I did not intend to come off looking like a school teacher, or, for that matter, a student. Yet, after looking at my outfit, that's all I can think about. The geometric print on the ModCloth dress with the deep shade of blue did not help matters. Bright yellow colors can also be associated with school buses and number 2 pencils. I'm sure all of that combined together, helped to make me look like a grade school TA.
Not that I mind that look. In fact I think it made me look festive at today's holiday brunch.
This all started because I wanted to wear the cool vintage sweater I bought in Shimokitazawa while I was living in Japan. Shimoks, for short, is hipster central; there are underground record stores, closet-sized art galleries, and vintage clothing stores galore. This sweater was such a good buy because it has metal buttons, and actually closes. Really I fell in love with the pattern, which I know, for some, can be hard to match with.
A year later, after I came back from Japan, I bought this geometric dress from Modcloth. The dress by itself is very flattering. However, today was a tepid 19 degrees. Naturally I thought the sweater and dress paired with a long sleeve yellow shirt would go perfectly. Now the outfit matches, and let me just say I regret none of my fashion choices (not even that time in elementary school, when I went through a t-shirt and jeans all-day-every-day phase). Yet, this outfit may have been too matchy-matchy.
Matchy-matchy is a word I use to describe when things look to similar, when there's no variable in color for your eyes to follow. Sometimes we just want a little of the unexpected thrown into our daily mix of the expected.
Does that mean this outfit doesn't look good? No. It just might not be something I'd want to wear everyday.
Not that I mind that look. In fact I think it made me look festive at today's holiday brunch.
This all started because I wanted to wear the cool vintage sweater I bought in Shimokitazawa while I was living in Japan. Shimoks, for short, is hipster central; there are underground record stores, closet-sized art galleries, and vintage clothing stores galore. This sweater was such a good buy because it has metal buttons, and actually closes. Really I fell in love with the pattern, which I know, for some, can be hard to match with.
A year later, after I came back from Japan, I bought this geometric dress from Modcloth. The dress by itself is very flattering. However, today was a tepid 19 degrees. Naturally I thought the sweater and dress paired with a long sleeve yellow shirt would go perfectly. Now the outfit matches, and let me just say I regret none of my fashion choices (not even that time in elementary school, when I went through a t-shirt and jeans all-day-every-day phase). Yet, this outfit may have been too matchy-matchy.
Matchy-matchy is a word I use to describe when things look to similar, when there's no variable in color for your eyes to follow. Sometimes we just want a little of the unexpected thrown into our daily mix of the expected.
Does that mean this outfit doesn't look good? No. It just might not be something I'd want to wear everyday.
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