The New Dress.

As 90% of the population are probably aware, 'fetish wear' is the new big thing in the fashion world. Leather, spikes, collars; you name it, people are wearing it. I'm unsure exactly how it happened but you cannot currently walk into a shop without seeing random metal spikes, or leather sleeves, on garments. Alarmingly, it works. There is something so right about what essentially, probably shouldn't look good.
I'm not usually one to buy into fashion trends. I hate buying clothes because I have a ridiculous body shape so nothing looks good on me. (I am not attributing anything to the fact that I worked in a school last year and there was an endless supply of cakes, and biscuits, and the fact that I possibly put on weight.) I have however recently purchased a new dress. It is black, just above the knee, cap sleeves with slight shoulder pads, and spikes. The shoulders of this dress are covered in metal spikes that are about one centimetre tall. I do believe that the buying of this dress was largely down to a coincidence of timing. Less than a week before I added to my wardrobe, my boyfriend broke up with me. I am not saying that I only liked the dress because my boyfriend broke me, but there was something incredibly appealing about a dress that had the potential to hurt people. When you are feeling hurt, you want nothing more than to hurt others.
I think it would be really interesting to ask all the women you will see wandering around with metal spikes sticking out if the idea that their outfit could hurt people appeals to them in any way. I think a lot of them would probably say, yes. There is something wholly satisfying about wearing your aggression and spite on the outside, without looking like a thug. Maybe even to ask these  people about the circumstances of their purchase. Even if it was something small that caused them to have a bad day, it would be interesting to see if there was anything that perhaps made them want to own something that essentially says "Fuck off. I'm dangerous." Admittedly, a spikey shoulder isn't going to do much damage. As my friend Stan told me the other day, If you want to wear spikes to stop people [men] coming near you, they need to be on your crotch. Makes a woman wander, how long until we see women walking around with metal spiked covering their privates.