Conversation between a fashion person and a non-fashion person

Fashion Person- Wasn't what she wore beautiful?
Non-Fashion Person - She had a bird on her head.
FP - But wasn't it beautiful?
NFP - The bird?
FP - The outfit.
NFP - With the bird?
FP - (Nods smiling)
NFP - I guess, as far as birds on the head go.
FP - But weren't the colors beautiful together? Didn't you think it made a bold statement?
NFP - It was a bird on her head. I guess the statement would be, "I'm ridiculous."

Obviously, Fashion people and non fashion people do not always see eye to eye. I went to see the Sex and the City movie with a non-fashion person. This is a little strange because 75% of the movie revolves around fashion. There were three different fashion shows in the movie- two of them starring Miss Carrie Bradshaw. So hearing someone say, "Oh my God. What is she wearing?" throughout most of the film is kind of eye opening because I was saying the exact same thing, but with an entirely different tone.
Fashion people see clothing as just that - clothes. The stuff you put on your body so they won't be walking around naked. It is functional and should be comfortable. Most of the world thinks along those lines, otherwise how do you explain Crocs.
Fashion people aren't always looking at the function as much as the concept - the big picture. Taking the vision and then taking it apart. Yes, Carrie was wearing a bird on her head at the wedding, but a fashion person would look at that and then tell themselves, "That is awesome. I want to wear feathers on my new hat."
I have always been a style person, holding tightly to my own personal style until I was in college. I liked clothes, but I didn't understand photo spreads in magazines, and I really didn't understand designer clothes. Until a friend of mine told me that you can't look at a photo spread and think, "Is this something I could wear to Wal-Mart?" Because these are not clothes to wear as much as they are to admire. It is art. Art that you can lay across your body, and all the colors and shadows and textures are created by the way the body forms. So when you flip through Vogue, the photo spread should create a mood, a feeling, a reaction.
And although I might not agree with everything that Carrie Bradshaw wears, this is how the character shows her courageousness. How many people, real or fictional, are bold enough to wear a fake bird woven into their bridal veil? It was daring. It was beautiful. And it brought about the exact images that Patricia Field and Vivian Westwood intended - Marie Antoinette. Who was also know for wearing birds in her hair (except real ones). It was opulent. It made a statement. And the blues and greens were luminescent on the ivory gown.
But to a non-fashion person, its just a bird on the head.