Ladies In Leopardskin & Dionysus
I was reading an article about ladies who wear leopardskin prints the other day & it quoted the editor of Australian Vogue as saying she – as some woman do – considered it to be a neutral. Like beige. I’m blonde, tall & with boobage so if i wear leopard print, it looks ho not haute but i’m interested in the woman who do. Scorpios – surely. But the only one i can think of who is always rocking around in it is Kate Moss….The Capricorn…
This fits beautifully into the old myths that have the followers of Dionysus – God of Wine, Pleasure & Debauchery wearing leopard as a homage to him. I mean, if Kate is not a follower of Dionysus then who the hell is?
Should you be having Dionysian urges this week, the asteroid (3671 if you want to go bats looking it up on Astrodienst) is near the Sun in Leo…Yes, something else to blame apart from the Mars-Neptune trine…Anyway, whom do you think favours leopard print & which sign – would you also consider yourself/these women to be followers of Dionysus?
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Or is there some thunderingly political-correctness thing that i am missing here…in a world where some leopards are endangered, is it not tacky to wear even faux leopard??
All leopards are endangered, especially the snow leopard.
Although one could still go to countries that border their native habitat & be wankerific and buy a snow leopard coat…vile… Equally wankerific was a piece of news where a big cat sanctuary in the States received in their care a young snow leopard. Story was a wankerific husband wanted to give wifey something “different”…kitten grew too big…how he managed to get one is beyond me (logistics, customs, quarantine, etc.), apart from wads of money & poor people needing money in the snow leopards’ native countries.
Which oddly ties in with pleasure & debauchery you mentioned Mystic.
Who would’ve thunk it?
I think it should be made so that when designers want to use the print, they are required to make a set minimum donation to conservation funds that strive to help the leopards. Now off to find the hawt & talented Steve Galster to help me with this idea…
“Peg Bundy” on married with children always comes into my mind when i think of leopard print.
LEOpards
Meow!
that’s right!!!!
Indeed! It s Leo-thang. I have a pair of Leopard-skin jeans that are my barometer for whether I have put on too much weight. If they are snug at the waist, I know to ramp up the exercise and cut down on the treats. Have lost a few kilos recently. Might have to drag them out again. I’m certainly no Kate Moss, and I know it can look trashy… But I think I first fell for Leopard-skin when I saw Jerry Hall come out yelping in that Bryan Ferry clip. “Y’know the marriage vow is very sacred; The mans’ put us together;We oughta make it; Together!” Hook, line and sinker.
hmmm I think leopards look best in leopard print. I certainly don’t wear it as animal print + boobs evokes the question “how much?”. Actually I lie … I used to have a leopard print mesh bra with g-string (back in the days when I had an ass that didn’t actually eat the damn thing). It didn’t tend to evoke much conversation at all, but thorough maulings did ensue as I recall.
I don’t know if the wearing of animal prints is sign specific as I can’t actually think of anyone I know who dons them. I’m thinking …. real estate agent with bleached blonde hair called Gina or Stephie?? Recruitment agent with those terrifying acrylic claws laquered slashed-artery red??? Hairdressers??? A Gemini having a bad Venus transit????
I think you just described the woman who managed my latest recruitment. Terrifying!
CBE, that made me chortle!
I so get it. But I must bring myself to the pulpit and confess, yes, I Fallen Angel of the Kataka tribe actually own a leopard print DRESS. It’s a simply summer string affair that’s made of some kind of jersey silk, it looks great on me but Peg Bundy flashbacks DID make me hesitate..until Le Scorp saw it and went, rawr.
It has a modest a-line skirt and a crossed front that cinches at the waist, I wear it with black high heeled boots and a black military style jacket. Oh, and red lips. Which I always smudge suggestively.
So I think it’s somewhat of a military meets woman as a jungle animal wild thing look…
no no no – LOVE wine – respect the cats need their own coats… perhaps best to EMBODY the leapord stealth, speed, grace in attitude than to merely clumsily mimic its spots.
Mystic what is it with the times – spent the evening being ASSERTIVE amongst the fire-fighters, stepping up and claiming my right to speak, organise, communicate and direct.. they all fell meekly to my side.. while I pop in after training to the Pisces firey who says I’m obviously ‘desperate’ for having joined dating service recently. I nearly knifed him on his couch.
the uk archetype is bet lynch from coronation street, the buxom bar tender, or mildred from george and mildred, 70s sitcom where she hates her husban george and flirts with the toffy neighbour.
or Barbara Windsor in anything, or Diana Dors …
All overdone, too much make up, big hair, and cleavage thrust forward, held aloft with extensive scaffolding.
I’ll wear leopard print – sparingly. It never looks tacky if you do it right, a little goes a long way. Used to have a beautiful set of leopard print sheets and a blood red chenille blanket too.
Kate Moss as a Dionysian follower or whatever they are called works for me! Leopardskin print – never the actual skin obviously, is worn by a lot of Leos, they just like the power and the glamour of it. But not me. It always makes me t hink the woman are wearing it to try to add power or status they don’t inwardly feel they have. LIke an insecure emperor in ancient rome with the whole leopard on him. So is not surprising it associated with working class woman made good. Or trying to. THis is not meant to sound snobby.
