Well, i'd like to channel nomadologist here (where is she, btw?) and point out that women dress for the approval of other women, not the approval of men. So then the question is, why do other women think this is a good look? And I'm fucked if I know, but it has connotations of wealth in a kind of footballers' wives way, I suppose
I miss nomad. Yeah there's the social wealth aspect, it's also just the fashion. And with fashion comes power, so if you look like that - the goth analogy was correct - you're totally personally invisible, no-one can possibly tell who you are, what you do, even what race you are. It's very futuristic in a way men haven't grasped yet in how they dress. Plus you get to dress up and pretend you're a slut, and men will think that but they also probably won't approach you because, and this is the doozy, looking like that is fucking terrifying. Girls who look like that really scare me, and I'm sure I'm not alone. It's 'come here/don't come anywhere near' signals, and it's confusing and really quite brilliant. Plus because you don't really look like you, you can look in the mirror and ignore how ugly you feel
deep down inside. Don't any of you watch Snog, Marry, Avoid?
I saw this one woman get on the train after a boxing match at Upton Park looking just like Jordan. You couldn't tell what, where, who she was, and she owned the entire carriage, and none of the men could even look at her, but all wanted to. It was amazing, I was totally in awe.