//// Neon yellow
Posted on | August 23, 2009 | 4 Comments
I found a super bright neon yellow men’s T-shirt from the local thrift store (Fida, Hakaniemi) one day. It got my standard treatment for large, unfitting shirts: I cut the sleeves and neck to get this slouchy raw edge tank. The sleeve openings are huge, but it does not matter in a summery layering piece like this.
Of course it is totally understandable to ask, what does a grown up woman actually do with a neon yellow tank. I admit that I feel a bit nostalgic about neon colors and that was probably one reason for the purchase, but I also had a very specific purpose in my mind. I happen to own a great cotton voile dress/tunic from 2or+ by Yat that absolutely needs something underneath. Instead of going for some invisible undergarment style I have been combining pieces that actually transform the outlook of this diaphanous dress. And neon yellow under mint green does some amazing things — the dress looks lit within!
Someone might also rightfully ask why are my clothes so often wrinkly. Well, my philosophy with this blog is that I publish outfits that I actually use, and often it happens that I take the photos after a day of wear. It might be too dark in the morning — or more often I’m leaving too late to fiddle with pictures. Anyway, this dress saw today a small, happy family party and probably wrinkled just from pure joy!
Not much else was needed today, the weather is still somewhat hot. The pair of white sandals is from Sixtyseven — never heard about the brand before I bought these from Brandos last winter.
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August 24th, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
The color combination is amazing — a welcome reminder that I should experiment more with colour layering…
Your sandals look very much like a pair in Ril’s collection this summer (which I almost bought):
http://sugar-kane.vuodatus.net/blog/1892360/i-run-around-the-streets-to-find-you-shout-your-name-i-want-to-hold-you-oh-what-are-you-thinking-of/
August 25th, 2009 @ 8:37 am
Oh, the sandals are exact duplicates — interesting. I haven’t seen Ril’s shoes here in Helsinki, do you know the price range of those?
August 25th, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
They were about 100 euros (I recently saw piles of ‘em at Aleksi 13 sales, in Tampere and at Bad-Ideapark). They didn’t quite fit my feet, but looked fab, creamy leather and all.
I wonder, what the “original” design inspiration was? Ril’s seems to “specialize” in Chloë knock-offs…
August 25th, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
Wow — mahtava look! Värien yhdistely on todella hieno!