LA Fashion

Although it is commonly held that New York is the height of fashion in the US, I beg to differ. While recently shopping in Trader Joe's, an establishment I visit on both coasts (so I am obviously an expert of Trader Joe's shopper's fashion choices), I was blessed with a sighting of a stunning middle aged woman sporting tight neon green velour shorts that hugged the narrowest part of her waist, stretched across her full curvaceous hips and ended just short of her knees, hugging the ampleness of her lower thighs. Paired with this rather bold choice, was a pair of low raise bikini cut panties in maroon. It was a brave decision, but when she bent over the frozen food freezer and the color of the panties really bled through the neon green velour, I knew the look was priceless and only something she could pull off.

Forget all these New York fashion slobs who are only brave enough to wear skin skimming black Lycra yoga pants without a even a hint of a pantie line. Then they pair is with an equally black top with on the most subtle color trim. Sometimes I think these New Yorkers just go to far in their search for that perfect "look" when they top off these yoga pants with yoga mats hanging casually from their shoulders and with an ever so slight drop of perspiration on their temples. It's just too much to compete with.

Yet, somehow this one Angeleno, while searching for the perfect bag of frozen carrots blows all of New York Fashion away. I'd take her neon green velour shorts over even the best matching yoga set.

VIVA LA FASHION DE LOS ANGELES!!!!!

Then there I was, sheepishly perusing the chocolate covered assortment looking out of place in my new gladiator sandals, which were all the rage in New York. And to think that I had spent weeks looking for the perfect pair, that hit my feet exactly the right way and didn't strangle my ankle. How could I have wasted so much of my time? Somehow I had missed the true eye of fashion which stood their glaring at me from across the linoleum. How could I have been so misguided as to think that dark denim was in this season, when according to this goddess of fashion, it so clearly wasn't.