You are Not a Spread in Vogue.

Aren't you glad you are not a model?  Hmm?  You don't have to stand poised with half-closed eyes, attempting to look 'sultry' with your mouth slightly ajar (well, some people seem to always have their mouth open a bit).  You don't have to stand at odd angles with one leg ridiculously far from the other while it is perched on its toes, so that somehow your legs look longer with your dress slit up to your hipbone.  You don't have to sit on the porch steps with bizarre posturing to sell -what? shoes? a skirt? makeup? hair product?  You don't have to walk into a business (like say, your dentist's office) and lay prone on their waiting room couch with one arm dropping to the ground to hold one of your shoes that somehow managed to fall off of your foot.  You don't walk into your office with your business blouse unbuttoned to your navel with no foundation wear in sight (thank goodness we don't do that!!)  Who Sits, Lays, Stands, or generally Looks like these examples?  I usually sit on the porch steps like a real person.  I generally stand like a real person.  I utilize a couch cushion as it was intended.  And, my Mother felt that people should close their mouths when it is not engaged in eating or talking.  To my knowledge, I have NEVER run into a person who exhibits the unbelievable stances that you see in advertisements for Anything. 

Since you don't position yourself in ridiculous poses as you go throughout the day, or have some army of hair and makeup professionals 'touching you up' every few minutes, and since we lack the amazing wind blown look of a fan gently wafting our hair in the breeze - then WHY ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED IF YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE A MODEL? You should look like a real person.  An amazing, fabulous, stunning and well dressed person - but very real.  Do not compare yourself to what you see in a magazine or on a tv ad.  Do not compare yourself to famous folks.  You are not armed with a fashion squad to make sure that nothing is out of place, while your 'candid pictures' are Photoshopped to death.

Next week we will discuss putting together an outfit you see in a store window or in a magazine ad (if you can manage to look past the outrageous model pose) for a tiny, tiny, fraction of the retail cost.  And - it will be wonderful and you will be your Own model when you step out your front door!

God bless you richly.  I know that He has blessed me!