This weekend (Sat 12th to be precise) I went to a Civil Ceremony- Gay wedding to you and me. Now for this momentous occasion i needed to wear black tie...brilliant. You would think.
Now don't get me wrong, it felt good to wear such clean cut, smart, 'dapper' clothing but i couldn't get one thing out of my mind- I felt bored. This wasn't because of the uneventful world around me. In fact the world around me was quite fun, going on a train in a dinner jacket. Then going past the London eye where all you could see was mexicans and japs in 'I <3 LONDON' t-shirts. I was expecting to be taken aside for a photo I looked so out of place.
We got to the venue (it was very swish!) and waited for others to arrive. This is where my boredom set it- as I said, it wasn't with events. It was because my DJ, like every DJ, was black.
All I kept seeing was women coming in, in extravagant dresses, clutch bags, gloves- the whole shabang. Along with each woman...a man in a black DJ, twiddling his thumbs as he has brought nothing but himself.
Now this is where my problem comes in. WHY!? Why do the men have to stand back and be boring, old fashioned, black and white as it were! And let the women show off there style...or lack of it in many cases. Okay, most people would claim that it's tradition to have a black and white DJ. That they are the original. But again...so many things have moved on from tradition. Christianity for example. Times are changing, yet the world of Dinner Jackets stands still. I want to see some pink! some silver! Men are too conservative, they know it looks good, but we just blend in. Everyone looks the same, you lose the facial features cause nothing is different. You sort of glaze over and see yet another black DJ. I'm not saying that men should go with a fluorescent green blazer and trousers, but just something different. Something edgy! Now the other thing with DJ's is of course, the mandatory, bow tie. I really didn't want to wear the god damn thing, but 'its tradition'. BALLS to that. I took my skinny tie..just in case. Turned out that the groomsmen were wearing ties. One with real crystals on it. Now that was a nice touch! (this meant i later put on my tie! made me much more comfortable).
One brilliant reason, I think, for starting a colour revolution, is that the women (and some men) can critique someone else for a change. Everytime a women walked in, I'd think...god how horrible is that! The ruffles just make her look weird. Or that, is amazing! I'll admit to everyone now, i'm into fashion and critiquing what people wear is fantastic fun, even if it is a little camp. But you can't say you haven't seen someone and thought about whether you like it or not, its an impulse!
So here's my thinking. Just a grey suit.A nice pink, purple even, shirt. With a white/silver skinny tie. And there you'd have it. A stylish, up to date male. Just pushing the boundaries. And maybe soon you won't have to see a room full of black and white, but colour brightening your day!
TV moved on from black and white....it's time we did too.