I wish I could wear it, but for all the above reasons, no can do…imo Oscar de la Renta’s frock is a little bit dodgy batik sarong…
I do think leopard prints are very tacky and totally un-pc. I dress like an uptight Aquarian. I love animals, especially cats.
You took the words out of my mouth.
Though years ago I had a pair of knickers in leopard print wore them until the elastic was showing. It was like I was partaking in something illegal.
I think leopard prints are rather tacky!
its just al;l TOO fake – it just doent look natural as in like – it doesnt really complement anyone (All your basically saying is “Do u think i look hot in the skinned, biologically fake, excuse for a leopard..?”
I have Dionysis in Tuarus conjunct South Node and trine Uranus, Neptune and Chiron!
hey, just had a look at mine – i have dionysus in taurus too – not sure about conjunctions etc – means what?
And you’re a Saggo! How very Dionysian. Good thing you’re still below drinking age, dear Matt!!
i know yeah! lol
i’m in for a fun time +18
I have always secretly liked it! I think because of watching the glam women of DYNASTY as a child! but was heavily criticized by my childhood gemini friend in the same decade for having eastern-european-like taste in prints! I bought a pair of leopard print flats recently and wore them out, I loved them! I don’t think I am a BIG follower of dionysis (but I did chuckle at MMs blog the other day about scorpios/aquariuss being obsessive health freak/pub lunch devotees, I am scorp sun aqua rising and I do tend to be a TAD obsessive).
I saw a real leopard fur coat at a vintage fair in Melbourne recently for 6G and I am no fashionista but it was truly a stunning item. I think faux is fine. It’s like all faux fur. I think its actually an ANTI-FUR statement.
After reading this blog I feel E-boobs and blonde hair be damned! I am coming out of the animal print closet! And if any drunk fool makes a working girl slur I will tell him the truth. You cannot afford me shuttlec*#k!
Agree with much of above, especially that leopard print (or any other animal skin/fur) should only be seen on the original owner. Reminds me of an old Greenpeace ad, which unfortunately didn’t get much air-time!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwDED8t4cw
Enjoy!!
Mine is 19 degrees Leo, conjunct uranus. All forming a tight little bunch of conjunctions on the new moon. A new life of inventive debauchery?
Agree, real fur on real animals. But love faux. Only peeps I know who looked good in faux were cancer and toro.
There’s only one person I know who would EVER wear leopard print, and she’s a LEO (and a vegetarian??!!). BUT – she’s also BRITISH – and I think that is the real key here. I don’t know what the collective astro for Brits is, but la fake animal print belongs to the more northern reaches of the mother isle I feel.
As it happens, it’s said Leo’s birthday today. So I chose to wear bright red-and-white-striped thing for her celebrations tonight, and as a gift to her, I promised to wear my hair down, ALL EVENING… Being Leonic, she likes seeing me in long-locks mode… But all this meant I was accused of being a Leo this morning by the guy who makes me coffee. I replied – actually, I have NOTHING in Leo… Just checked. I have Dionysus in Leo… Hence I only do the big hair for parties and events…
Northern England and the Scots – ooh, soooooo true. Lived in both. Especially on Thursday nights. Historically pay day, so girls go out for a good time, and after the housekeeping is taken out, the boys get what’s left for Friday night. Thursday night in Middlesbrough, gangs of girls in leopard pvc minis, fishnets and stillettos. Awesome.
Perhaps it’s the colonist mentality seeping into the sub-conscious fashion choices of the people.
“I don’t care if it was its own autonomous being, I want it!!”
The colonist thing would also explain why Adelaide is the most likely Australian city to find animal print clothing in… It was the non-convict colony…
Ha ha, the only person I have ever known to wear leopard print is my Scottish Gemini mother who got around in a leopard print top for a while after her divorce.
Leo here! And ouiiiiiiiiiiii! ANY animal prints work well for me.
I’ve NEVER been one for animal prints, thought it tacky in the extreme but in the last 3 months something has come over me & I’ve somehow found myself buying 3 pinup girl frocks in black and leopard print. Plus a pair of cute heels. I’m thinking it’s because these 50′s style frocks work so well with “zee animale”
Agree that for some women, leopard print is a bit like beige. I think it helps it you’re skinny and plae (a la Kate Moss) – it’s the only “exotic” part of her whole look (well, from a Western perspective anyway.)
Not into it much myself, though I love a good (fake) snakeskin belt, bag or shoes. It’s a little more understated with corporate wear, but it’s like a secret signal – mess with me and I will strike! Not so sure about the snakeskin pattern fabric that’s cropping up this season tho.
oh i LOVE this picture.I have a leaopard print tattoo, leopard print decor, leopard print lingerie, leopard print dresses and shoes and sandals. – my wardrobe, basically,
I HAVE A CUSTOM MADE POLISHED SILK LEOPARD PRINT SUIT!
I have suede knee high leopard print boots,; i have leopard print satin doc martens.
i have leopard print wallpaper in my toilet.
