What one thing about the Stevie look would be hardest to give up seeing?

darklinensuit · #1 05-31-2003, 02:46 PM

Hey, a 55 year old woman can make her own decisions, for sure.
And Stevie has earned the right to be taken seriously for her music no matter what she does to the rest of her.
Still, part of the appeal is the look.

I could pretty easily accept it if Stevie gave up boots, or even platforms, though I like her in them.

I could accept if she started wearing pants, or even jeans again, though I like the witch thing.

I could accept it if she wore thick crocodile glasses or got blue contacts, though I like her brown eyes.

I could EVEN reluctantly accept it if Stevie ditched the girlie-girl look. Can't you just see her in one of Lindsey's old V-neck white t-shirts, maybe with a short sleeve rolled up over a pack of cigarettes? With low-hanging baggy jeans and big clunky workboots?
Would take some adjustment, to say the least.

BUT...

I would freakalittle if Stevie went out and chopped most of her hair off and dyed it black.
Or if she went for the Sinead look.
Or the Bo Derek look.
Not that that would ever happen.
The signature hair has been around for so long, and she even sings about it. How many sonwriters DO sing about their own hair? I guess this means it's a keeper, thank goodness.

What would be weirdest for you?

- Jake

bootylicous · #2 05-31-2003, 03:10 PM

I'd have to say the hair, although I love the witchy dress too. There's a picture floating around of Stevie playing a show in 1996 or somethingm at some outdoor concert during the day somewhere, and she's wearing this ugly bright floral moo-moo type dress, but because of the hair, she still looks great!

Evan

DrummerDeanna · #3 05-31-2003, 05:08 PM

Yeah, the first thing that popped into my head was the hair! That would just be weird...but like, at least where I live, it seems like ALL the old people have the short Golden Girl hair....so what if Stevie does that!?! That would totally freak me out...although I'm sure she'd find a way to make it look great!

And...I've also seen the pic of her in the floral dress, but I don't remember it being anything like a moo-moo, in fact I thought it was a really lovely dress...and she was wearing shades, she just looked like someone you'd see at Red Lobster or something...not bad...but definetely not her regual stage wear.

darklinensuit · #4 05-31-2003, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by DrummerDeanna
Yeah, the first thing that popped into my head was the hair! That would just be weird...but like, at least where I live, it seems like ALL the old people have the short Golden Girl hair....so what if Stevie does that!?! That would totally freak me out...although I'm sure she'd find a way to make it look great!

Oh good heavens, that kind of hair would open the way for Doris Roberts to play her when they make a Fleetwood Mac movie.
Please, no.

- Jake

macmar71 · #5 05-31-2003, 07:45 PM

I think Stevie is a great songwriter and her fashion sense is unique, no matter how alluring and fun it is, this would not affect my liking her any less if she gave up the boots, the shawls, etc.
I can say that I would never want her to repeat the fashion error of the big poofy, sheepy white hair she had around OSOTM and those horrid shoulder padded jackets that made her look like a football lineman.

darklinensuit · #6 05-31-2003, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by macmar71
I think Stevie is a great songwriter and her fashion sense is unique, no matter how alluring and fun it is, this would not affect my liking her any less if she gave up the boots, the shawls, etc.
I can say that I would never want her to repeat the fashion error of the big poofy, sheepy white hair she had around OSOTM and those horrid shoulder padded jackets that made her look like a football lineman.

Yeah, I don't mind the linebacker look on the back cover of TOSOTM tour book, but the look does look bad in the other photos, especially the ones that were not carefully posed.

- Jake

Sorceress · #7 06-01-2003, 09:30 AM

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Originally posted by DrummerDeanna
And...I've also seen the pic of her in the floral dress, but I don't remember it being anything like a moo-moo, in fact I thought it was a really lovely dress...and she was wearing shades, she just looked like someone you'd see at Red Lobster or something...not bad...but definetely not her regual stage wear.

Does anyone have this picture? I'm dying to see the Red Lobster get-up!

bootylicous · #8 06-01-2003, 12:23 PM

This is the pic I was thinking of:

DrummerDeanna · #9 06-01-2003, 02:11 PM

LOL...ok...so perhaps that dress was not as attractive as originally thought...BUT...that pic is at a different angle and stuff than the one I've seen...still it's not hideous...

Sorceress · #10 06-01-2003, 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by bootylicous
This is the pic I was thinking of:

Ooh.

So that's what we get when we have Stevie in colors, huh? This is how she would look if she'd become a teacher all those years ago(and got dressed up for a nice dinner at Red Lobster, lol). Maybe basic black isn't so bad after all.

Thanks for digging up the pic!

Enchanted58 · #11 06-01-2003, 09:12 PM

Just wondering, is that photo from her performance at Woodstock in the late 90's? I think that year's show was called A Day in the Garden or something like that.

Eileen

tamaraluvsFM · #12 06-01-2003, 09:50 PM

I would have to say her smile. If she were to never be able to smile again, god help us. Its just so enchanting and warm!! Makes you smile when you see it.
And yes I would agree on her hair. I was picturing her one day with short hair..kind of like to her shoulders. I thought that would be kind of nice, BUT, I have to say I looooooove the long hair.
And I am going to say it...as much as I KNOW she would look fabulous in her white sorcerer video outfit on stage, part of me is so used to the infamous black dress.

Tamara

gldstwmn · #13 06-02-2003, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by Enchanted58
Just wondering, is that photo from her performance at Woodstock in the late 90's? I think that year's show was called A Day in the Garden or something like that.

Eileen

I think that is from a private show Stevie did in Tampa/ St. Pete in 1996. I think it's from the sound check. I love her shades and the big cross.

Jessica Leigh · #14 06-02-2003, 02:08 AM

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Originally posted by DrummerDeanna
LOL...ok...so perhaps that dress was not as attractive as originally thought...BUT...that pic is at a different angle and stuff than the one I've seen...still it's not hideous...

oooooh come on it's not that bad! lmao... i used to have a bunch of those ankle length flower dresses from the mid 90s... still have them actually... are they really out of style? lol... maybe i should stop wearing them??? they were really fun with doc martins... remember? i still have those too... in my car... for when i want to wear them.... lol

by the way Deanna... thanks for stopping by and seeing me at work a few weeks ago! it was wonderful seeing you again and i was having such an awful day and you totally cheered me up! i just wish we had gotten to hang out a bit!

GardenStateGirlie · #15 06-02-2003, 02:15 AM

I would have to go with her choping off the long blond hair. My mom is 51 and her hair is that long. She seems to be under the impression that older people shouldn't have long hair like that. I think Stevie reaffirmed for her that it's O.K. Next to that, It would be if she ever got rid of her shawls...that just like, could not happen...lol. And I agree with Jessica Leigh...that dress isn't that bad...it's the 90's in that picture..remember? Now the shoulder pads and that whole Rooms on Fire getup...didn't dig that...now that's something ya'll could be like, "Stevie...no sweetie...." but floral dress isn't all that bad...not diggin' the cross with it though.