Fat Bottomed Girls
Do you attract attention for the wrong reasons?
I went to see Queen at Sheffield Arena the other night. No, no, no. Not THE Queen, bless her, but the band with Paul Rodgers on vocals.
We had to arrive at some ridiculously early hour just to make sure that we weren’t parked about 5 miles away (you know me; I exaggerate in my sleep) and then we had over an hour to sit inside the arena itself while we waited for the band to come on. So I had plenty of time to spend on my favourite hobby - people watching and, good grief and glory, don’t you see some sights?
I know that Queen are famous for ‘Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round ‘ but having to actually SEE fat bottoms stuffed into tight jeans is one of my worst nightmares, and there were droves of them there that night. If each ounce of excess flesh was worth a mere thruppence ha’penny (in old money *), this nation would be rolling in coin of the realm and this hyped-up silly nonsense about recession would be seen for what it really is - but don’t get me started on THAT one.
The lady who really took my eye though shuffled across the arena about 100 yards from me following her friends, all precariously clutching glasses of beer and wine. Why did I notice her out of all the others? Initially because of her brilliantly white blonde (peroxide?) hair and the fact of her being around 6 feet tall. But the rest of the first impression was all too discouraging.
She had flat ballet shoes on, with white trousers cut off at a most unflattering point, a rather hideous flowered top and incredibly rounded shoulders. And straight away, I knew all about her.
This lady had grown up feeling very uncomfortable about her height. My guess is that she was teased mercilessly at school and ever since had tried to look smaller to try to fit in. The flat shoes were the greatest giveaway. Wearing even the smallest heel or wedge makes you walk tall because you have to reposition your body to accommodate the change of centre of gravity. Cutting off any trousers or skirt to accentuate a particularly fat calf muscle is not a pretty sight, especially if your legs are also arctic white.
The drama of the hair called for a block-coloured top, not a mass of distracting floral print. The flat shoes encouraged her to hunch forward and shuffle along; a tiny heel or wedge would have helped her stride out with confidence. The cut-off trousers and resulting dumpy calves drew attention away from her face; either just below the knee or ankle-length would have been so much better.
But the rounded shoulders told me more than anything about this lady; so little self esteem, so little confidence to be who she really is, and yet, she was having a valiant stab with the stunning hair colour. What a paradox! What a Jekyll and Hyde! I’d have loved to have chatted with her, to find out what she really thought about herself.
OK, so she might have been wearing flat shoes because she’d hurt her foot or leg but a first impression doesn’t ask those questions. You have a few seconds only to create a great impression. I probably had at least 3 or 4 minutes to watch this lady shuffle her way across the arena and I never thought of that particular question until now…
- If you’re hunching your shoulders, push them back and walk tall!
- If you’re shuffling along, work out why you’ve been put on this planet, aim for your goals, and try wearing heels!
- If you’re wearing too much colour or too many prints, then see an image consultant to discover your Style personality and find out what will make YOU stand out
- If you’re not wearing enough colour and want to know which ones will make you look gorgeous and capable, then book to see a colour consultant now!
By the way, Queen - and Paul Rodgers in particular - were absolutely wonderful although I’d have liked to discuss a couple of Brian May’s shirt choices with him…. Great night, pity about the plethora of fat bottoms!
Did you know?
* Before decimalisation in 1971, we used £sd (pounds, shillings and pence) in the UK. One old pound was split into 240 old pence. Threepence (pronounced thruppence) was a 12-sided coin worth 3 old pence, and you used to break your teeth on them when you found one buried deep inside your Christmas pudding! (Ah, halcyon days!) A halfpenny (pronounced hayp’n'y) was a copper coin worth half an old pence. And if you’re really old (or you can remember your granny telling you), you will probably know that two farthings made one halfpenny. To give you a head start on working out how much thruppence ha’penny is worth in today’s money, sixpence (worth 6 old pence) was worth 2.5 pence in the new decimalised stuff in 1971 but nowadays its spending power would be worth about 30 new pence.
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