MY 90'S CHILDHOOD WARDROBE IS THE SAME AS PHIL LESTER'S
Childhood. A time of innocence. A time of growth. A time of development.
A time where your parents pick your clothing. A time where fashion ceases to exist.
I was looking through some of the old photos that I have of me from the 90's and it hit me that some of the fashion choices and the overall style I'd seen before. I couldn't put my finger on where I'd seen them. I knew it was recent. I sat and struggled for a few moments until I looked over and saw a Dan & Phil poster on my wall. Phil. That's where I'd seen the style before. Phil Lester. The style was so similar that it stuck in my head for days. I almost was horrified, then I became overwhelmed with laughter and I was over the moon to show my mate Jess about the outfits. I just couldn't keep something this hilarious to myself. Her lungs almost burst from laughter when I exclaimed that my clothing choices from the mid to late 90's looked like the current wardrobe of Phil Lester. She wasn't fully buying the story until I pulled out a wad of photos and began to show her. She couldn't believe her eyes and quickly agreed about the clothing choices. At the end of the day, we came to the conclusion that Phil's choices in clothing are among the same taste that a mum in the 90's would have for her child.
We had such a good time looking through the few photos and laughing at the similarities that I knew I had to take that banter to the blog, so here are some of the photos that we looked at and laughed at.
Let's go back to Christmas of 1995
(I'm the handsome little fucker with the dark hair.)
We had such a good time looking through the few photos and laughing at the similarities that I knew I had to take that banter to the blog, so here are some of the photos that we looked at and laughed at.
Let's go back to Christmas of 1995
(I'm the handsome little fucker with the dark hair.)
A cute little Christmas themed turtleneck. Candy canes, stockings, little teddy bears if I can remember correctly. Very festive. Very Lester. I think that was the last time that I ever owned anything holiday themed. He seems to have a sort of fetish for holiday-themed clothes; Halloween is one thing, Christmas is another. Though I was forced into similar Lester-like outfits throughout the years.
Speaking of holidays, I went on one with my grandparents in October of 1999 and once again I was wearing something Phil-tastic. My hair looks almost gingery in that light, maybe it's just the lighting in the photo or how it was printed. I dunno, anyway, that's me the tallest of the lot with my nan, brother, sister and cousin. It was a nice little family holiday. We went to this neato science museum place. I don't remember much of it
A blue jumper with little white cuffs, black jean like pants and little dress shoes. When I saw this photo all I could think of was him-minus the shoes, add trainers and you've got one of Phil's outfits. I think he wore something like this in one of his videos...no, haha I'm just kidding, I'm half not. I think that shirt made an appearance in either a live show or a video. What a concept.
RIght, I know the title says his current wardrobe, but I'm also looking at some of his older outfits. His style hasn't evolved much over the years; thankfully my style started to evolve and by the time I was 13 years old I was wearing all black almost every day. Though, when I was 18, I went through like a kind of monochrome ghetto style. Like those real gangster baggy jeans. I was kind of an emo-ghetto mess. I had the emo fringe, smoked cigarettes and wore clothing at least 2 sizes too big for me. I don't know how I thought this was style. I mean most of my jeans are baggy, but at least they're skinny jeans. Thankfully, I don't think I have any photos of that time either. That would be just horrific; these little blasts from the past are enough. I'm almost regretting doing this blog, but let's knock on before I change my mind and delete it.
A rendition of me thinking about the style choices of my past.
Actually, as a child, my mother dressed me so in a way his style is a reflection of my mother's views on children's clothing in the mid to late 90's. Welp. Still, I'm not going to change the title of the piece. Let's move on to another photo, shall we? This one's the same outfit as above, but you get to see more of it.
And as we can see through the photograph above that even as a child I was well aware of what a cage my life would be. I grapple with concepts of existence (what the fuck are those shoes? Jesus!) and attempt to stick my head out of the cage to get a peek at the freedoms not afforded to me. Or it was my earliest attempt at suicide. You be the judge. Though with that outfit, can you blame me? No offence to Phil there. The style just doesn't suit me. And meanwhile I'm showing Jessica, you'll remember her from the blog with the moustache and the monocle. Maybe I'm being a bit too reflective on the photo; it's possible that I was just a kid being silly and not thinking about reflecting anything. I was just letting off some steam and playing. I look at the photo now with different eyes, having almost 2 decades of experience under my belt now. God, that makes me sound older than I am. Maybe I am getting old. Back to the outfits.