My cat looks like a fat leopard.
Beige? smeige.
SCORP!
I bet you look hot, plutonic!
I like it too and the print can be amazingly flattering. It brings out the animal in me.
PF You are AWESOME! I like Ub am sure you are the hottest thing going! I would never have had the cohones to wear a suit, or those thigh high boots. I am taking a leaf out of your book now! Scorpios unite!
awh shucks. thanks you two.
There is also the bed linen, the crockery, the DUSTPAN (my mother gave it to me!). And I have a massive sheer silk leopard Mu-Mu flown in from Dubai, bejewlelled and all.
bikini. FUQ! i forgot – I have a leopard print shower cap, care of my sister. I could go on. I have been doign this since i was about 13. I figure it is the one trend that will still suit me when i am 85
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woaaah a leopard print dustpan??? a Mu-Mu??? That’s really impressive plutonic!
yes clearly I have been patiently waiting for this blog topic all my life. then there’s the NORMAL accessories – sungalsses, handbag, umbrella, raincoat, cosmetic purse and wallet…. you know. basic camouflage gear for an inner city type. I am VERY easy to buy for!
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goodness me. Silly me – here i go misrepresenting myself and all scorps. Top of the list, of course, is that i have a leopard print Vibrator (and handcuffs!).
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT’S CLASSIC!!! luv it!
why thank you. although these items are highly prized, and handy, and well worn, i just recalled what i think is my favourite item in the ensemble; A GLOWMESH leopard had bag. priceless.
I’ve no leopard print in any clothing, or homewares except, you just reminded me my broom is a leopard print. I bought it last year for my birthday, partly because the brand was ‘leo’. I kept running into Leo’s that day on my way to the car, they all wanted one too.
Housework doesn’t have to be mundane after all. LOL at dustpan though.
I have the leopard print shower cap too PF! (I seem to remember there was a whole leopard print bathroom set when I bought the cap – you have? i wish I could gift for you, i love the scorp intensity of yer leopard love!)
i also have a leopard print marilyn style dress (exact copy of the cut of her famous dress but slinky leopardy print) i wore to a wedding in feb. tits everywhere and nars “bloodwork” lipgloss. i had just suffered a horrible break up, i think the leopard print & red lips were necessary to get thru the day.
i get the whole leopard “beige” thing – not in the bland beige sense but in the beige as a neutral sense. cos the leopard-ish colour scheme of orangey-brown-black-cream colours suit moi (& many others of warmish complexions) sooooooo much better than, say just black, which so many people wear as their stock standard ‘neutral’ colour.
Hmmm, had been nodding along with the tacky aspect of said print then just started mentally shuffling through my wardrobe (and clothes history generally) and realised I DO leopard print.
Have gorgeous flouncy little LP dress
Egads have the boots (a gift from Mum – and yes, she’s English – but still have them)
A cute little LP bolero in a grey/black
Socks
Knickers
My cat Elvira has a LP collar…
I’ll blame my Leo moon and restate my standard response to the common refrain of my friends “WTF are you wearing”;
It’s not what I’m wearing, it’s how I’m wearing it!
we seem to be forgetting the rockabilly crowd? they wear a whole heap of leopard print, but tie it in with ’50s glam wiggle dresses and ’40s hair rolls.
I know a virgo woman who dresses immaculately in rockabilly clothes, wears a truckload of leopard print and has a house full of faux animal print furnishings in a real ’50s kitsch shrine/worship kind of way.
well speaking as a Leo & someone named after Dionysus (Denise) i only wear leopard print in handbags. i would love to wear nothing but lux leopard prints.
unfortunatley i find the pattern too overpowering for myself in real life. though i am a great lover of wine, pleasure & Debauchery, being a follower of the hedonism handbook.
Just turned on the tele to watch tracy ulman..flashed on channel 7, 2 women talking,both had leopard print. thats spooky.
Oh come on… its a homage to the Cat. Love It
Isnt all projected aesthetic nature inspired in some way? Living creatures tend to make it all the more interesting and fun. Ive got some new rare breed chooks with plumage that would put many a Parisian courtier (sic) to shame….inspirational.
Gawd.. funny timing tho I must admit…..like you Davidl… Got a facebooky pal outa the blue from someone with leopard spots all up their calf just the other day.
And that # for that asteroid…ewwww… 3671….9&8 are SO apparently my Numbers..oh well…purrrrr
I would never, ever wear real leopard skin however, I do love an animal print! I have the cutest pair of satin leopard print stilettos, very gorgeous. I totally agree with Kirstie Clements of Vogue, animal print is a neutral that you can pair with just about any other colour.
Vive le difference!
I hope I’m not too late… A leopard print dress/pant/skirt/shirt is always, always, absolutely and unforgivingly too much.
But, Mystic. That awesome KateMoss pic was a Revelation of the highest order. I now absolutely have to get a leopard print jacket to go with the 365 black outfits I own.
And RamTormented: Yaaaaaaaaaasssssss! Capital Y-E-S on the leopard print stilletos. Smoking hot.
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