{"id":3937,"date":"2011-02-16T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/whatisee\/?p=79"},"modified":"2011-02-16T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T09:46:25","slug":"definition-smackdown-fashion-victim-is-not-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/16\/definition-smackdown-fashion-victim-is-not-a-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Definition Smackdown: Fashion Victim is not a good thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some reason, in Italy lately Italian journalists and copywriters have decided that the term “Fashion Victim<\/strong>” is somehow positive.<\/p>\n

First a definition:<\/p>\n

“Fashion victim is a term claimed to have been coined by Oscar de la Renta that is used to identify a person who is unable to identify commonly recognized boundaries of style” source: wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s a person who crosses the boundaries of fashion and style, like taking a fad too far, or wearing too many trends at once and therefore taking the look from the glamourous to the ridiculous” – “Instead of looking chic they will look “over the top” because they have no real taste or style” source: urban dictionary<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not a good thing. People make fun of fashion victims. They pity them. They feel superior to them and they don’t want to be them. It’s not something to aspire to or a label to be proud of.<\/p>\n

Which makes the following two examples very perplexing. Italian journalists and copywriters, listen up – you’ve been delivered a definition smackdown<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

And the examples I saw:<\/p>\n

“It’s hard work being a fashion victim.” (I bet it is)<\/p>\n

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And: “At only 11 years old, the young actress from Mad Men is already a fashion victim.” Poor thing, only 11 years old and already a failure.<\/p>\n

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[source: Vogue.it<\/a>] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some reason, in Italy lately Italian journalists and copywriters have decided that the term “Fashion Victim” is somehow positive. First a definition: “Fashion victim is a term claimed to have been coined by Oscar de la Renta that is used to identify a person who is unable to identify commonly recognized boundaries of style”…<\/p>\n

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