OUTFIT POST: Mustard & Apples

 Dress: Princess Polly ... Shirt: American Apparel (shop similar HERE) ... Belt: Gathering Eye 

Shoes: Ego & Greed (shop HERE) ... Bag: 

Do you ever get that moment when you stand in front of your closet and think 'I've got a wardrobe full of clothes... but nothing to wear'. Your eyes hastily wander from garment to garment as you try to connect these fragmented pieces into a decent combination.

I always feel like outfits and day to day dressing is a bit like a puzzle. Some people are just natural who can place each jagged part next to another forming a cohesive bigger picture... whereas some (like me) take ages figuring out the concavities.

Although, continuing on with this metaphor, dressing is also NOT like a puzzle. There's only ever one way in which you can (correctly) fit those funny little shapes. One does not simply cut the rounded corners off with scissors nor fill the concave areas with glue. However, figuring out a 'look' requires a non-linear way of thinking. There's always so many different combinations one can wear things and each can tell a completely different story. It's a concept where filling in the spaces is necessary and cutting corners is sometimes encouraged. Therefore, seemingly irrelevant pieces can somehow pull together and create a unique picture which is something a linear puzzle can never do.

I came across this interesting quote which to me just solved a complicated riddle. 'If fashion is a pair of jeans, then style is what you do with it' - unknown origin. 

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