VEGANGELICA

Vanilla, do you not like this fashion choice because she's one of right-track's "Orange People" (below) or because you don't like the garish contrast between the orange skin and the bright, lemon-yellow clothing?

About height:

Hmm. Amazing coincidence. *I'm* 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Heh.
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VEGANGELICA'S VIEW ON FASHION:
The only fashion trends I dislike, really, are the ones in which people hurt their own bodies or others' in the name of vanity. For example,
--high heels are bad for people's feet, spines, etc.;
--body piercings create small, unnecessary wounds (I avoid acquiring additional, unneeded holes in my body whenever possible);
--hair permanents use toxic chemicals that harm both hair stylists and those whose hair is being permed;
--make-up is often made with byproducts of animals and tested on rabbits causing them pain and suffering;
--sun tans represent UV damage to DNA causing the skin to react by increasing melanin production;
--bras, especially underwire, may increase certain health risks by reducing lymphatic drainage (“Premenopausal women who do not wear bras had less than half the risk of breast cancer compared with bra wearers.” (Hsieh, C.C. and D. Trichopoulos, D. Eur. J. Cancer 27:131-5 1991).
--unpragmatic fashion trends such as people getting their hair cut every month for usually $20 per pop (which includes most men). Getting your hair cut short frequently seems very unpragmatic to me since if you grow your hair longer you have...
(1) acquired built-in sun protection (no more Red Necks);
(2) saved $200 per year and purchased perhaps just one additional bottle of shampoo for a couple bucks.
My feelings on men with short hair, however, may be biased by the fact that my favorite fashion trend was Tricorner hats on men with ponytails. A Tricorner hat is very pragmatic, by the way: it protects you from the sun *and* funnels away water so that it spills to the sides over your shoulder!

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