Extreme Fashion
I've been thinking my wardrobe could use some rework. These days I dress very casually - almost only jeans and t-shirts. While I love how easy it is, I sometimes think it would be nice to spice it up. Plus appearance really is important.
Recently I discovered Steampunk. Pictures and the wiki entry can do it much better justice than I can. But my understanding is that it's as if Victorian and steam-technology made it to the future. I first read about it at Offbeat bride. Having discovered Steampunk, I started thinking about how cool it would be to dress like that. All the time. Or Victorian. All the time.
Wouldn't that be cool?!
Yeah, but there's a huge up front cost to going completely Victorian or Steampunk. I'd have to do a lot of sewing. A lot.
Today I came across an article about New Yorkers who are monochromatic. They only wear one color. The pictures in the article are lovely. Now I'm thinking about changing my wardrobe to just one color.
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Which color would you go with if you went monochromatic?
Orange!
Okay. I feel a mid-season fashion crisis coming on and I must intervene. You dear Erica are cute and you have a super cute hipster style. But I cannot in good blogger friend conscience have you walking around like a glass of Tang or even flirting with the idea of http://www.ilaniowear.com/garb/coats/andromeda/index.html
I loved the women in all grey--loved her closet and outfit. I don't wear all one color but the majority of my wardrobe is limited to earth tones and neutrals (are those the same thing?). I have a lot of grey, brown/beige, white, navy, black. All solids plus a few striped pieces, no other patterns really. There are a lot of colors or patterns that I just don't feel right in and never wear, so I guess I can sort of relate to those people in a way.
A few years ago I had a similar yearning for Victorian style clothing. I found that vintage materials, my height and the expense from buying clothes and altering them were complicating factors. Cleaning them is definitely non-trivial. I didn't chase that dream but have retained an interest.
I wonder if any fashion designers today have a stylish take on Victorian style with modern materials. DCCCD has a number of fashion design classes, maybe it's time to check one of those out. Craft magazine and the Swap-O-Ramarama don't seem to offer much inspiration in the Victorian fashion.
Keesha, you are a good friend and I appreciate your input. You're right, if I wore all orange I'd look like a glass of tang. That wouldn't be right.
Matt, that's very cool you were interested in Victorian too! I think maybe we're going to have to become fashion designers to get our wish. I'm just now learning to sew and would love to be formally trained. Maybe we should quit our jobs and go to fashion design school!
maybe you could stick w/black & white for basics and wear only orange as your accent piece! then you'd only occasionally look like a glass of tang. just a thought.
"maybe they can just afford it?" Just yes.
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