because beth harmon would definitely be a slytherin
First outfit post, so I thought I'd give a little insight into me. Hi, I'm Nikki. I have a penchant for retro fashion, bright colours, patterns, secondhand shopping and most importantly, an outfit with a name feels complete to me. It all began when I put on this jumper:
A navy blue mock neck ribbed jumper with red, yellow and white stripes. When I paired this jumper with a black pinafore dress, black tights and black Chelsea boots, a character of sorts came to mind. I pictured this outfit being worn by a 1970s substitute art teacher in a school, a laid-back, whimsical lady who had a paintbrush in her flyaway bun, hands that were slightly wrinkled and that were always slightly stained with dark coloured paints, who was very liberal and fought for what's right and who would be described as "a tough old bird". So the outfit was labelled as '70s art supply teacher' and it stuck. The jumper I still call the '70s substitute art teacher' jumper, and I refer to it as that to other people, who either just nod, or laugh but generally agree.
Those who know me know that my style has never quite "conformed". When I was 2 or 3 I had an orange and black spotty and stripy t-shirt and cycling shorts combo that my mum may have picked for me but from photos I can see I totally embodied. The 'milky way' jacket as I call it - a shell suit type bomber jacket in pale silvery blue with fluro planets and white stars. The oversized owl jumper with the contrasting sleeves. The 'mary had a little lamb' nursery rhyme jumper and brown tweed skirt combo when I was around 5 or 6 and before school uniform. My style has always been unique. I occasionally tangled with a trend or two such as "greebo" clothes and of course a big leap into the emo fashion, but it was always my own. I don't consider myself to be fashion forward but others did sometimes copy me. I remember one 'non uniform day' at school when I was about 12, I wore a stripy long sleeve top and baggy "greebo" jeans and skate shoes. I got called "greebo" all day, and I didn't mind. Back then I did not feel self conscious about my body or my style and I felt good and comfortable all day. A few weeks later, my "friends" at the time (who did not stick up for me about the name calling by the way) started also wearing baggy "greebo" jeans because one of them got themselves a skater boyfriend and wanted to fit in with their crowd. I got called a copycat for wearing them as the trend got more and more popular with the rise of Avril Lavigne, Sum 41 and Blink 182. I just sighed because I knew deep down how I'd worn them to ridicule before and that the style was mine to try.
Flash forward to now. I've had my ups and downs with my fashion - from being 16-18 and starting to sneak into clubs underage, wearing tight fitting tops and jeans with heels to the almost stereotypical "vintage" phase with 50s cocktail shaped dresses and items purchased from Lindy Bop (RIP). There was also the black band tee and hoody, tight skinny jeans so fitted the seams left lines in my skin and trainers so loose they almost fell off my feet, oh and the standard in any emo kid's arsenal, the black hi-top Converse with emo band lyrics scrawled on to the whites of the sole sides. Ah, perfection. After real highs and lows with my figure - but more realistically, my weight and how it is perceived by others, I have come to the point where I don't give a shit any more. Correction, I want to not give a shit any more, and my not giving a shit any more journey has begun. Who can truly say when my want to look any way other than how I do began, but I can tell you when that anxiety stopped growing... Right. Now.
So this blog. This blog will be the place I post my inspo outfits, complete with their unique names that spring to mind when I pair the pieces together. Today's post is for my outfit for work tomorrow - a green heart print sleeveless shift dress with white Peter Pan collar paired with a dark grey v neck cardigan. Cardigan will stay undone. I may add a long necklace but will see how I feel tomorrow. The outfit inspiration is my current obsession with Beth Harmon's style from The Queen's Gambit - from early 50s to late 60s, everything is to die for and although I don't have the long lean limbs of Ms Anya Taylor-Joy (nor the gorgeous face - those cat eyes... *sigh*), I am taking that fashion with both hands and making it work for me. The green colour paired with grey made me think of the Slytherin house in Harry Potter; a Hufflepuff myself but Slytherin always seems to "slither in" *snickers* to my style as I love green. The colours together plus the character traits that Beth possesses (ambitious, resourceful, determined, assertive to name a few) brought these words to mind, and the rest as they say is history.
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