A lazy Sunday:
Top – Hand-me-down from a friend, no tag
Belt – Steve Madden via Marshalls
Cuff Bracelets – Ebay
Jeans – Seven via Ross
Sandals – Same ol’ thrifted no-name flip-flops
I ordered these cuffs as a 25th birthday present for myself— back when I thought I was debt-free and thought I had two summer jobs. The bracelets have phoenixes on the sides, a good symbol for someone who’s felt burned alive and reborn a few times…
I’d like ‘em even better if the phoenixes were right side up.
Nice, the cuffs look tough. I like the grounded feeling I when wearing a cuff, like I’m a force to be reckoned with. Er, a force with which to be reckoned? Arg. The preposition rule sometimes makes me sound like Yoda.
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I think this is the perfect silouette for you.
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glad you’re enjoying the top – looks much better on you than it did on me
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Angela – I used to have a buzz cut. A buzz cut and massive cuffs would have looked great! Speaking of prepositions, have you ever seen that Churchill “nonsense up with which I will not put” remark? There’s an analysis here http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002670.html. So it may be a near-fabrication, but I still like it. It’s never wrong to sound like Yoda.
Stitchywitchy – I have finally learned that I look stocky in anything without a nipped-in waist. Sadly, most of the vegan belts I’ve found look hideously cheap. I dread the day this one falls apart.
Annie – Awww thanks, generous benefactor! =)
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Someday someone who really is stocky/really does have huge legs is gonna read this blog and smack you upside the head. Look around you, you’re tiny compared to almost everyone (in real life, TV doesn’t count.) So PPPBPLLLTT!
Those cuffs are seriously cool! They remind me of the book of Russian fairy tales we had when we were little – lots of them had vivid illustrations of fire birds. Their feathers were in high demand.
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Ming – I’ll deserve that smack. In my defense, I use the phrase “big ol’ legs” as an allusion to that stranger trying to hit on me and wounding my pride instead— and until my thighs stop rubbing together so vigorously they wear holes in my pants, I will keep complaining when the mood strikes.
As to feeling stocky, maybe I should have said “I like my bust-waist-hip ratio a hell of a lot better than I like my legs, so wearing clothes that disguises my upper half feels like a mistake for me.” Is that better? I sometimes like trapeze or swing coats on other people, or voluminous tops worn with fitted pants… but I’m more pear than apple, and I’m learning to work with the body I have.
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Curiously I was tempted to buy a phoenix silver color bracelet a few days ago, finally didn’t….maybe someday! it’s a very nice symbol, in many cultures through history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)
So, I see you like outfits! enjoy combining, creating, that’s nice, shows a very personal and own style…not following any magazine trends!!
If you had to define your style, what would you say? About mine, I’d say simple, natural, tribal, feminine ….basic! complements give the personality
silver….stone/crystals/seeds/wood…I enjoy pendants, earrings, bracelets, anklets, bags….
If I could I’d buy all organic cotton clothes, but sometimes is not very cheap! but goes with the philosophy “slow” you know? like that lifestyle.. like thing in this store here: http://www.comunidadnatura.com/ or this one there: http://www.thegreenloop.com/
That’s fun! ^_^
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pd: about you saying you are more pear than apple…I think skinny jeans and mid-high heeled sandals would look just great on you!! give it a try and tell me!!!
No matter the top, just that should’t be very tight…like these:
http://www.pibernat.com/images/Stradivarius_Camisetas/Stradivarius_Camisetas.jpg http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8341/dscn4688mx6.jpg )
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