I’ve had a love hate relationship with fashion. Not so much me hating fashion as it is fashion hating me in a sense. Strange coming from the high school girl who wore Charles David, Bebe and a Marchesa gown to prom. Fast forward the good part of a decade and you’ll find me seeking comfort more than style. Don’t get me wrong comfort is completely practical, but the problem is what I define as comfortable. My body has changed since high school, go figure, and so fashion and style often get sacrificed. I also became quite intimidating by fashion and what it meant to be fashionable. There lies the problem.
I definitely appreciate fashion as much as the next 25-year-old. I can’t go into a designer store without being wild with excitement. Ask my husband :) Most of the time I wear cute vintage inspired dresses, ballet flats and my awesome plaid trench coat. It’s a little tough to wear dresses all the time in SF though.
My fear of fashion making me look like a fool needs to stop quite frankly. The easy excuse has become, “Oh I can’t afford that”, which does’t hold up anymore. Great fashion doesn’t always equal $$$.
So to start confronting my fear, I’m going to start writing about fashion here on Planning Pretty. I’m not posting photos of myself or anything like that, but I will share what I find and love with all of you. My fashion research will kick up again and I hope to experiment around with finding my personal style. I spent the better part of Sunday afternoon perusing the September issue of Lucky Magazine and getting myself excited about fashion. Here are my favorites from the issue!
Growing up I was quite the sneakers fan so I love any cute variation like these sporty slip-ons.
I love the bold graphic patterns in this outfit! Skirts used be a staple of mine. I think it’s time to shop a few for this fall!
Chanel Iman is my favorite model and not just because we share the same middle name. She’s featured in this issues “Bright Young Things” article. I love her style on and off the runaway.
And Kiernan Shipka is featured in the same article. This adorable Mad Men star is just a big a fan as Audrey Hepburn as I am. Audrey is definitely my favorite style icon to emulate.
I can’t pretend, I am a huge Gossip Girl fan so I was excited to see Blake Lively on the cover of this issue. I really admire her fashion sense, especially these black and white ensembles above. And her quote captured exactly how I was feeling this weekend, “I should hope I dress differently at 25 than I did when I graduated high school, I hope I never stop changing”. My issue is that I feel like I stopped growing fashion wise. Maybe it was my focus to do well at Harvard or focus on my relationship, but my fashion and myself quite frankly were neglected.
I remember how much I loved pastels, tailored silhouettes and designer sneakers after reading the magazine. A lot of what I’m gravitating towards, like classic red, full skirts and menswear inspired shoes are big for fall. And maybe this is little validation I need to get my love for fashion back up. It’s nice to know my fashion sense isn’t too far off :)
