The Curse of the Can’t

2015-04-06 01:00

From blog The Dressed Aesthetic

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The Curse of the Can’t

I was skipping across campus the other day, my head in the clouds, when a lovely woman stopped me to admire this 1950’s border print dress. She told me how much she loved the 1950’s style and would kill to wear a dress like that. When I asked if she knew of or would like advice on some great vintage shops in the city, she immediately said, “Oh no,” shaking her head with a self-depricating shrug, “I can’t pull that off.” Le Sigh. T he world is simply littered with phrases that are dominated by The Cursed Can’t. I Can’t wear that. I Can’t eat that. I Can’t do the things I want because of...

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