Outfit: Trying Not To Match
After the last time I wore this skirt I kept thinking of an outfit I had seen in Oscar de la Renta’s spring collection. I found out that it was the perfect outfit to attempt one of my goals: not to obsess too much about matching. Often I need everything to go with each other in a very obvious way while some of the best outfits are actually the ones that look great without matching. You know the outfits where the garments kind of talk together and get along without being best friends. A step in the right direction was to copy something I thought worked. I realize that I didn’t manage to take it all the way since the shoes and bag still match, but when I tried something else I just felt like it was too much too fast. The skirt seem to have been a good investment. When I bought it I wasn’t sure about it, but now I see it works for those garments in the spring collections that had painting-like prints, and it has a little of that DFV black and white print feeling (doesn’t show well on the picture since it’s so small), and now it can be used as a substitute for Oscar de la Renta. What more can a girl ask for?
Skirt: Vintage
T-shirt: Raakmo
Purse: Secondhand, eBay
Shoes: Unisa
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13 Comments
March 24th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
I love it! It looks awesome and not akward at all. I like to mix t-shirts with everything, because I’m supa dupa casual. Hopefully when it starts to get nice out, I can post some pictures of some cute outfits. I don’t dress cute in cold weather =)
March 24th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
T-shirts are great that way. They go with jeans and the more glamorous outfits. :) By the way, I am posting the pictures from this weekend and last weekend in your forum as soon as they have all been taken.
March 25th, 2006 at 4:00 am
This looks fantastic! I like yours even (gasp!) better than Oscar de la Renta’s!
March 25th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Yep – that skirt is something else! The look is trim and sweet; I can see everything taking well to espadrilles in the summer, too. : )
March 25th, 2006 at 11:01 am
La Dulcinea, what a compliment! Hehe, thanks. :)
Henri-vert, espadrilles is a good idea. I even have a pair in the same white as is in the skirt, but I hadn’t thought about the possibility!
March 25th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
I love the outfit so much! Ths skirt is so cute. This is a great site, keep up the good work. Do you have e-mail subscriptions?
March 25th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Thanks for the compliments. :) I am afraid there’s no e-mail subscriptions at the moment though…
March 25th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
i obsess about matching too, but lately i’ve noticed that th eoutfits which catch my eye when i’m out and about, are not perfectly matched but they still look perfect.
March 26th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
So true. Wish I had it in me, but I guess I just have to practice. :)
April 26th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
[...] If you think trying to match clothes is hard, try trying to NOT match them. “How does that make sense,†you’re thinking. “I thought the point of mismatching is that you don’t care enough about style to take the time to put together corresponding ensembles.†Although in the past matching clothing was synonymous with caring about fashion, today there’s a certain style to the I-look-like-I-just-threw-on-these-clothes-in-the-dark-but-I-really-spent-quality-time-hand-picking-them look. When mismatching your outfit, remember that it still has to look somewhat put-together. Yes, the point is to look like you threw on your outfit in the dark, but no, it’s not supposed to make you look like you could care less about what you’re sporting. Our favorite mismatched look? Don a big, colorful skirt and with a vintage rocker tee, a fashion formula courtesy of our fellow fashionista Agathe at Style Bytes. Ramones Modal Tee | $28 at Urban Outfitters Nanette Lepore Big Pocket Skirt | $280 at Nordstrom [...]
May 11th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
[...] Filed in: Fashion, Shopping, Links, Outfits I’ve worn this outfit before, only with a different t-shirt, and I added a scarf to update it a bit. I got this t-shirt from Monsieur T in the mail yesterday saying “Le French Survival Kit”. I thought it was very funny, but I got a little embarrassed when buying lunch at my favorite place. I had forgotten that the guy who works there is French. I probably blushed the entire time while trying to hide the print. (I think I was afraid that he would think I had put it on for him.) [...]
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