What I Actually Wore #0088

Serial #: 0088
Date: 22/08/2012
Weather: 21°
Time Allowed: 7 minutes

Some outfits just come together like magic. This one was like magic out of a storybook on account of the striped jumper and the star printed stockings. Not to mention the red glittery shoes, which always add a touch of fairytale to an ensemble. Someone from my work tried to define my look and called it a retro après-ski style – that was for my pompom scarf I guess! Only the hat is vintage in fact – a 1940s number bought on eBay.

I like this outfit because the graphic elements and bright colours give it a cartoon-style fun without venturing into caricature or the realm of harajuku costume. One of my illustrator friends often dresses her characters in striped tops and bright paints like these, and I like to imagine I look like one of the girls stepping out of her picture books.

Items:

Top: Meredith
Skirt: Anthropologie
Hat: vintage 40s (eBay)
Scarf: souvenir (Hong Kong)
Stockings: The Sock Shop
Earrings: handmade (by me)
Bangle: souvenir (Vietnam)
Ring: onyx, souvenir (Vietnam); silver Roun
Watch: Kenneth Cole
Shoes: Wittner