////// The door in my wardrobe*

// On awkwardness

Posted on | October 20, 2009 | 13 Comments

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I’m really happy about my recent wardrobe cleanup spree, there were few real gems lying in there, really deserving to be taken out to daylight.

These Ulrika Sandström pants are delightfully awkwardly shaped, the waist opens like a giant calla flower, it is gathered from the hip with a fabric belt and the crotch hangs daringly low — at least from harem-pant-hating style police viewpoint (never mind of those, I says). This is by no means to be mixed to your regular paperbag waist with kind nature — no, there is pretty wild amount of material on the hip area and absolutely no way to arrange it in flattering way.

When I found these pants I knew that I want to try them first with my old suede boots with sharp toe. Those together had such an eighties vibe going on that I decided instantly go for some sort of grown up version of early-Madonna-esque style, so I picked up a H&M striped shirt, pumped up the awkwardness factor by wearing a flesh colored slightly ill fitting boned bustier over, and toned the whole thing down a bit with the old Filippa-K blazer with classic and slightly mannish lines. The crucifix jewelry was intentionally left out from this outfit but I spent couple of minutes more in front of the mirror than usual and used my black gel liner for some cat eye…

I think that when there is not too much flesh on display, you can get off with relatively quirky combinations. No-one asked me if I had misunderstood something (like the concept of underwear).

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Posted on | October 20, 2009 | 13 Comments

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