// Used state

Posted on | March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment

T-shirt is such a mundane thing, a true wardrobe basic. Most of mine are just plain, solid color ones. I prefer slouchy cuts, open necklines, draping fabrics. Short sleeves and tank tops are both fine for me. I have broad shoulder line and sometimes the T just does not look good around the shoulder — in that case I might end up cutting it to tank top. That is also a very useful way to get men’s shirts customized to better fit (see awesome Tessa from Apparellel doing it, the tied detail on the back makes a huge difference to a boxy men’s cut t).

I like printed / patterned ones as well… …but I can be quite picky. I can’t really use band shirts, the rock’n’roll’o’meter shows about negative readings around me. But these ones I do love… …as you can see from their used state.

The tank is for double bun days… …even better than the single bun ones. “Revenge fiction” is a bookworm’s band shirt… …perhaps not my favorite literature genre but makes me smirk every time I’m wearing it. Both from Blood Is the New Black. These guys don’t print to your regular Fruit of the Looms — I guess they cut their own shirts and both women’s boyfriend cut and tank are simply awesome. Like perfect.

From James Anthony you can find a set of old graphics turned to shirts — and you can even make a customized order. This wing print on long semi-sheer tunic is my absolute favorite. They print to American Apparel and Alternative Apparel shirts… …I’m so very tempted by the A-lined silk-modal tank…

Galaxy and “Once in the lifetime” are from Your Eyes Lie. Their shirts tend to be viscose, not my absolute favorite (does not hold shape well), but drapes well when cut generously, nice cuts — and they do have some great prints!

“The End” is from Printliberation. They print to American Apparel shirts, the tri-blend tank I do like a lot.

This tie dye viscose tank is an American Apparel gem… …unlike most “tie dyes” that are actually prints this looks like it was really tied and dyed. The slouchy cut is also excellent.

Posted on | March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment

// Once in a lifetime

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 8 Comments

A friend of mine (who I don’t see too often) discovered my blog and asked if never wear “regular clothes” — like jeans and t:s… …of course I do, but I just don’t want to document that all the time. My jean and T outfits tend to be super simplistic, there’s really not much to see.

Anyway I ordered the ‘Once in the lifetime’ shirt from Your Eyes Lie in last autumn — and I really like it. This T-shirt dress cut is good and the rayon fabric really drapes well. Plus I’m actually digging the print… …I’m quite picky with those, but would love to have more…

I’m also wearing some eye-makeup — and that really makes a world of difference when processing images. I’m a colorless olm in the state of nature — and although I kind of like the olm look in real life (and it’s OK to photograph in natural lighting targeting to images with minimal processing) it actually makes image processing relatively challenging if I don’t want to lose all detail of my face. Next step will probably be lipstick… …whoa..

The jeans are the old Lee ones, I like their slightly quirky, twisting cut, cardigan is from H&M (I think that they have pretty similar ones this spring, I’m slightly tempted by the powder color), boots are Marc by Marc Jacobs, they have very low heel and the leg length makes my legs look bit stumpy, but I love them still, they have been worn beautifully. Coat is old Filippa-K and I’m wearing the second hand — Zara vest on top of it. Have done lot of that lately, the vest is incredibly warm and I love the hunchback silhouette it creates for me. And if you noticed the blue nails… …the polish is from H&M (I picked it up on my recent visit, wanted to see if they had cheap triangle bras for fuller bust and left out with this and a pair of tights) — I deeply love it.

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 8 Comments

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