by Diana

i do this thing that quite frequently terrifies my boyfriend – it is called, “purchase the age-7-and-under issues of high-fashion magazines.”

he thinks i’m trying to send “signals.”  what i’m actually doing is much creepier than that.  i’m getting inspired for my (insert upcoming season) “look.”  what i have discovered over the years is that when you’re 5′ 5″ on your good days and can’t hold your own in a battle of force with a medium-sized bag of dry dog food, it’s more than likely that proportionally, your go-to category for “what will these clothes look like on me?” rests somewhere around “large toddler.”

if i were to choose a word for this activity, i would choose “realistic.”  besides, i personally find the styling in  ”vogue angels” editorials to be much more wearable (and therefore inspiring) than a lot of the shoots i would be paging through in the issues geared more towards my (ahem) actual age bracket.  (i would like to take a moment to point out that i am not implying that my style hovers anywhere near the “i like dressing up like a babydoll” end of the spectrum.  i think it’s actually quite the opposite – the children in these issues are dressed like adorable miniature adults.  which is what i am.  sans the adorable part.)

my final argument:  i think anyone who doesn’t consider pulling off a look like the ones below to be a smashing success is probably a jerk.

(oh, and all of these came from the spring/summer ’07 issue of vogue angels, japan, acquired while still living in the bustling magazine mecca that is nyc…  if you (like the current version of me) aren’t living in that magazine wonderland, i highly suggest locking your credit card safely away and checking out magazine cafe…)