' In art, dahlias represent elegance, inner strength, and creativity. I took the name of a flower to break away from gender roles and define myself by the qualities I wish to emulate.'
The office Christmas party....
So many decision to make... What dish to bring for the buffet, What gift to buy for that someone I barely know for Secret Santa. Most importantly what to wear!!! You want to wear something people at the office haven't seen you in before. Monday through Friday, you head to work in jeans and comfy dress shirt. Professionally casual. For the office Christmas party, you want to switch it up!
Work doesn't always provide a great deal of flexibility with gender role expression. It's usually easier to mostly stick with one, and be consistent with wardrobe choices. For the office party, you could lose the jeans and go for dress pants, maybe a dressy (but not Christmas) sweater.. You could wear your good blue suit,jacket you always get compliments when sporting that jacket. Well from your mother anyways...
The blue suit is more summer than winter though, and it's material a little light for a cold December night. How about wearing your blacks suit? Formal, classy, great for weddings, funerals and every thing in between.... You look hot in the black suit, channelling your inner James Bond.
The black suit fits well, form fitting where it should be, but with plenty of room to feel comfortable and dance the night away! The suit however, might be too formal for the Motel 6 banquet room.... You always want to use this after hours opportunity to express yourself and share the fluidity of gender qualities I define myself and wish to emulate.
You consider expressing yourself in small ways, maybe like you do for work, by wearing pink undies under your jeans. Problem is, you know know they're there, but no one else will, just like Monday to Friday. This is the office Christmas parties, it's after hours and if you're wearing your pink thong, you're wearing it so everyone can see it!
Pink thong it is!
The pink thong always makes you feel sexy and desirable, and most of all, it feels right. Although it's just a bit of material, the thong makes a statement. The pink thong will turn heads, have your co-workers talking, and let that closeted hottie in accounting know that life is a blast, and there's nothing to be afraid of.
If the pink thong isn't fancy enough for the Motel 6, you can always dress it up with jewellery, a Santa hat, or a string of Christmas lights. This Christmas, pink is the new red and green. Fun, festive and most of all a great way to free yourself from the constraints of the oppressive office dress code and the tedium of the Monday thru Friday routines.
FH readers may remember Pup Dahlia, our pink thong wearing party boy, whose first shoot with MW Photo MD I featured last month. (HERE:) I loved the first set of images so much, I was excited to see what Pup and Mark would create on their second creative collaboration. Pup strives to live an 'after hours' life regardless of societies restrictive boundaries and the many rules and demands to conform.
'I had an awesome time with Pup! It was extremely fun to shoot with him again. He got some music going early in the shoot, showed off some dance moves and his pleasant voice and our 2 hour shoot flowed very nicely and he came up with the idea for some motion shots which was new for me in the studio and I think they turned out great! Pup brought along the pink thong which was a really nice compliment to his skin tone and the Christmas themed ideas.'
