Comments on: Fashion Faux Pas: “Cute”

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:00:29 +0000

I love being called cute!

But I’ve also been called beautiful, gorgeous.. *shrug*

Whatever. Cute works for me.

By: Freya

Freya — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:47:15 +0000

I can relate to that. i remember boys of my class referring to me or any other girl as “cute” even if we don’t look remotely cute. Because they aren’t sure if they can call us “beautiful” or “pretty” or even “sexy” because they believe it’s quite suggestive.
Freya´s last blog ..A Designer Where?

By: click click - 21-07-09 | final fashion

click click - 21-07-09 | final fashion — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:30:30 +0000

[...] The Demoiselles ask how we feel about the word “cute”. Though they talk about it in the context of compliments and self-image, it interests me more as part of the fashion lexicon – a word that has been over-used to the point of meaninglessness, on a par with “fabulous”. [...]

By: thefatandskinny

thefatandskinny — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:05:28 +0000

i am always called cute b/c i have a baby face. it is what it is.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:28:38 +0000

Yeah, in high school, I had a girl tell me I was cute, but I’d never be considered pretty. That pretty much was a shot in the foot, and I have no idea why someone who I considered to be my friend would say something like that, because when you think about it: Ouch. Maybe this is why when someone I vaguely know calls me “cute”, I tend to mentally grit my teeth and go “Eh heh heh…”

Thankfully, on our second date, John called me “beautiful”, although he thought I was “cute” when I just started working at BN with him. Hm.

And I’ll admit I use “cute”, but only when describing a piece of clothing or something like that. “Ohmigosh, that skirt is so frickin’ cute! I love it!” I never thought of it being taken negatively, because when someone says something I am WEARING is cute, I always take it as a compliment.

By: eyeliah

eyeliah — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:50:52 +0000

It all depends on how it is said, sweetly it is a compliment, but some undertones can make it sound almost insulting. As a teen I always wanted to be pretty and grown up.
The older I get, the more I don’t mind being cute.
eyeliah´s last blog ..The Symmetry Seven ~ Dressed Up Like a Lady

By: Sarah-Rose

Sarah-Rose — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:42:30 +0000

I’ve had to learn to enjoy being cute. At 5′1″ with big brown eyes & a teeny little mouth, I get it a LOT. So yea, I’ve had to own it. And now? I love it. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I would not want to be tall & androgynous looking.
And? it makes my love of macabre jewellery all the more incongruous.

By: kaitlyn

kaitlyn — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:58:27 +0000

I always, always get called “cute” and I cannot stand it. Just once, in my life, I’d like someone to turn to Ryan and say “Your girlfriend is so BEAUTIFUL”.

It doesn’t help that, at 20, I look 16. I’m sure I’l be appreciative later in life.
kaitlyn´s last blog ..sunday: baptism.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:42:25 +0000

Ohh, I totally feel you Jen! As a fellow shortie (5′2″ish) I got cute ALL THE TIME when I was younger, and I hated it. I think with me, though, it was more of a lack-of-confidence thing a la Elle than an innate cuteness. After I started coming out of my shell and chopped off my mid-back length hair; the “cute” pretty much stopped. I had more of a problem with it because I felt it was really, really patronizing than because of my associations with kittens and etc. But that might be my issue, not the world in general’s issue

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:17:44 +0000

Ever since some app on Twitter told me that “cute” is one of the words I use the most, I’ve tried to avoid it like the plague. I don’t dislike it as a compliment – as a constant go-to fashion-people buzzword it seems lazy and overused to the point of meaninglessness, on a par with “fabulous”.

I had a friend who used to work at A&F head offices… apparently at style meetings they have a 3-point system for evaluatings styles… Cute, Very Cute, and NCAA (Not Cute At All). I can only imagine these meetings as being absolutely absurd in the over-use of this word.
Danielle´s last blog ..press release – the Sartorialist at Holt Renfrew