In Style

So have you seen the photo on facebook with all the little cartoon faces that you're supposed to tag with people you know? "Goody Two Shoes" "Ladies Man" "Grumpy" "Most Dependable" I got it from Elijah, who tagged me as "Most Stylish" which I thought was really sweet — and quite observant — of him, until I realized that he probably has no idea of my "style" and just figured I'd be good for that one because he knows I like to wear $500 shoes.

If you're tagged in one, then you're supposed to grab it and tag it with people you know. And I noticed that several of Elijah's friends who followed suite didn't tag anyone for "Stylish." (I also noticed that they all tagged Alex Francis for "Drama Queen," which I imagine was starting to piss her off a bit. I bet she was all "OMG! Ya'll! Everyone's tagging me for DRAMA QUEEN! I AM SO NOT A DRAMA QUEEN! YA'LL!!! NOW MY LIFE IS RUINNNNED!!!")

Then I got to thinking...do they even elect "Best Dressed" in high schools anymore? (I know when that sentence started you were expecting something a little more Carrie Bradshaw-ish, but this is really what I was thinking.) When I was in school in the 80s, we actually cared about looking put-together and stylish. I'm pretty sure the Senior Class of '84 single-handedly kept Max Factor in the black with all that fluorescent purple eye liner we used to wear. But how do you elect a "Best Dressed" when everyone's got on jeans and hoodies with flipflops?

Now I'm trying to remember exactly what the Best Dressed girls at my high school wore, but you can bet it probably included big neck bows and shoulder pads. Plaid wool skirts. Boots. Add-a-bead necklaces. Whatever — the title definitely went to someone who didn't wear jeans every day. And to a guy who wore button-down oxfords, Duckheads and loafers. Elijah occasionally wears khakis and button-up shirts to school, but do you ever see girls in skirts?

I gotta get my hands on a yearbook and figure this out.