A few days ago, a new friend of mine who just learned that I were posting streetstyle pictures on a fashion blog was so astonished. She almost couldn't believe it. She said I was just dressed like everyone else. And she was right to be surprised, because I actually do dress very casually, not at all like a fashionista when I go to university! The reason is quite simple: I don't live in my home town Strasbourg for my studies, but in one of the ugliest and most unsafe city in France (truly), and I have to take public transportation (sometimes very late) to go to my classes. Even if I think that this is so unfair and that the mentalities of these Neanderthal stupid macho guys who mistake a student in chic clothes for a prostitute should be really changed, I still want to be safe and avoid getting harassed on the bus, so I leave my beloved dresses, skirts and high heels to wear only pants and jeans during the week, and I avoid wearing too bright clothes. I wear my favorite dresses and skirts on weekends and I enjoy it even more! I think this is such a shame, hiding style and femininity only to be safe on the street, still I know that sometimes this it not enough, as long as you're a woman, they think you're a prostitute. They make me sick. Even so, I still try to make it more like "me"! See one of my go-to-school outfits here.
