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STYLE: 10 REASONS WHY GIRLS SHOULD WEAR HOODIES
by A Rehak
Photos copyright of SAVE THE HOODIE
You've all heard about the bad press that hoodies have got in the UK, with the government wanting to ban hooded tops because they hide the faces of naughty criminal types on CCTV cameras.
But hoodies are warm and stylish and worn by 90% of the population including fluffy-haired grandmothers! Banning hoodies is like saying you can't wear stripes because you look like an old-fashioned burglar, or you can't wear leather boots because they make you look like a pirate! So to add weight to the fabalicious Lady Sovereign's SAVE THE HOODIE campaign, check these out...
10 REASONS WHY GIRLS SHOULD WEAR HOODIES
#1: To look like you're with it.
If you're a hip young chick, cool. You're probably wearing a hoodie. If you're more of a hip young hen then you wanna look like you know what hip young chicks are wearing. Get an elegant, tasteful hoodie without the huge logos, in a color that isn't hot pink or baby blue. Unless you're a logo-addict by choice, go for keeping it elegant and stylee.
#2: To prank your friends.
Pull up your hoodie, go over to your friend's friend, and do something silly to them. No one will ever know it was you.
#3: To tune out boring people.
In winter, hoodies have an excuse to come out and play. They keep your head nice and warm but best of all you can pretend you find useless people interesting. Have you ever run into someone on the street you feel obliged to speak to when you don't really want to? With a hoodie it's really easy to hide the earphones that block those people out. Keep the music just low enough so you can follow the gist of the conversation enough to nod in the right places.
#4: Privacy on public transport.
Don't you hate it when you're riding a bus or train and you've got people reading over your shoulder? Or just staring at you? Something about a hoodie says, "fuck off" when you're in this situation. Pull it up and you've got a little bit of privacy. People may give you a sideways look, but that beats having them staring at the screen of your moblie or MP3 player for the entire trip.
#5: To sue the police.
Police like to single out people for mistreatment. When they see someone in a hoodie, they automatically assume that person's a troublemaker, so they're more likely to take you for a ride in the back or their car and ask you all sorts of questions about where you go, the names of your friends, if you are black or know any black people, and so on. Usually this happens to kids, who are either too dumb to know this is wrong behaviour by the police, or too out of line, and have actually been doing something they'd rather not tell the cops. Either way, kids are stuck putting up with it. You aren't. Lay a trap for police by wearing your hoodie. Let them come after you, and make sure you have something to record it with. You'll make some quick money.
#6: To hide the shame of bad clothes.
You've been outdoors, in public, wearing something you think looks terrible. Admit
it. Everyone is staring at you, silently laughing at that ugly shirt, but you're already
out and about and it's too late to go back home and hide now! Flip up your hoodie and you won't need to - you can't see your bad shirt and other people can't see you. Genius!
#7: For hiding the love marks.
No-one will ever see those bite marks and scratches if you're hiding under your nice hoodie. The best part is that when you're around the right people you can just pull the hoodie down and reveal your bruised bits. Rowr!
#8: To scare the boys.
Girls in hoodies have a rep for being tough. Get a bunch of girls together, head out for a night on the tiles wearing your elegant hoodies and how watch how easy it is to deflect unwanted requests for your phone number. Grrr!
#9: Hair protection.
Most mooksome goddesses spend more time than they meant to on their hair when they go out. And after you've created your lovely mini-sculpture, your lovely artistic statement designed to be flaunted by the top of your head, are you REALLY going to just leave it out there, undefended? Think of the hoodie as a kind of armor plating against anti-hair attacks: Rain, snow, cigarette
smoke, beer, icksome puke, etc.
#10: To protect your reputation at the pubs.
Should it happen that YOU are the one to wee yourself, upchuck on yourself or worse (actually we couldn't think of worse - Eds.) it's best for everyone involved if you pull the hoodie all the way over your head, so that it obscures your face. This way, less people will know it was you. Then RUN.
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