I just came across a recent survey among American men, according to which the actress Sara Jessica Parker was ranked as The Most Unsexy Woman in the world, who looks anything but sexy in her role as Carry from “Sex and The City”
Hello? Guys? I am really curious to see the men who made this statement and I will tell you why.
You must be blind not to acknowledge that Sara Jessica is not your typical sexy kitten, who would make you drool and turn after her on the street. No offense, but indeed she is scrawny, with O-shaped legs, a face a bit on the long side… She does not fit in any clichés of a beautiful seductive woman, you would say. What a boringly predictable remark.
Have you asked yourselves how come “Sex and the City” is so popular and watched all over the world? Have you noticed how, in spite of Sara Jessica`s “imperfectness”, all the designer clothes she wears on and off screen, look really elegant, bearing her own touch of originality and freshness(something which many other celebrities fail to achieve despite their better physical features and money)?
Sara Jessica Parker is a perfect example of the new type of role-model/ muse, who catches the eye exactly because of her “imperfection”- a word I would readily swap for “nonstandard charm”. Despite her far- from -classic -beauty features, she possesses some difficult to define little something which makes you give it a second thought and look at her again instead of walking off. And she is not the only one of her kind. Look at Irina Lazareanu, Chloe Sevigny, Kate Moss. They are not beauties, but you will often see them in the fashion magazines along with gorgeous creatures like Laetitia Casta and Gemma Ward. And their faces will stick into your head. Why?
Well, for one thing – they intrigue us with their unconventionality. Unconsciously we try to figure out what exactly attracts us, because if following the clichés we have come to believe in, we are not supposed to like the way they look…They are anti-stereotypes clashing with our common sense, and what could be more inspiring?! It`s weird but think about it- with a beautiful woman wearing designer clothes, you look at her and think “Wow, she would look great in anything”; with a woman like Sara Jessica Parker you get more than that – you really do see what she wears, the way she wears it and keep asking yourself “Wow, how did she do that?”. Well, I will tell you how, just 3 tiny points I discovered by looking at Sara Jessica: 1) get to know your body- your best and worst parts; 2) don`t be pretentious; 3) enjoy what you wear…
Another reason is the fact that, in purely physical aspect, Sara Jessica, Chloe and Cie remind us that there is more than one way of being attractive and help us regain our confidence, which is, they say, (and that`s a cliché I like) the true key to our sex appeal.
So, guys, next time you come across a Sara or an Irina on the street, don`t look away- ask her out for coffee and try to find out how come the cell phone of the homely little thing never stops ringing…