Hear ye, hear ye, gather round, for I shall bring this order that concerns you all. Note that this isn’t issued from the court where the Barrons preside if it is not to illuminate those unheard voices of truth from our Baronesses. For as long as history goes, we the people have regarded our Baronesses as figures that promote the prospect of both beauty and femininity through their conduct of obedience and high sense of fashion. However, this remains untrue for they are creatures of pure intelligence and hospitality that provide us the people, the art of both benevolence and wisdom. Alas, to shame some of you think otherwise, claiming them to be puppets of pretty faces, muses to the catwalk, dolls carved for the “perfect silhouette” and nothing more. But what if I were to tell you that the truffles of their dresses, the patterns of their skirts, and the lace of the collar of their blouses not only aided them through rebellion but managed to get them to where they are standing today? Within this writing presented, you will become an enlightened subject by learning the cruciality of a Baroness and what it takes to be one with the help of a few threads and needles
Your Brain says “Housewife,” but my heart screams “Matriarchy.”
I’m sure you all heard the old saying ages ago: “What is a King without a Queen? A God without their Goddess? A Duke without their Duchess? And so forth. Yet, it wasn’t meant to highlight the efforts of the female partners that would accompany these highly respectable leaders if not to have a dame attached to their arm that would suffice them with the duties of a housewife. By tending to the children, working as both a maid and cook at home, and most importantly, supporting their spouses and their needs. Now, let’s become mindful, my dear subjects, that not all women were raised to such positions as being included in holy matrimony. There have been many instances that women remain as loving partners, yet in the unwritten book of manhood, they were still seen as inferior. I have read an account regarding this matter, and a fellow gentleman stated this: “ A girlfriend was ‘the most prized piece of chattel in the college man’s estate” (Perkins pg 3). Of course, they found this repulsive and decided to take a stand to be tested not based on their sex but on the caliber of their tremendous capabilities as fair ladies who could also serve the public, as well as any man could. As Baroness Hain once proclaimed…
“The greatest perk of being a Baroness is knowing that female educators, administrators, and staff often serve as role models for students, especially girls, inspiring them to pursue their dreams and stand up for themselves in the classroom and beyond, empowering all students through education and contributing to the growth and development of future generations.”
How to Balance Your Crown at Coronation
Now let us be serious; not all are fated to be ranked as a highly esteemed Baroness. It takes an immense amount of labor and determination to have both the privilege and honor of sitting on the throne. To denote more within this matter, it isn’t to say that not everyone has a chance of becoming a Baroness because, truthfully, everyone renders a great degree of possibility to enter the land of royalty. For example, even though she is not considered a Baroness, Carmen Dell’Orefice is a figure of nobility who has challenged the parameters of fashion at over eight years old. Claiming fashion to have a language of its own that is waiting to be explored and revealed by its users. She even goes ahead by saying, “Fashion is part of communication. It’s just the beginning … Everybody wants to be somebody else, rather than using those images as a stimulation to look at themselves and redefine and redesign themselves and see who they are” (Corner 30).
Spoken like a true woman of astuteness, how can any Baroness represent themselves when in reality they are trying to duplicate the one before them? Coming to terms with the logic, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a Baroness; this can be applied to anyone. Answer me, my dear subjects, how can we, thewe the people, become our former selves when we are trying to mimic our former neighbor, friend, or idle? Shouldn’t we be content with ourselves and how we are poised to be? Didn’t a wise voice proclaim that comparison is the death of happiness? Might as well clone everyone in the whole nation. Why not enjoy the loveliness of being a woman? Why deny something so precious that was given to us? Why ignore this true blessing? After all, our Baroness Hain thinks the same …
“A Baroness needs to be strong in conviction and commitment,” said Hain. “There is a responsibility to be the best version of yourself each and every day.”
If Justice was an Outfit, it would have Heels.
I have stated it once, and I’ll state it again: fashion is not solely a set of stitches and thread but also a weapon used to kill our culprit, a culprit that we label as sexist. Well I along with Baroness Hain
“Fashion is an important part of self-expression. I believe that it is important to have that outlet to discover what you feel empowered in”
For all women out there, we are Lady Liberty, while fashion was our torch that represented both our dignity and revolt. Why lash out with words when an outfit can do all the talking? For instance, within the prominence of France in May 1968 the mini skirt, this article of clothing as simple as it sounds, besides being used as a pair of bottoms also served the purpose of becoming a symbol of liberation while being a hand-made print of rejection towards traditional gender roles. Or perhaps we should point out what women wore in the workforce if the mini skirt wasn’t your average cup of tea. This striking elegance and sophistication came to rise in the 1970s and ’80s when women proposed to dress similarly to men to be accounted for and be treated as serious figures contributing to the workplace with both their efforts and time. And by all means a woman can rock a pantsuit better in every sense of the word.
However, these protests along with many others weren’t taken to highly take the combination of fashion and manual labor for example, when men viewed this act some snickered at their behavior while one in particular took it as a joke and made the following statement “ You know what I like about seeing women in pantsuits? It’s like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs” (Indyx). Although these protests with fits of fashion weren’t welcoming upon behalf of the side of brotherhood it wasn’t all for not nor did the ladies’ work go completely down the drain. Why the mini skirt still currently is being deemed as a powerful way for women to reclaim their bodies and being seen as a symbol of both revolution and defiance. But my fellow subjects I hope you are aware that these protests weren’t only seen within one particular period nor executed only by the general public. For I recall a fair maiden who was ahead of her time and worked as a fashion designer within her years of youth. Madeleine Vionnet was a famous fashion designer similar to Channel who was credited as the inventor of the “bias cut” and known for her amazing technical innovations. Caused by her creative genius and talent this led her to “ evolve a uniquely female style that forever changed the relationship between body and clothes” (Steele 54). Madame Vionnet wasn’t any ordinary damsel no my, for she was a woman who made an emphasis on the idea that instead of women fitting into clothes, it should be clothed-fitting women elevating the graces of every curve that each different body possesses. By expressing the beauties of being a woman and the masterpieces of feminism.
Silk and Satin are Not Alike.
In the fullness of time to make my proclamation brief it has been quite transparent that no two women are alike by any means. Each fair empress holds their prestige within their realm attributed to the fashion industry that aids them by exhibiting who they are and how they are willing to fight for what is rightfully theirs. Giving a wild spin on the whole grotesque and absurd idea of how “Women dress to please men” and therefore prefer to be dressed by a man, whose taste and expertise [they] respect . . . more than a women’s “ (Steele 10). Nonsensical if you ask me, nonetheless my dear fellow subjects I convey to you this order for you to not only praise your skin for all its glory and pay gratitude to those striking leaders who were willing to risk everything to have what you have today. If not for you to feel invigorated as a woman and to diminish any doubts that might manipulate your state of mind because my dear fellow subjects, like those who trifled through heaven and earth to gain the crown that was bestowed on their heads you too can achieve greatness and so much more.