Is there anything I should look out for when buying tops (with sleeves) to limit excess fabric around my shoulders? People can have more than one styling issue at a time and this is the one I’d like help with here please.
I’ve taken quite a lot of things to be tailored and the reoccurring theme is excess fabric needs to be taken in at the sides. Do you have any tips for finding tops (with sleeves) which can help with this issue? This top isn’t the worst offender but it’s still noticeable irl. Want to save money and not have everything tailored.
Experimented with body matrix as well. Used my Kitchener palette for colours. Kept it easy with long lines (🗻), cotton embroidery (🌱) and a mature, ethereal tone (🌙).
I won’t pretend to see it perfectly but I find it interesting so wanted to look. I do think it’s easier to see at a glance than when you stare too long.
Amy Adams is straight. Amy Winehouse was medium. Doja Cat is round.
Florence Pugh is round. Ruth Negga is straight.
Ruth is straight. Tracee Ellis Ross is medium. Florence is round.
Ariana Grande is straight. Eva Longoria is round.
Know a lot of you find it useful to pair your style roots with the body matrix so hope this is helpful.
This isn’t me claiming Tilda has 🗻🌱 as she’s unverified so I don’t know. I’d be shocked if she doesn’t but I’ve been shocked by others roots. 🗻 would be my top guess for her.
I love her street style and got this cardigan a while ago but had to wait for warm weather. It’s proven to be very useful. I don’t wear this trying to be stylish or anything interesting but it’s great for putting on and not thinking much about.
To me it’s practical (🌱) and blends in. The long lines (🗻) still drape (🌱) with the excess fabric. Including a picture of the outfit underneath because wanted to show I’m still using different textures together. The top is 100% silk in a soft suede finish (🌱), the trousers are mostly cotton (🌱) then the shoes are velvet (🗻/ 🌙 imho). Nothing thrilling but all easy to wear. The fit isn’t perfect but when is it ever?
Side note, me and Tilda have the exact same essences but in a different order. Don’t know how useful that is to know but there you go.
🪨 hasn’t worked well for me. So far it’s ended in disappointment because the vision in my head doesn’t materialise and I don’t enjoy it as much as I hoped to. Tried in the past to incorporate 🪨 but it never clicked. I love the aesthetic especially on others but because I don’t look athletic, for me personally (not writing about anyone else), it falls short. If it’s not important to you to look athletic with 🪨 that’s great (and I’m not claiming it’s needed) but for me I need to match it to get what I want from 🪨.
Recently I’ve been watching people like Erling Haaland who are slightly similar to me. I’m not conventionally attractive and standout a tad because of that. We both have long limbs and look elongated irl. He’s someone I can emulate to some degree and want to. He’s inspired me to try and adapt that look again.
Know we can use our existing style roots to create any aesthetic and that’s what I’m planning to do (not looking for tips or advice tbc). There are parts about Erling’s style I need to change. One is the fabric, I’ve nothing against polyester but cotton (🌱) is better in the summer and when I’d wear this. There are too many competing graphics on football shirts and it’d overwhelm me so will streamline (🗻) to make it more sophisticated. Lastly, authenticity (🌙) is important to me and I don’t play football so instead want to seek out more niche and personalised subjects away from sport. It’ll lessen the original point MASSIVELY but it’s a give and take. In the past, graphics haven’t worked for me so need to do as much as I can to help with that. This isn’t an aesthetic I can wear everyday. This is a once in a while treat aesthetic purely for heatwaves. I will get bored very quickly if I tried to incorporate this for all year. I’ve 🌙 but literal styling does little for me. This is going against myself but seen as it’s for a limited amount of time in the year I expect it to be more successful. Need to stick to 2-3 t-shirts maximum.
That’s it. Short post. I doubt I’ll share anymore on this because I don’t want to take pictures when I’m struggling in high heat but thought it might be useful in some way to share, show my process.
Only flaw in the plan is I can’t play football
Not looking for advice or tips as I’m trying not to put pressure on myself. Know the fit of the blouse isn’t ideal but I’ve wasted some money getting clothing I hardly wear tailored. Waiting now to see which pieces are worth the investment first. I can’t afford to tailor every piece and every piece needs tailoring. Trying to be selective and wise. I wear a lot of vintage items including the blouse so can’t size up or down as easily because you find one option.
This is only to show my colour inspiration. I love the portraits of Gwen John and bonus that she painted Dorelia McNeill. She used very similar tones together and created a more blended look in her paintings. I’m verified SB/ SC in Kitchener and suit that approach through my colouring. Her work can go more warm toned than I should go but it’s easy enough to adapt to my palette. Wanted to share the inspiration as I’m far from the only person with SB colouring.
I focus more on my colours than essences, the outfit works fine for my essences but it’s not the priority.
Been struggling a little so reminding myself of when I dressed well (imho). The boots are heavy but it was raining so practicality had to win.
She gives such sweetheart energy irl. Looking forward to more face Giulia. She’s grown on me a lot.
Weird question (probably) but it’s something I struggle with a bit. I’m not the Sophia Loren version of SD, nor do l wish to be. There’s definitely a good chance I’m D instead of SD but if I am SD then it’s a real obstacle. Many online do treat SD as quite specific. Whenever an SD is more like me (say a Jacqueline de Ribes, even though less known so less discussed) they tend to be highly contested. Kibbe recently said Amal Clooney is likely SD and I look nothing like her but she’s someone I can identify with over a Christina Hendricks. The other day I read he’d considered moving Anjelica Huston to SD, idk if that’s true or not but if so she’d be another I can identify with over the more popular representation. What I want to ask is, has anyone else struggled with not fitting into the better known ‘sexy diva’ version of SD and don’t want to?
I know Kibbe has said SD is very common so there’s many different versions of SD out there than this. However, because imho it can sometimes be treated as the only way, it feels hard to claim. I don’t want to be a ‘bold diva’ and want to find a different version of SD I do enjoy. Tbc this isn’t me claiming Jacqueline, Amal and Anjelica aren’t ’bold divas’ or can’t be. They’re just celebrities I can identify with more than the more popular and discussed SDs.
Do you struggle claiming and/ or enjoying SD because you’re not the stereotypical SD? Have you found it an obstacle at any point and how?
Tbc Clooney and Huston aren’t verified as SD. Huston is still currently verified as D. It was extremely hot when I wrote this so sorry for grammar and spelling mistakes but I’m too lazy rn to correct anything.
Struggling with dressing for my weight rn and finding decent fits. The exaggerated shape makes me look more hourglass than I am which I’m not a fan of but sizing down would’ve created other issues. I’ve a tailor but not rich so can’t get everything altered quickly and it takes time to work through everything. Like the outfit and the colour goes well with my custom palette. Know colours are always subjective but think navy suits me and almost everyone. Heard navy usually suits people and don’t know if that’s agreed on by most but I lean to agreeing rn. Not asking for advice or tips tbc.
Tempted by this. The brand is 500 level, does anyone know what to expect from the quality? It’s a bit more expensive than other tops on the site.
Was told by mods to use this flair but no advice wanted please. Just showing how I combined my style roots with my Kitchener results. I’m verified SB/ SC in Kitchener with 5 essences and 🌙🌱🗻 in style roots but unverified there. The colours are from my sophisticated and conservative colours in my Kitchener palette. I focus more on my colour results than essences.
The left is my attempt to find a match.
Left is the colour I asked about and right is the jacket. I think a good match?