(By Babe Scanlon)
San Francisco, we need to talk. Why is it that we have to go to a crap movie like Sex and The City to see decently dressed people? People who love dressing so much that they put effort and thought into their outfits and are not afraid to be daring?
San Francisco is a big enough city; we've got all the resources and the creativity to pull together some really fabulous looks. So why don't we see it on the streets?
And, no, Burning Man attire doesn't count. No. No, it does not.
Union Square should be great people-watching but we sit down with our coffee and are disappointed every time. Even the beautiful people dress boringly. If we’re lucky we’ll see one woman sporting a fabulous pair of shoes, but that's about as good as it gets, besides the occasional pink hair, which is fine, but that hair is usually paired with old dirty clothes that look like they reek of patchouli.
We all walk a ton in this town so we understand the pull of comfort, we also understand that taking Muni is like riding in a (slow) moving public toilet, but come on, this is our life! If we spend it plodding around in ugly boring crap, we're missing one of life's great joys; to outfit one's self with care and creativity.
We’re trying to think of a way to improve the situation. So far the best idea we’ve heard is a monthly "See and be Seen" event, where people can come in their favorite, or best, or craziest, outfit and revel together in personal style. Maybe at the bar at the Fairmont on Nob Hill? It's pretty, usually empty, and the bathrooms are clean.
Usually "See and be Seen" events are about exclusivity and money, but we think it's time to take decent attire to a grassroots level; where effort and care are all that matter and cattiness is left at the door. More or less.
What we’re trying to say, SF, is that we need your, for lack of a better word but we'll use it since you'll understand what we're trying to say, fabulousness. Do you need ours?
Image: WhatImSeeing
