Appearance Is Important?

There is something very pretentious, about humanity's obsession with appearance. None of our primate or jungle cousins find the need to disguise their true appearance as we do. Media, and if we're honest ourselves, are absorbed with appearances.

Whether it's the simple fact that One Direction remain in XFactor despite clearly being mediocre singers, because they are ridiculously attractive. Or the fact that often the prettier out of the two best candidates gets the job...too frequently in out world is appearance put above other credentials.

Now, whether we like it or not, admit it or not, physical appearances matter in relationships. It goes without saying that you couldn't be with someone who you weren't attracted to...but this has been blown out of proportion by magazines and media that tell you can only be loved if you're beautiful. It really is true that beauty in the eye of the beholder, and menand my friends almost consistently disagree on who is fit and who is not. You can certainly start to become more attracted to somebodys physical appearance if you start to like their personality.

Another obsession I am yet to fathom is make up. Don't get me wrong, I still wear it. But lately I have been wondering what it is about effectively paintin your face that makes you more attractive. I suppose it adds interest and colour and covers up spots, but who even thought of it in the first place? It makes me almost sad to think that somebody was so unhappy with the way they looked that they felt the need to invent something to cover it up.

How does something become fashionable and how is fashion so addictive? Who's job is to make a a ripped pair of jeans the must-have for Christmas? For example, upon seeing a pair of worker boots in River Island about 2 years ago, I remarked
"eerrrrrrrr they're so weird who would wear them!" Now, I think they look immense and amxsavingnup for a pair myself. The cleverness of the fashion industry is that they manipulate and persuade you that certain items or clothes look good, eventhough if you were the only one wearing it you'd look a bit silly.

Funny how quickly we can change our minds.

God bless,
Love, Anna :)