save them for another day.
3) Go for subtlety.
Find the middle ground. Happily taken? Don’t rub it in everyone’s faces by wearing a disgusting amount of hearts on every single item of clothing (one is the limit, okay, one is all people can really take). Single? Rejoice in your independence and don’t ruin other people’s good moods (wear some hearts! One item, though, just one). We all have what works for us. So how do we get to subtlety?
a) Tights
I love tights. I have a whole collection of tights that takes up way too much space in my dorm. Tights are cute. Tights are subtle. Tights are, perhaps, a tad too cold for mid-February (depending on which part of the country you’re in), but they’re absolutely adorable, cheap to acquire, and go well with many things.
Burgundy heart-print tights from Forever 21, $5.80. If you must, they also come in black and pink. If you must.
b) Accessories
Necklaces, rings, headbands, you name it. Valentine’s seriously prevalent within jewelry 365 days a week, and it’s no hard feat to don an elegant, subtle necklace to celebrate the day. After all, it does have a historical background. Think of it as honoring the Greek gods.
Heart with pearl pendant from Swarovski, $80. If you must conform to the consumption madness during Valentine’s, you might as well spend it on something this delicate and timeless.
c) Makeup
You go, girl. You go, handling that stick of eyeliner. While you’re at it, why not draw a bit extra on that wingtip you got there? I am by no means skilled enough to do this, but makeup art is fun, temporary, and costs nothing (unless you don’t own eyeliner, in which case this would be a lot more work than anticipated). If it goes wrong, well, there’s always makeup remover available.
Of course, the easier way to go about things (as I will most likely do) is just to treat it as a normal day (although in my case I’ll just forget), but it’s not hard to make Valentine’s your own, regardless of your relationship status.
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