Hi, Thursday. It's gorgeous out and I have allergies and generally feel a bit crappy. I haven't been sleeping well of late and really need to figure out what's going on with that. I'm in a weird pattern of waking up every night at 3 am and not being able to get back to bed. Merde.
In other news, there's been much talk about oversharing of late- of how our society has become "share" happy and we're all feeling a bit, I don't know, overexposed? Since it's often been said that fashion is a barometer for culture, is it any surprise almost every designer when showing their collections for Spring 2013 showed a bare midriff or two or three? It's incredible how many taut tummies we saw on the runways- sure we've all been doing more yoga and pilates which certainly helps the midsection, but from the looks of things, we may need to give up eating to wear this very hard to "stomach" trend. This is one for the young, period. Not the young at heart. Just the young, please. I can't imagine anyone over 35 wearing these looks- simply too much sticking out. Designers from Marc Jacobs and his cropped Mickey mouse top to Peter Som to Jason Wu to Tibi and Cushnie et Ochs and on to Alexander Wang's futuristic white take on the tummy trend had me rethinking my workout strategy to include several hundred thousand crunches, or at least finding the number of a good plastic surgeon. And perhaps there will be more than a few dismissive waves at trendy restaurants all over town when asked if bread is wanted. Carbo loaders, take heed. These looks are not for you.
But even if your stomach is more Honey Boo Boo than Karlie Kloss, fear not. There are plenty of options on the runways for Spring for those of us that would rather showcase our legs, shoulders, arms, or smile. Anything but the stomach. Good grief. And even if the American designers are sending a (not so subtle) kick in the abs to those of us that tend to overshare online, I'm not gong to stop posting, updating, or blogging. I won't, however, be wearing any of these belly baring looks. That's just a bit too much exposure for me, so in that regard, tum's the word. And that's what I've got this suck it in till Springtime kind of Thursday in old New York. See ya tomorrow. XO