Hooded black tunic worn beneath long sleeve black jersey top, h&m metallic ladies jumpsuit, multiple rings /bracelets and Carvela heels.
Friday 14th May 2010.
If I could have one superpower it would be invisibility
Like my post title ( a quote from 90′s TV show My So Called Life), some days I have an innate craving to retreat away into the comforting shadows and just watch the world go by. Do you ever have days like that? My hoods, snoods etc are perfect for this. They form this shield, a faux armour as it were, a protective layer which I can become invisible in. They also satisfy my seemingly incessant need to layer. I wore a no name cotton hood tshirt beneath a long sleeve jersey top. Both have been worn to death, both increasingly threadbare.
Into the land of tackydom and beyond
The h&m jumpsuit is such a versatile piece, I like to wear it slouchy as in the images. The slinky metallic lame one piece always makes for interesting conversation. It is a sure conversation starter because it hangs delicately on the border of the scary ‘land of tackydom‘. As I paid for it at the till the sales assistant actually tried to change my mind. She found it tacky at best, her words not mine. She also went on to say that it had been in the sale stock since forever. It had become part of the ‘unlovable’. I think my response might have been that even the tacky has potential, it is all in the how. She tutted with pity in her eyes, I paid and left with rescued jumpsuit in tow.
Not only Bears hibernate
Still on the hiding away topic, it is fascinating how items placed in certain locations get forgotten with time. Take these vintage necklaces for instance… I discovered them in the bottom of a dusty box in the bowels of a fairly neglected thrift shop. I think they had been there for years. Forgotten at the bottom of a box of well thumbed books. I have had them for years now and they seemed like the perfect addition to this outfit.
I am glad to have given the hibernating necklaces a new of lease of life. Oh and as for the jumpsuit, it like most things sometimes just need to be taken out of hiding and seen in a different light.
Read the rest of the Style Diary segment here.
Title of post is quote from 90′s TV show ‘My So Called Life’.
