fashion victim

heather has a love/hate relationship with fashion. read the comic.

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fashion victim

art & story by:
heather bradley

Comments

[Samriddhi]

I always believe dat every1 shuld b themselves nt mimicking others...dat is just perfect.
Ur comic was really nice...although I am the trendsetter in my class, I am always myself..in every way, maybe thats how I bcame a trendsetter!! '

thnkxx for the delightful comic!! =D

[Jessica]

true dat. I started really caring about fashion and all that stuff in 6th grade too and that's when my elementary school started enforcing uniforms. and i'm in 7th grade now and my middle school started enforcing uniforms the same time. actually most of the schools in my county are switching to uniforms. but i thinks its ok becuz no one can judge anyone by how many clothes they have or how cool they are. i only know one high school in my county at the moment that doesn't have uniforms and its one of those science and tech smart schools and has really good athletic teams. and you have to take a test to get in which im SO gonna pass.

[apple_juice8]

So true. Everyday I spend many time starring and thinking in front of my drawer about what I'm gonna wear today.
Don't get me wrong. I love fashion and I know my style. but, if I buy every fashion item I love everyweek or so, I'll spend all my salary.

[Elle]

I make some clothes, and buy some, but I try to to follow my heart in matters of fashion. If I like it, its good enough for me.

I remember my first fashion dilemna (when I realized that people were supposed to dress a certain way.) In 6th grade, so sad.

[ivy]

hah! I've constantly evolved too. now I just make my own clothes.

[Emilee]

She has a point. Girls spend so much time trying to look "sexy". This usually means emptying out your entire wallet on one pair of jeans and maybe(if you're lucky) a tissue paper thin shirt about two sizes too small. In this case, I hate being a girl.

[Heather]

BAAAAHHH MAKE THAT FASHION LINE! :O

[LOser]

Omq ii feel this Paiin!!! Omq i sO undah stand hOw you feel i am qoiinq throuqh a crisis i dont know what to wear for hiqh skOol Oh sO stuk

[ebele]

Great comic!!! Very true!

[Ann]

I myself have never really understood fashion. I've gone with the classic black t-shirt and jeans things for three years now... Ha, but my friends are a different story.

Awesome comic, it's definitely true... for some people anyway :)

[sydney]

this was sooo funny!! and very true about the whole before we know our names thing. n i think that although ppl might bitch about omg i hate it when ppl try too hard 2 dress hot on the other hand when ppl try 2 comform themselves to a label thats trying too hard also,(when she was trying 2 dress like a rebel and trying 2 hard not to care). i think fashion is all about balance really. u get stuff from all different places and combine it to make what u like.

[G]

i change my style everyday.
in fact, last year i would be a different "stereotype" everyday.
it was fun, but the best part....
it confused people :D

[Bookish.Spazz]

wow really cool comic!

[izzy]

i really don't have a "fashion" i just wear what i have....which isn't much. and my mom gets almost ALL my clothes at the thrift store. so i don't wear "trendy" clothes. anyway. LOVE THE COMIC!

[victoria]

the begining was soo funny and true we are born into the world totally naked. and before we know our name we have cloths on. that was a funny comic.

[Heath]

Haha.
Great comic.
You are forgetting one thing though-although it is the labels that comes with clothing are irritating, all humans naturally judge people.
Even those who say they don't do.
It is completely natural.

=]

[.Nene]

:L L0L THiS WAS S0 FUNNY..!

[hannah]

HA! this comic was so funny :) i know exactly where you're coming from - i've considered becoming a nudist after wanting to give up on fashion all together (then i realised i would rather jump off a cliff than get naked in public)
you've got an awesome drawing style there btw.

[KJ]

Lol. This Really Did Make Some Kind Of Statement..My Favorite Part Was When She Was Like "I Became a Nudist" lol.

It Was Sad Though How She Had Her Mom Sew "Expensive Name Tags" On Her Clothes.

[Mary Lou]

oh so sad
lol just kidding i bet that outfit would look really cute in real life
i would seriously wear that cuz i think its in style now
and that flirty outfot girl.....they allow skirts to be that tiny in there school???
dran them lol nice comic!

[Brian]

The Best thing to do is start a trend!!!

[Idi]

I loved this commic. Kinda the same way i feel..

[amanda]

Wow. I love this comic. That's pretty much my life. Except to be honst, I never tried to dress 'to look hot' ro whatever. I'll just wear anything really, as long as it's comfortable and cheap. Someones people are like, "wow, I love that outfit," and sometimes I get, "You look like a hobo." Eh, who cares. It's my body anyway.
And that nudist part cracked me up. (Thumbs up)

[paris]

this comic is really funny

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[Maz]

I LOVE THIS COMIC!It shows how superficial ppl today are. I'm happy being me and anyone who doesn't like it Can go to hell! Thats how live I don't care what ppl think or how they able me, because I'm me and thats all I am.

[Hannah]

Wow, the thing is, my friends are superficial, I'm pretty much the only one with a personality who doesn't need to shop at top brand shops to look 'good'.

I'd happily shop from wal-mart and thrift stores and some of the stuff is quite fashionable. I mean, one of my friends came up to me and said "wow, I really like your outfit, where did you get it from?" honestly. She was like, in awe of my fashion sense. But when I told her, she kind of looked disgusted for a bit then said "why?"

Some girls I'll never understand...

