JourneywomanFrangipanis on your car? No, no, NO!!!
August 13th 2008 05:06
If you live in Australia then surely you've spotted the proliferation of frangipani stickers on the rear windows of cars. These sickly sweet, vaguely offensive and completely unnecessary icons of femininity seem to accost you in traffic, everywhere you go. Three years ago it may have been original to whack one of these stickers on your car, but now it is so popular that there is actually an anti-frangipani movement emerging. One facebook group - 'Frangipanis on cars: AUSTRALIA SAYS NO' - has more than 4,000 members, and that number is steadily growing.
But what is it that compels people (or women, specifically) to purchase and apply such a sticker to their vehicle? In my opinion, bumper stickers and rear window stickers of any kind devalue the look of the car, particularly when the sun has faded them to the point where they are nothing but a flower-shaped white blob. The frangipani used to be a unique and much lesser-known bloom, now, thanks to the frangipanis-on-cars movement, it is as cliched as roses on Valentine's Day. It has become utterly mainstream, and for this reason, no self-respecting fashion-conscious girl should ever consider placing one on her own mode of transport.
Personally, I love frangipanis - the real variety. But as a sticker on a car? No way. Yawn. It's tired, it's old, it's been done. If you have one on your car already, think seriously about taking it off. Because in the latter half of 2008, no girl who considers herself unique would be seen dead in a frangipani-embellished car.
But what is it that compels people (or women, specifically) to purchase and apply such a sticker to their vehicle? In my opinion, bumper stickers and rear window stickers of any kind devalue the look of the car, particularly when the sun has faded them to the point where they are nothing but a flower-shaped white blob. The frangipani used to be a unique and much lesser-known bloom, now, thanks to the frangipanis-on-cars movement, it is as cliched as roses on Valentine's Day. It has become utterly mainstream, and for this reason, no self-respecting fashion-conscious girl should ever consider placing one on her own mode of transport.
Personally, I love frangipanis - the real variety. But as a sticker on a car? No way. Yawn. It's tired, it's old, it's been done. If you have one on your car already, think seriously about taking it off. Because in the latter half of 2008, no girl who considers herself unique would be seen dead in a frangipani-embellished car.
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