Monthly Archives: October 2018
What does it mean to mix styles (and how to do it correctly)
Today’s article again risks being the shortest, just like the one about underwear. The topic is extensive, I touch on it in every second article (if not with words, then with examples-pictures for sure) and I’m not going to stop. But we need to be clear. To mix styles means to combine things of different styles in one image (so far it sounds like “to cook borsch, buy a pot and beetroot”, but wait). Things of different styles-this means that each of these things completely belongs to the same style. One-to-one. And the second-to the second. And other things can be neutral-minimalistic. Or belong to one of the first two. Here I am not sure that it is possible to deduce the exact formula: how much and what style to mix with what. (But I’m sure that over time you can learn to see it). Continue reading
From wide trousers: sets in which all clothing is spacious
I love that. It is a pure pleasure to look at everyday images in which each element is sewn from an impressive amount of fabric. They immediately become not so everyday, although much easier: trousers, sweater. Maybe there’s a shirt under the sweater.
See:
You can wear sneakers, chunky sneakers, or pointy-toed ankle boots/shoes on your feet. Long trousers should be long: go down to the ground.
If this is not possible (you have to walk, and on the street — what we usually have in the winter on the street), then you can consider shortened wide trousers and cotton socks (wherever the bare ankle can be worn socks): Continue reading
