Something I was mulling over today... particularly something I thought a lot about during my year of mostly pantsless living. What the heck is my personal style? What fashion label do I fall under?
I've been told by various co workers that I look "quaint" "steam punk" "elegant" "accessorize perfectly"... etc. But what does all that even mean?
I love the structured dresses, cute shoes, and fascinators that go on in pin up style. But I'm not into pin-up culture, pin-up lifestyle, the rockabilly look, corsets or waist training... none of that. I took the whole steam punk think as a compliment, but I'm definitely not going for leather edged goggles, bomber jackets, or the overall quirky appearance that I usually associate with the style. I've dabbled in punk, but I don't think my body type lends itself to the best of punk fashion. And I'm a sucker for certain areas of vintage, but I present myself as a totally modern woman. To an extent.
So I guess it's the best of many worlds: a hint of pin-up sexiness, a touch of early 20th century femininity, loads of early Hollywood glam, just enough punk to keep an edge, and the ability to blend in with any number of fashionable modern day Londoners, despite living in Seattle (a city known for its crap fashion sense... I mean, c'mon, when Seattle was at its prime, we gave to the world ripped up jeans and plaid flannel button downs... REALLY????? Blame the 90s on Seattle...).
I feel my past years worth of outfits have even demonstrated a bit of all of that in a single outfit. I feel like I should come up with a word for this style of mine, but creativity escapes me at the moment.
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