//// Gathered with hooks and loops
Posted on | December 17, 2009 | 16 Comments
The truth is that I don’t have much style. My wardrobe is a haphazard collection of stuff I happen to love and that’s it. There is no great thought behind, no consistency, very few if any awesome “it” items — on the other hand I have very little restrictions except my tendency to avoid anything too revealing. I have some habits, though, like quirkifying outfits somehow, layering, repeating same detail or item several times, picking a focal point and piling stuff there, costumeish elements or arrangements, childish background stories for outfits… but actually I’m pretty consistent only with my hair. It has been for years now from medium length to long, and almost always gathered up somehow. I just wish that it would be remotely parisian chic in a nonchalant, not-too-done way… …but I’m afraid that usually it resembles more a birds nest; or is just plain boring.
With relaxed face me and my sister look like… …some angry bitches. That’s a family treat, but fortunately does not tell much how we actually are. No wonder I try often to balance with some cuteness in my outfits, even when wearing full black.
Today it’s my eBayed Docs, H&M tights (I’m in awe with these), my Christmas pressie for myself: Jolier One as a pant (looks like skirt, tho’), DIY silk chiffon skirt/dress, AA long sleeved T and Comme des Garçons for H&M wool jacket. No jewelry, but my nails are silvered!
And my new EOS 500d with remote kicks ass! I’m slowly getting a grip of it. These self portraits will probably never be particularly breathtaking, but at least you are able to see the details of the outfits.
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December 17th, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
i disagree with you about having no style. i think you put your things together very well — and you do a combination of keeping up with what’s out there at the forefront of fashion and adding your own spin to it.
i don’t always comment but i come here often now to see what you’ve put together and also what inspires you.
fashion and daily wear in western Canada is light years behind Europe. but you’ve made me look at things differently. when the draped trousers started showing up 2 or 3 years ago on the runways and in magazine i thought –oh-come-on-they-can’t-be-serious. but now i’m really warming to them. so much so that this week i checked the mall here to see if they had any. of course they didn’t — but now i’m thinking about refashioning some of my own.
so i would say you have both style and influence.
December 17th, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
love the tights, did you buy long ago?
December 17th, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
Of course you have style! I absolutely love this outfit. And I’m proud of myself for knowing the jacket was some form of Comme des Garcons before reading your description. You’re like me — when I buy myself a Christmas present, I usually can’t wait until Christmas to wear it!
December 17th, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
i also beg to differ: you’ve got lots of style. constancy is totally overrated, me thinks.
love the look, too.
December 17th, 2009 @ 9:31 pm
Actually my first idea for today’s post was to pour how anxious I really get about those “do this” “don’t do that” style advice… …actually the way the concept “style” is mostly used gives me creeps. If you don’t fit to some of the few patterns, you are automatically “pretentious”, “weirdo” or something else borderline negative. This issue has also something to do with the dreaded “age appropriateness” issue. I definitely don’t dress like typical nearly fourties woman — but I feel that everything I put on is definitely appropriate for me, if not actually fitting to the “stylish” or “age appropriate” or whatever categories. So my words were not actually self-deprecation — but perhaps they have some echoes of feelings of not fitting in, not belonging to the big picture. I guess my “style blogging” motives are somewhat deranged…
Instead of celebrating the multitudes of possibilities contemporary life gives us, we rather select to categorize and dictate. Boldness relates mainly to skin exposure (not saying that it could not be that, too). Sad.
December 17th, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Lisa: I just bought the pair — and actually broke them today. Need a new pair…
December 17th, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
I am so much hoping to receive my own Jolier ONE tomorrow. Looks so good !
December 17th, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Apua, oot muuttany fontin hirmu pieneksi. Mutta hienot sukkahousut ja wow mitkä vaate(?)kaapit!
December 18th, 2009 @ 12:04 am
I found myself fussing and feeling Jolier Ones at DFF last sunday. Almost took one in black to cashier, but then decided, that I´ve bought enough for this year
Looks great on you!
I´ve always liked term weird when described style. It has certain tint of negativity, but it also sounds so unique. You have to be something else, when you make someone describe your style as weird. So I´m very proud of your great eye for difference. And sometimes a bit of mine as well
And I so get the point.
December 18th, 2009 @ 10:07 am
OK, so they these sort of thin ones?
December 18th, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Ulrika: onko parempi? Ei oikeastaan ollut tarkoitus pienentää kuin sivupalkin tekstiä, mutta kokeilut jäivät eilen vähän kesken.
Yeah, I probably had some sort of existential style crisis yesterday. I really hate when that happens, in general I’m quite confident.
But I still strongly oppose the reduction of concept “style” to a set of cookie cutter rules. A person does not need to want to wear the same or even similar outfits to be fully able to appreciate the aesthetic visions of others — and the power of imagination and creativity. At least I need my system shocked and shaken time to time to really get my thinking getting forward. So I see all the visual stimuli on the areas of style, fashion and trends as a material for processing. That implies that I can appreciate stuff that is actually quite different from what I would wear — or stuff I would wear in radically different way. And I sure will continue building my wardrobe based to my personal affection to single items… …the haphazard element it brings to “my style” is actually quite engaging…
Jalouse: I have to encourage you, this hooked and looped piece of fabric is actually quite genious. I will sure get lots of wear out of it — and this polyester jersey is practically wrinkle proof, does not suck all cat hair in five meter radius to stick to the surface, and pleasant enough to wear even against skin.
Lisa: they are not actually too thin, they are like lightweight, very small eyed fishnets with the pattern constructed out of yarn instead of printed on. Very beautiful. I broke them because I stumbled very badly on stairs — only a steel yarn pair would have survived that. I’ve been experiencing bad vertigo in past few days as a withdrawal symptom of pain medication.
December 18th, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
Joo, on parempi
December 18th, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
The eternal questions of style, age, beauty… to me, you always look like yourself, no matter what you are wearing, and this should answer you doubts. It’s always you who is wearing it, it never got even close to wearing you!
age…? how do you expect to look when you’re 35 – 6, old? boring? don’t tell me that you are already giving it up? good post!
December 19th, 2009 @ 4:02 pm
Just wanted to say I’m feeling your issues regarding definitions of style/stylish, age, blah-de-blah, and also that you look gorgeus and inspiring all the time!
December 19th, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
i do not buy H&M tights since a 60den cable knitted pair broke when i just pulled them on…:( very bad disappointment for a 15eur tights…
December 19th, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
^Did you bring them back? You definitely should.