Source As someone who follows them both, they are an unexpected couple, but happy for them. Charity Corkins Is His Girlfriend Associations Of Nate K Weir He Impersonates Superheroes Like Superman And Spider Man He S Also Dressed Up. Everyone and their bodies are weird… I am both crazy and not crazy.Taking every moment she can to fight for the simple human rights we all deserve I am incredibly honoroed to not only call her my partner and my best friend, but also my hero. I remember seeing this tweet that was like, ‘Do I have body dysmorphia or is my body just weird?’ and it’s both something that read me for filth and was incredibly comforting. I’ve always had a strange relationship with how my body fits into clothes, especially when I was a teen. Take us back to those awkward teenage years. After living in the holy trinity of fashion cities (Berlin, Newtown, Cronulla) I’ve realised through many an outfit that feeling and looking comfortable and chic is up to you, not how the people are dressing around you.
On the other hand, even when I first arrived in Berlin I stocked up on a wardrobe full of all-blacks trying to fit in but instead, I looked like I was working backstage at a high school performance of Rent. This wouldn’t happen if I didn’t feel like I was playing straight-drag all throughout high school. Have you ever felt like you needed to fit into a particular fashion box?Ī post shared by ✰ Ben Freeman ✰ I feel a weird wave of dysmorphia every time I have to wear a ‘straight’ outfit for whatever reason, to the point where I’m raiding my sister’s jewellery wardrobe on Christmas day because I want the Country Road linen shirt I was gifted to still make me look like a gay.
I want to look approachable and hot at all times. When I’m not dancing and wearing the tightest tank top to ever exist, I love wearing loud pants and my giant motorbike jacket. Gaining confidence and power with the way I dress has been a process but now, constructing an outfit at the beginning of the day or just as the night’s about to erupt is one of my life’s greatest joys. I’d save up my restaurant tip money to buy obnoxious club singlets, shiny shitty satin shirts and giant chains to embody the queer-expat-club-rat I was destined to be. When I was 19 I moved to Berlin (hold for heckling) in an effort to not just be gay in theory, but also in practice, and began to freak it with the way I dress. What has your style evolution looked like? Do you feel like you’ve gained confidence in the way you dress?Ī post shared by ✰ Ben Freeman ✰ grew up in Cronulla (hold for applause) so I used to almost exclusively wear white linen button-ups and beige chinos before realising that I’m simply obsessy with making out with guys. Not to sound like the most insufferable writer on the planet but I inadvertently like to wear clothes with words dumb slogans, not-dumb poems, silly brand names, etcetera. My name is Ben Freeman and I’m a writer, media boy and party-girl/thrower from Eora/Sydney. Who are you and what do you like to wear? With a penchant for tacky slogan tees, Eckhaus Latta and Liza Minnelli, Ben is the walking poster child for ‘having fun with fashion’ – and he looks good doing it, too. Having experienced the “holy trinity of fashion cities” (Berlin, Newtown and Cronulla), Ben’s style is refined beyond his humble 22 years. This week, we’re exploring the fashion journey of media boy/party girl, Ben Freeman. There’s a brilliance behind the way we choose to express ourselves and at FJ, we know every outfit has a story. These are the stories behind the wardrobes, exploring how we develop our own personal style. Clickable product tags, photo archives and lives chronicled in 30-second clips just don’t tell the full story.įor more fashion news, shoots, articles and features, head to our Fashion section. While the internet has made our fashion icons feel closer than ever before, even the most effortless of outfits came from a closet with some (well-dressed) skeletons. We’re talking the good, the bad and the 2007.
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“After living in the holy trinity of fashion cities (Berlin, Newtown, Cronulla) I’ve realised through many an outfit that feeling and looking comfortable and chic is up to you, not how the people are dressing around you.”