[niihn]

hehe, I like the nudist idea, er, I meant part. ;P

[Faye]

I really like this comic, I think it explains fashion pretty well.
I'm pretty sure that my life and many, many others have gone this exact same way— although I don't think my situation was as extreme (i.e. switching labels~).
Thing is, I think everyone wants to be an individual with their clothing, but many times it's just linked back to being attractive.
Although, I was disappointed that gURL doesn't know what emo is. D:

[insanityiscute]

i luv this comic its rly tru clothes r difficult evn whn ur trying not 2 go along with evry1 else, nd evn mor so whn ur parents hav dumped u n2 a skool where u gt wear a UNIFORM wel i mean i dnt go around like a soldier but stil bleh, i gt tuck n, gt hav a belt, gt hv a collared shirt UGH!, but her outfit n the end was cute without conforming 2 how evry1 thiks we should dress nd i lik eher idea of a clothing line altho i wouldnt want ppl dressing like me, i think id pass out lolz neway gr8 comic <3

[Nobi]

wow she went really in depth to this i mean ive thought about this subject before but ive never really had the right words to express it
and i think the best thing to say about fashion is its a way of expressing YOURSELF not how other people express themselvs just wear what you like and i think in the process you'll figure out that it does say something about who you are thats what makes fashion so AWESOME

[Alia]

I dress pretty much how I feel, and I feel different all the time, so I tend to wear a variety of clothing from babydoll dresses to hoodies, to like, bell bottoms and goth makeup. My friends never know what I'd wear next and my mom complains that she dosent know what to buy for me xD

I get what you mean in the comic=D Fashion is a very fascist thing, but then again, thats pretty much life =D

[Kimmeh]

That's pretty much exactly true of me. What's the point on being dressed cool/trendy when everyone else is? I mean...that's kinda boring. So yeh...my fashion sense is a leetle crazy...but it doesn't matter. :) This comic rocks. *thumbs up* I thought I was alone in my strangeness. :)

[msminna]

OK FREAK NICE STYLE NOT................
GOSH UR WEIRD
I HATE THIS COMIC

[Jackie]

wow! so true! I always ended up getting the "in-style" things when they went out of style, so i finally decided those girls could dress them selves with the "fashion" and i would dress myself however tha heck i wanted to! I've tried to get my friends to do this also but three of em are sooo obsessed with either being popular or dressing with the "trends" its like who CARES?!?!?! i certainly dont care how i dress as long as whatever im wearing doesn't have stains, holes and somehow goes with everything else im wearing (but my shoes never match) its really just how you wanna dress, that you should dress (also Barbie is incorrect a girl that out of proportion with her hips, thighs, and boobs is totally unrealistic! I mean we went to a sex ed class that talked about that and he told us that so just don't get your little sister a barbie they arn't good! sorry if i got a little bit off subject!)

[kaleigh]

great message very empowering be who you want to be and if you want to be all about clothes and fashion go for it you want to be different great as long as that is who you want to be not who someone else wants you to be!

[eli]

The fashion industry is so retarded it's funny, trying to and accomplishing it's goal everytime a
teen develops an eating disorder or kills themselves for not fitting in. its really sad that in this day of age that people are such shallow objects waiting for the approval from the t.v that they don't get from home. it's a sad cruel unforgiving world already. why don't we just deal with that in itself.

[Holly]

I try to make all my clothes. I don't try to follow trends, but every once in a while I'll see one I like and stick with it... I didn't even know "hobo bags" were "out of style" when I bought one, but I really don't care.

[Debby]

How true is that? the never edning pressue to look fabby-fab, attract hot guys, get good grades, keep BFF's, and make cheerleading. A lot to keep track of! I think we all feel awkward sometimes but fashion is actually very important and CAN tell people about you. this comic is good, yet bad, in different ways.

[jackie!]

if you sold that i'd probably buy it, cuz that's kinda my style too. BUT I'M NOT COPYING ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!

[AnaGabz]

Loved this comic! great story, great drawings...and yeah well i think it doesnt hurt sometimes to get out of that "cool" look and really look into yourself and find just the perfect thing to do or wear =]

[babs]

funny :)
good too.
i care about what people think, but i don't go out of my way to please anyone.

[chantelle]

I like the story and I feel the same way about the fation thing. Even though I haven't found my personal style yet, this proves that you don't have to look like the model to feel beutiful

[Lykorysh]

This is the greatest comic ever!
Ok, maybe not soo much, but it pretty much rox cuz heathers story is the exact story that id have to tell about me and my clothes, not even kidding! ^.^

[simona]

rachel,a plain black tee, is the same as a plain gray tee, or a plain pink tee, as too a plain white tee. just bcuz your one of those preps and beleave that a what you wear labels you doesnt mean you have to shun black tees. sorry. i labled you. but u were kinda askin for it. this comic is gud and makes a graet statement too. gud job heather

[Rachel]

I think a black tee is a very loaded image, not plain at all. You obviously feel the same way because you extracted all those labels from it.

So how about just a plain gray tee shirt?

The only thing that might say is "plain." And it's not if you have accessories that you like.

How about plain white? Plain green?
Black's kind of controversial.

[jameelat]

dis was so funni! i have da sam prob real koo 2 relate. i so agree wit da fashion label name!!!

[Tara]

I'm not sure I understand exactly why the aspect of clothes resulting in assumptions on the part of other people is such a bad thing. You can express yourself and whatnot..... isn't that something to appreciate?

[crabalocker fishwife]

I absoulutely love your art. It is so colorful and compared to your other comics, so...mature. Great job.

[Sarah]

i love the last page =)