Cosmo Competition.

So I was rifling through my Cosmo magazine today, and found a competition for an internship with the magazine. I immediately remembered the article I was planning to write on fashion, and decided that now was as good a time as any. Below is the article I sent away to the lovely ladies at Cosmo, in the hope they will consider me for the internship position. Wish me luck, and read my article. Tell me what you think =)
E.

Women are truly mental creatures.

Fashion.
It is a hot topic for all women. It plays a significant part in a women’s life, as it is how she presents herself to the rest of world. Regardless of the woman in question, we all tend to follow impossible fashion trends.

Men, it seems, can walk the streets for two days in the same pair of jeans, carrying little more than their wallet and mobile phone. If they are really metropolitan, they may have an iPod. Women, in all our glorious wonder, can not leave the house without our new-born baby sized purses, lip gloss, lipsticks, lip balms, mobile phones, mascara, moisturiser, foundation, highlighter, blush, 6 different makeup brushes, eye shadow and eyeliner, iPods, water bottles, tampons, pads and a spare pair of underwear. All of this is encased in our handbags, oftentimes the size of a suitcase. Balance this on your arm whilst wearing 6 inch heels, a skin tight dress that barely enables you to breathe, juggling car keys and four take-away coffees. Not. Fun.

Why do we do this to ourselves? I love my shoe collection, but I have seldom worn a pair more than once. After a night out in them, I can barely stand to put my blistered, calloused feet back into the beautiful patent leather. I love wearing them, but for what purpose? And why must we carry a cosmetics counter around in our bags at all times? It’s not like men care what they wear, or what they look like. Their outfit choices are defined by which t-shirt is the cleanest on the day.
Who do we wear all these things for, really? We try to tell each other we like to look and feel good about ourselves for our own benefit, but we all know this is a lie. Each time we stand in the ladies room, re-applying our rouge shade of lipstick and blackest-black mascara, it is not for our own self-concept. Every lady does this because she likes the attention she gets from men – the attention that comes from wearing this eye-popping shade of red and lash-enhancing paint. Our lives are centred on finding that one significant other, the man who completes us. This is the absolute opposite of what every magazine, beauty campaign and self-help book tells us. Again, I ask: Why do we do it?
Who knows? Perhaps it is just human nature – an animal instinct that goes back farther than the history of time. All I can tell you is that I hate looking perfect all the time. I am only human, after all. If I want to wear my trackies to the supermarket, then I bloody-well will! At the end of the day, who really gives a blue razoo? If you are not comfortable being yourself then you have a serious problem. I also sincerely doubt you'll meet your one true love at the supermarket, but if you do, he'll give you a second glance regardless of what you are wearing.