Brownlow medal

I believe I started this blog while at uni when we all had to try it for a technology and enterprise unit, and I've pretty much forgot about it..anyway trying to be a more regular poster and the first thing I thought to write about was the brownlow medal count here in Australia.

For those who don't know it is for australian rules football (AFL) and is held the week before the grand final and basically celebrates the great players of the season and the winner gets the aforementioned brownlow medal based on votes during the seasons games as determined by the umpires.

Now in recent years the night has really become all about the WAGS (wives and girlfriends) of the players. It's their turn to dress up and have a night out after supporting their partners through the long season.

Now as you can imagine the fashions are sometimes interesting. It could be compared to any awards night in Hollywood with the A grade celebrities (your Rebecca Twigly with Carlton player Chris Judd) who are photographed from every angle and interviewed for 5 minutes. And then you have your B grade celebrities who are maybe trying to break into the market (acting in Hollywood, generally modelling or fashion at the Brownlows) who will wear low cut revealing outfits to make a memorable appearance.

Now I have a couple of problems with this ceremony. First it's become all about the girls - the guys basically show up in a bow tie and stand to the side while their girlfriend is interviewed the most, and the night is actually meant to be about the football.

Secondly, I heard a segment on the radio yesterday describing some of the fashions this year. Now apparently if you wear an outfit which is down to your bellybutton it is fine if you are slim. If you are not twig like, then the outfit is suddenly 'inappropriate' for your figure. Surely if an outfit is inappropriate on one person, a similar outfit is inappropriate again, your weight should not matter. But double standards prevail for women on a myraid of issues so I should not be surprised, but for some reason it really annoyed me yesterday.