NOBODY WANTS
BUSINESS IN THE FRONT.
AND PARTY IS NOT IN THE BACK.
People always talk about business at the front and party at the back, but has anyone ever thought that both should actually be at the front so that it's a visibly good contrast?
The new modern form of this expression should be business on the top, party on the bottom. Nobody has time to turn their back and check the look. Even the runway looks are never photographed from behind, which should already make us aware that the first impression, the front of the body, is what counts.
And the idea that a party can only take place with the help of a short skirt alone should be considered more than historical by now. Nothing is more shocking than the 15cm under your adorned blouse or good wool sweater, when underneath it continues with a hint of nothing.
No one expects it, the top doesn't allow it, but then the surprise raid, a guest towel size of fabric and then it's over. At some point, the fascination with micro shorts took me over, no garment is more rarely implemented in a horrible way or worn in purely tropical waters than the innocent micro short. Even if the wearable Pampers have made it into fast fashion retailers in recent years with pressure from stylists, we rarely see the unique artifact realized. It's hard to believe, but a big part of what makes the integration of said piece almost inevitable is the comfort that comes with it.
After years of wearing painful shoes and uncomfortable designs, I've made comfort my priority without even realizing it, but without compromise. If I had to make one, it would be comfort.
Nothing gives you more freedom, functionality and adaptability than the garment that, paired with a pair of caré knitted wool tights without feet, makes the hearts of your nearest neighbors and children beat faster.
Because absolutely nobody understands what has gotten into you.
the party on the bottom
To make the party not too loud and tone everything a bit down, because again we’re wild but comfortable, I’d recommend a shirt or top that reminds you of your childhood days, where you actually didn’t really care what you were wearing. For me it’s an oversize striped shirt, because that was my older brother’s style that ultimately ended up in my closet. A good faded and washed-out striped t-shirt with an underlayer of a polo or basic longsleeve make all the pain go away. Life pain, but also the infinite pain of having to be uncomfortable during special occasions.
And I don’t want to make a big deal about it, but yes I do approve of barn jackets, yes they are trendy, yes they are timeless, yes I always wanted one, but preferred investing in different items, but now I finally found this Auralee one on super duper sale, which meant all the stars aligned and I could finally turn into my destined self, a farmers granddaughter.
It’s also a great underlayer under coats I figured, weirdly my intense dedication for blazers that must have started around 2007 is slowly liquified into nothingness, now that other options became more relevant. And again, the current era of fashion we’re in is a bit less serious I would say, you can be relaxed and well-dressed again. I would probably never recommend a luxury barn jacket, that’s not the essence of it and obviously you were not planning to enter the Soho Farm House, but your local farm around your corner with it. Still the contemporary brands have the better fabrics.
On another note, are we entering the contemporary brand era, where luxury becomes cringe?
I know tights deserve their own thread here soon, that's how much I'm raving about the elasticated talent of the fantastically practical 2-legged garment.
Prada Fall 2016, which is slowly emerging as my favorite, actually falls lately a lot into my lap with its little accessories here and there. You see these little carés on the tights, that were initially used in a more pirate clown way, but since being a clown is a lifestyle, I decided to create the illusion of it being integrated into an almost normal look. Did the scraming yellow Dsquared2 shorts help? I doubt it in hindsight seeing the photos, but it definitely felt good to make one decade of fashionable aesthetics collied.
These are the special tights now, but I have about every color of the rainbow now and I am still very much convinced of the fact that great tights are the cheapest upgrade to elevating whatever you already have.
And if you were expecting shoe options, i really tried.
But it’s Prada Fall 2012.
Plateau heels with patina and leather embroideries. How could I add similar items, when these are god’s divine work. I might just add, search for the right key words on second hand retailers, the boomers want to get rid of a lot of things and we’re here to grab these old dusty pieces.