What’s a woman’s best accessory? A Tiffany diamond ring? A limited edition Hermes bag? A pair of Manolo Blahniks or Jimmy Choos? A vintage Valentino gown? A Vera Wang wedding gown? Or a handsome man on the arm?
None of the above, my friend, according to an article I read in an issue of Her World.
Let me digress a little here. I don’t buy women’s magazines and the only time I read them is when I’m at the hairdresser’s. Every time I’m there I learn something new. In fact, it was a couple of months back that I finally learned that the ‘swinging’ isn’t quite the innocent term that was previously associated with playgrounds or the dance fad of the 1930s. And I only recently learnt of the term ‘Lipstick Lesbian’ while flipping through a friend’s gay magazine. I know, I’m embarrassingly low on the hip quotient. I’m going to assume that everyone is higher on the hip quotient so I shan’t bother defining the two terms.
Anyway back to the main topic. The article I read said that the best accessory for a woman is a scruffy and unkempt-looking man ‘cos his scruffiness will only serve to play up her beauty and elegance. Errm, while the theory is logical, I really don’t like to go out with scruffy-looking guys.
The article cited examples of local celeb couples, e.g. Jamie Yeo and Glenn Ong. But I say, pls lah, Glenn Ong is able to carry it off ‘cos he’s got attitude and that’s the kind of public persona he projects. Not every guy can carry such a look off ok?
I think if a guy doesn’t make the effort to spruce up, look clean-shaven and put on some appropriate clothes befitting the occasion, it really shows a lack of bearing. Some women interviewed in the article disagree with me though. They say they don’t mind unkempt guys as if a guy is too concerned about his appearance, it is very annoying and they would even get suspicious of his sexual bias!
While I agree that men who are too vain are just a major turn-off, I still don’t quite agree on the theory that an unkempt-looking man is a woman’s best accessory. I like men clean-shaven and nicely dressed thank you very much.