Fashion

Okay - fashion. Forget my normal dull waffling, I'm going to get straight into it. (Just don't count that last sentence because that wasn't really going straight into it).
I'm 16..and I feel as though all of a sudden I've just been thrown into the lion pit that is the world of fashion.
Don't get me wrong. I ADORE fashion. I feel as though it's a 'coming-of-age' type thing. One you're hidden from until you either discover it, or your friend does and you realise something's not quite right.
No, I'm not talking about the 'in' shoes, or whatever look the high street chains are forcing upon us. I mean individuality, and I'm not even joking!
I used to think when I read people's blogs and commenty things on their social networking site about how "I'm an individual - say what you like, I wear what I like" that it was funny. Because everyone who said that looked exactly the same. It was like you have all these different groups: the preps, emos, chavs....and the individuals. Which when you think about doesn't really work - but it does make me chuckle.
No, what I feel I have discovered is a world where fashion is a whole new subject within itself. Like a subject at school - it's huge. At the moment I'm struggling - surely everyone went through this awkward phase where they realised how amazing fashion was?! It's hard to change and adapt so quickly; especially as I was one of the unfortunate few who 'discovered' fashion from seeing my friends suddenly wearing different but amazingly cool celebrity type clothes.
i know that sounds disgustingly cliche and pathetic, but it's the absolute shameful truth.
But - fear not, I'm getting back on my own two feet. I'm not gazing at their high waisted skirts and cool elastic belts wondering if I could pull it off. That was me a few months ago. Okay I haven't been on a huge spending spree to buy a load of whole new amazing clothes.
But I have done my research and am now officially hooked to fashion.
Admittedly, it's going to have to be over a month before I can really delve into it. However the second GCSE's are over and done with - I have a broad horizon of endless summer holidays (well 2 and a half months) to become even more obsessed than I already am.
I know - I'm a sorry case! And compared to the real fashionistas of youth culture, I'm not even on the map. But hopefully, with time, research, a good eye for vintage fashion and an openness to charity shops - I may become a little blob on the map.
It may only be little - but at least I'll still be a little fish in that giant sea of fashion.
Ahhh the metaphors! x