Caution.

So tell me why I'm walking to class the other day and I'm approached by a bright yellow piece of caution tape wrapped around a girls neck--yup this was a scarf. Now I will say that even I am very guilty of some fashion mishaps, but I have no clue what this girl was thinking. To me, it was way to bright of a statement to be made in this cold weather. But surprisingly, yesterday I saw the same scarf on a guy walking to the cafe and it actually looked okay. Does gender differ the look of a garment?
Uh yes. To me at least. And I'm not talking about a dress on a guy- which of course looks different because of the different body type. I'm talking about items like this scarf, or a pair of kicks or a t-shirt etc. Why did this scarf look almost acceptable on the guy I saw?
I think the scarf looked better on the guy I saw because of the masculine appearance of it. When you think caution tape- you think men--crime scenes--male construction workers--all these things that seem manly to me. So the scarf kinda blended with the look of the guy. On the chick I saw, it looked very out of place- I was almost blinded by its brightness. Not really something you would normally expect to see on a girl---this dangerous vibe. I think we are accustomed to seeing girls...looking like girls.
But though I wasn't totally in love with the scarf, I'm defiantly open to the switching of masculine and feminine clothes- I think it's awesome.