Merci pour the noveau thread!
I'm kicking off with old thread recap:
All the skirts over dresses you lot post are proper fashion, I love them. My version is more cba. Luckily for me I found a long black dress today in a charity shop (H&M basic, nothing fancy) that will do nicely for another dress over trousers moment. It’s a sort of hijabi look that I’ve always fancied, I’ve always liked that layered sort of dressing. But I’ve considered getting a long tight minidress and wearing like a tunic, which would give that dropped waist look going. I am mostly considering it all to cover up trousers I own that fit badly around the waist. But it’d be the effect of the Céline pics Bo posted - the reddy trousers with black/white vest top.
However, speaking of proper fashion, there was an article in the paper today about Oliver Saillard and his haute couture made of over-sized t-shirts. I’m head over heels with this look. Head over heels. It’s in the paper because there’s an exhibition in Stockholm at Sven-Harry’s art museum so I’m thinking of going - it’s work from Saillard, Bea Szenfeld, Diana Orving (what’s the word when you see something and then you keep seeing it? I’d never heard of Orving until last week when I was looking at a dress of hers on Ebay, and now I keep seeing the name), Astrid Olsson (who?), Wilhja and Henrik Vibskov (who?), Martin Bergström (again, whooooo?). I am so ignorant.
I do know who Gazza is. But we’ve moved on.I’d rather know Saillard, on the whole.
My hair is unhappy, but I can’t claim curls. I might have to splurge on Kerastase shampoo and con, but I hate the bottles. . I can’t afford professional dyeing jobs, undyed it looks just old and dirty (not grey enough), dyed it looks box job, and it’s gone coarse and strawlike, while feeling greasy at the same time. '
NIF: I looked at Minju Kim’s stuff on Net a porter but it’s a lot of money for polyester! I still think she has a good, identifiable style. I hope she can find some commercial success. The programme on its own didn’t manage to go much beyond fluff sadly. For all the diversity claims (did I write this already?) the two finalists came from the top London school and the team of black women lost because paler people explained street style to them. I liked it better than Project Runway though. And I binged it?! But I am a bingey person.
I’ve loved the Paris stories and shopping finds. So glad you’re happy with the coat, Bo! The silk Chanel dress looks amazing on you Elle and I love how Bo bigged it up !
As you may remember I know full well the agonizing over picking a wedding outfit… One of my dreams is to never have to think too much, just automatically know and pick something great. I’ve had my bride day, I want to be noticed for looking good anyway now that I’m only a guest I love the sound of that Perry Ellis, Xing, provided you can eat on the day without it becoming suddenly and painfully constrictive. (I was at a wedding once in control top tights (back in the days when I thought I was fat and didn’t know what I was talking about) and they gave me such terrible gas I had to go and loiter in the gardens for ages during the dancing.)
They have a few interesting pieces in Zara atm but our local shop seems to be stocking feck all and I’m so tired of the order-to-try-on thing I don’t bother. Good thing: I save money. That drapey top is very “sidekick in Picard” though. Corporate space ranger is hilarious!