Head To Toe

Sandy Matching

Sandy: This is one of those times I wish I would have started this blog earlier. I don't have any making of pictures of this outfit I made last year. 

I wanted to wear a pattern from head to tow. But that's one of those things that magazines advertised as a big trend, yet it is difficult to actually find in any shops. At least for a reasonable price…

I bought a big long plaid skirt for 1€ from a sale at UFF. Very reasonable. 

I cut about half of the length and used the rest of the fabric to make the bolero. I never make clothes from scratch but this was easier than Iris in The Taxi Driver. The only problem was I didn't have a lot of fabric to work with. Thats why the sleeves are short which luckily looks totally intentional with the shirt couffs showing. 

Wendy: More intentional than the ill-fitting movie reference.

Sandy: I also like to mix patterns though it's a bit more difficult. Here I think I did a better job than usual, combining two geometric patterns of the same tones of grey.

PS. Sorry about the lack of shoes in my posts. I take the pictures indoors without my boots on, most of the time.

Sandy Mixing

Going Coco

Wendy

Wendy: This is a somewhat Chanel inspired outfit. Well, you can't really look at a pink and black tweed without thinking Chanel. Now you might think I'm contradicting myself because of what I said about not wanting to wear recognizable brands. (For the record, nothing in this outfit is Chanel, obviously.) This look is classic and it's been public property since the 20's. 

But I did feel it needed a twist or a kick, so I put on a studed collar we bought at a little goth shop. I loved that the woman behind the counter was a little older than you would expect a goth to be. I love it when people break stereotypes.

The actual designer of the fabric flower necklace is again SalSa Design.

Back in Sinoper

Wendy

Wendy: I put on the little yellow fanny  bag so it wouldn't be all red and to make it more casual, less matchy. 

Sandy: I like it better without the bag.

Simply Red

The Party West

Wendy in Her Finest

Wendy: Back in black and white. This is the same skirt and west as in the "Halloween" outfit but it looks quite different with another top.

First I couldn't think of anything appropriate to wear to this party. Everything was too formal or too casual. The skirt with just the white the top wasn't festive enough. Then I remembered the west and it gave the outfit the lift it needed.

Sandy: That might be my favorite outfit out of anything you've ever worn.

Wendy: I had worn the west with this top before I just didn't remember it right away. It's good to save all the good outfits in this blog so I can look through them when "I have nothing to wear".

Wendy

Pretty in Plaid

Sandy

Sandy: I had a classic moment of "I know I have a ton of clothes but I can't think of anything nice to throw on". The clothes that I like 99% of the time suddenly didn't rock my boat.

So I spiced up the outfit with a belt.

Wendy: Yes, my belt.

Sandy: A wide belt none the less. To show off my waist. Just like the magazines told me to.

A Brown Cocktail

Wendy

Wendy: If Sandy's style tip was to wear layers on top of dresses, mine is to wear stuff under a dress. This dress is a shade of brown that's almost purple. It's not the prettiest color but it is very flattering to my skin tone. One of those clothes that look like nothing on the hanger but look better when you put them on. I bought it at a flea market but it still had the tags on. It actually looked quite different before I revamped it. It had short sleeves which I cut of because they where a bit too large and over powering and I wanted it to bee all about the cute collar. Also the hem was originally A-line but I thought it was a bit too girly and childish and thought a more fitted silhouette would make it more mature. So it turned out very different. The dress only cost one euro so I didn't mind the risk of ruining it with my modifications.

Nothing teaches you better to sow than buying cheap clothes from the flea market that don't fit you or are broken or have parts you hate.

Sandy: You can sow?

Wendy: A little. Better that I did before. I never liked any of the craft teachers at school. They were almost as annoying as gym teachers.

Conan The Librarian

Sandy

Sandy: I think I look like a professor in this bow-tie and pullover combination. 

Wendy: You won't settle for being just a hot librarian.

Sandy: I wore a masculine look in celebration of Mens Week.

The bow is actually a hairpin. I just attached it to my buttonhole. The shirt was originally a bodysuit but I just cut the panty part out and wear it as a regular shirt. Who wear their knickers attached to their shirts?

A Hairpin