As
you might guess from my blog title, I don't consider myself much of a
"fashion girl," but in my clothes-loving heart, I want to be part of that
club. So I read Who What Wear's compilation of 21 Things Only Fashion Girls Understand with a sense of delicious expectation. Sadly, I only
"understood" 2 things on that list, both related to high heels ("Wearing
shoes that may also function as torture devices" and "Riding bikes
while wearing heels, because, duh, so cute"—and technically I don't
agree with the second half of that one, because I only ride bikes while
wearing heels because it's easier than packing a change of shoes). But
one thing I noticed on the list stuck with me:
"The fear that your first-knuckle rings are always going to fall off."
I confess, even as a wannabe fashion girl, I'd never heard of first-knuckle rings until I read that article.
I'm
not big into rings, one main reason being that they don't fit on my
fingers. I was blessed with huge knuckles that dwarf the supposedly
fleshy part of the base of my fingers, causing rings to be annoyingly
loose once they're on...assuming I can fit them past my knuckles at all!
I can only wear rings on my little and index fingers—and rings on my
index finger usually end up getting taken off because I keep scraping my
face with them.
But when I recently replaced
my jewelry armoire with a hanging bag with see-through pockets, suddenly
my ring collection was front and center, and I found myself wearing
rings a lot more. Today, while trying to find brass jewelry to punch up
the necklace that was built into my shirt, I pulled out a ring that fit
too loosely on my little finger, I remembered the concept of the
first-knuckle ring, and slipped it onto my middle finger instead.
Whoa,
instant magic! My fingers might have thwarted me from wearing rings in
the traditional way, but these bony hands were just built for
first-knuckle rings! I loved the asymmetry of rings placed haphazardly
all over my hand! I loved the mix of metals! And yes, I spent the whole day fearing that the first-knuckle
ring was going to fall off, but it was totally worth it.
I might never succeed at being a "fashion girl," but I think I can see being a "ring girl" in my future.
Great photo of you on the wall!
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