This will be the last one that I go with. A little white t-shirt with friendly-faced fruits on them. I don't know why this reminds me of him...Oh yeah, I do. This is the photo that my mind conjures up when I think about this childhood photo of me. It's not exactly Phileque, but the goofy faces of the fruit put it in his vicinity and before anyone wants to argue there's a recent photo of him that proves my point.
The goofy face on the shirt. A happy, youthful and unique t-shirt. All I need to be wearing in that photo are black shorts like he is in his photo or back jeans and we'd have a great likeness on that front.
Now, this blog was done in fun and wasn't really a shot at Phil though it could be taken as one. It was just a funny little thing that popped up. And it's also a sneak peek into my past as a child and the start to other blogs. Next month, there will be some revealing things announced on here and it's been a long time coming. They're going to be emotional and hard, but I want to try and be more open with that area of my life and share more. I'm looking to build support and make new friends in the process. Who knows? This might serve as a new platform for new topics being discussed on here. I kind of hope so.
Speaking of holidays, I went on one with my grandparents in October of 1999 and once again I was wearing something Phil-tastic. My hair looks almost gingery in that light, maybe it's just the lighting in the photo or how it was printed. I dunno, anyway, that's me the tallest of the lot with my nan, brother, sister and cousin. It was a nice little family holiday. We went to this neato science museum place. I don't remember much of it
A blue jumper with little white cuffs, black jean like pants and little dress shoes. When I saw this photo all I could think of was him-minus the shoes, add trainers and you've got one of Phil's outfits. I think he wore something like this in one of his videos...no, haha I'm just kidding, I'm half not. I think that shirt made an appearance in either a live show or a video. What a concept. RIght, I know the title says his current wardrobe, but I'm also looking at some of his older outfits. His style hasn't evolved much over the years; thankfully my style started to evolve and by the time I was 13 years old I was wearing all black almost every day. Though, when I was 18, I went through like a kind of monochrome ghetto style. Like those real gangster baggy jeans. I was kind of an emo-ghetto mess. I had the emo fringe, smoked cigarettes and wore clothing at least 2 sizes too big for me. I don't know how I thought this was style. I mean most of my jeans are baggy, but at least they're skinny jeans. Thankfully, I don't think I have any photos of that time either. That would be just horrific; these little blasts from the past are enough. I'm almost regretting doing this blog, but let's knock on before I change my mind and delete it.
A rendition of me thinking about the style choices of my past.
Actually, as a child, my mother dressed me so in a way his style is a reflection of my mother's views on children's clothing in the mid to late 90's. Welp. Still, I'm not going to change the title of the piece. Let's move on to another photo, shall we? This one's the same outfit as above, but you get to see more of it.
And as we can see through the photograph above that even as a child I was well aware of what a cage my life would be. I grapple with concepts of existence (what the fuck are those shoes? Jesus!) and attempt to stick my head out of the cage to get a peek at the freedoms not afforded to me. Or it was my earliest attempt at suicide. You be the judge. Though with that outfit, can you blame me? No offence to Phil there. The style just doesn't suit me. And meanwhile I'm showing Jessica, you'll remember her from the blog with the moustache and the monocle. Maybe I'm being a bit too reflective on the photo; it's possible that I was just a kid being silly and not thinking about reflecting anything. I was just letting off some steam and playing. I look at the photo now with different eyes, having almost 2 decades of experience under my belt now. God, that makes me sound older than I am. Maybe I am getting old. Back to the outfits.
This will be the last one that I go with. A little white t-shirt with friendly-faced fruits on them. I don't know why this reminds me of him...Oh yeah, I do. This is the photo that my mind conjures up when I think about this childhood photo of me. It's not exactly Phileque, but the goofy faces of the fruit put it in his vicinity and before anyone wants to argue there's a recent photo of him that proves my point.
The goofy face on the shirt. A happy, youthful and unique t-shirt. All I need to be wearing in that photo are black shorts like he is in his photo or back jeans and we'd have a great likeness on that front.
Now, this blog was done in fun and wasn't really a shot at Phil though it could be taken as one. It was just a funny little thing that popped up. And it's also a sneak peek into my past as a child and the start to other blogs. Next month, there will be some revealing things announced on here and it's been a long time coming. They're going to be emotional and hard, but I want to try and be more open with that area of my life and share more. I'm looking to build support and make new friends in the process. Who knows? This might serve as a new platform for new topics being discussed on here. I kind of hope so.
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