Why do girls go so mad for pink? I've actually made a conscious effort to limit the amount of pink in Astrid's life. It's such a conformist colour and "girly girl" (ooh I HATE that term... ugh especially when grown women use it to describe themselves) is not a box I want my wonderful, assertive, creative daughter being stuck in. Yet it's a force sometimes too big for me to fight ...15 minutes this morning on the sewing machine making a dodgy pink skirt out of the satin she chose and she's delighted! I know she'll wear it getting muddy while planting "forests" for her toy deer and climbing trees while helping her imaginary "silly fruit-eating duck", so I guess she's not totally boxed yet.
I remember someone wearing bright pink fish earings and pink overalls while we were at school and that person was definately not a conformist. I don't think it is the colour but a state of mind and your girl is very well balanced, interesting and intellegent, I don't think anyone would be able to put her in a box unless she chose to go there.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes . . . of course you're right . . . I wore pink as a statement! I'm not sure what I was saying though (remember those painted gum boots?). We were "anti-fashion" but ruddy fashion kept catching up to us!
ReplyDeleteAnd my bright yellow! I don't think I've worn yellow since then. Everyone thinks the 80's were terrible but boy we had alot of fun- well at least with our fashion and our refusal to be contained within any boxes and defying any labeling. I guess your uneasyness with the girly girly pink comes from the same place my letting my boy wear a dress to playgroup came from. Mind you my girly refused to wear anything remotely pretty until recently and I yearned for the opportunity to use my sewing skills to create twirly skirts. Luck they both enjoyed drama and dressing up.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way for my girl (I didn't know they were so close in age). She decidedly does NOT like pink, but I have seriously curtailed its presence in her life since birth. I have friends who have said, "She doesn't like pink because you don't!" to which I have replied, "And your daughter DOES like it because you do!" Though she doesn't like pink, she does like bling: sparkles, sequins, shiny surfaces. It's so hard to let her go with it when I think it cheapens the look of whatever she is wearing. . . *sigh*
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