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For Brisbane girl, Rosalie Carina (19) there’s very few cultural requirements that she is forced to adhere to in the land of the free.
Other than needing to know the names of the entire Queensland run-on side each Origin series, as well as mesmerising every single lyric to the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band by Powderfinger (Vulture Street) – there is not much else expected from Rosalie.
In the multicultural hub of South-East Queensland, there is an array of different activities and cuisines for her to enjoy, unlike the monocultures of Victoria and South Australia with their AFL and horse races.
One particularly interesting cultural phenomenon specifically exclusive to the River City, however, is the female fashion sense most prevalent in the city’s nightlife precinct. Also often described as ‘Troppo Fab’.
It is a style of SEQ-specific dress that Rosalie, her three sisters, and her squad of nine girlfriends are 100% comfortable with.
As many anthropologists have noted, the glamorous Brisbane female channels their environmental surroundings with bright colour-blocking and beehive hairstyles, to evade any overheating in the humid Fortitude Valley wind tunnel.
Unfortunately, this particular cultural ritual ended badly last night for Rosalie.
The Hutchinson builders receptionist is reportedly in a stable condition in the Mater Hospital after suffering a slipped disc due to her top heavy outfit.
In what might seem foreign to Sydney residents, Rosalie and the girls headed for a Monday night session yesterday eve, where they demolished 15 pineapple vodkas each and scratched up polished timber dance-floors with their sexed-up high heels.
However it was during a slut-drop during Apple Bottom Jeans that Rosalie forgot to lift with her back and damaged the soft cushion of tissue between the bones in her spine.
Speaking to The Betoota Advocate from her hospital bed this morning, Rosalie says she would have been alright if she’d been wearing her waist-trainer.
“It usually doubles as a back brace, but I was rocking a Witchery mini last night and the jewellery took me to the ground”
