So similar to Ann, I too spend a good deal of time reading about vintage fashion online. Guilty pleasure if you will but can also be a resourceful way to dress on the cheap. But sometimes my late night google searches lead me to the funniest places. Such as this gem. It is a wiki-how to be a femme fatale.
1. Speak in a low voice. Not creepy low, just attractive low. Practice some vocal exercises for a few weeks and it will become habit. Listen to Scarlett Johanssen speak for an example of this kind of voice.2. Wear dark, sexy, retro clothes. Not too gothic-looking, though. Think Angelina Jolie in the mid-90's. Subtle, well-cut clothing that draws attention to you, but in a tasteful way. Stick to colors like black, maroon, and emerald green. Look for silk cocktail dresses, dark-wash, high-waisted jeans, expensive-looking, dramatic jewelry, and fishnet tights.
4. Be "one of the guys". This means means holding your own with the guys in their poker/pool/video games and occasionally winning. You'll earn respect and allure as a result. But dont loose your femenine side trying to hang out with men.
5. Be mysterious. Dont let everybody know what you are feeling or what's going on. The very mystery proves to be the allure of the femme fatale.
What does it look like when someone follows all this advice? Eeeek! Aside from the patronizing advice about not being too creepy, becoming too masculine, or having a brain (#12) isn't it funny that being a quirky, individualistic, educated, fashionable, sexy woman makes you fatal? Le sigh!
My sisters, some of us are like this without trying and without having to fit it into what is sexy for men. Let's try and keep it that way.
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This is pretty funny.
I have alot of lady friends who send me stuff like this, as a male feminist, to see if I would find a woman who took these tips attractive.
The answer is no for this one.
Where is the tip about punching people in the Adam's Apple? I thought that was required to be a femme fatale! We could even practice on that author.
Anyone who has to be told to educate herself, cultivate her own hobbies, etc., with the incentive that it'll attract men is never going to be truly interesting.
Since when are mid-90's styles sexy or retro? The very phrase calls to mind off-center scrunchied ponytails and hideous print dress shirts, a la Full House and Fresh Prince.
Which reminds me, I was a small child in the mid-90's. I had other shit on my mind besides what Angelina Jolie was wearing. Shit like Nickelodeon. And it so happens I already know what I have to do to capture the attention of a guy my age: chant, "Stoop Kid's afraid to leave the stoop!" That's really the only thing any of us need to hear.
It was cute, and less offensive than most "attract your man!" guides that you can find in magazines.
"Occasionally winning"? I guess it's too "fatale" to win more often than that.
Also, the problem with acting "mysterious" is that a lot of men will simply take that as "not interested in me" and move on. Unless they're stalkers.
Any guide that tells you "how-to" be something you're not is a joke.
I read one once that actually said how to dress "like an artist" - but without actually being one. And they were are so ignorant and stereotypical. I, as an artist, was offended, because I wear colors besides black and haven't owned a beret since I was 12. I edited it to say "1.) Make art. 2.) Now that you're an artist, however you dress will be inherently 'like an artist'." Since it also suggested you stain your pants with paint, I figured it was best to do while actually painting.
Seriously, why try so hard to make yourself a "type". Who wants to be a type anyway? I'd much rather be a person.
Everything you said Samhita, plus WTF would i want to dress like it's the mid 90's? I already did that, in the mid 90's.