Hello, again!

This ensemble features a one piece denim-looking suit which I belted.

I paired it with an over-sized white cardigan with gold buttons and a pearl

necklace. I chose to wear my hair in a side braid with a lacy bow at the top and

my bangs to the side. The colour palette is gold, white, navy blue, and brown.

This is a larger view of the cardigan. I rolled up the sleeves to give it a more relaxed feel.

I think that when the sleeves were unrolled it gave it an office-lady look. One could keep the

sleeves down and avoid the OL look by wearing a bracelet over one or both sleeves.

This is a top-view of the outfit without the cardigan. I chose to wear mules

this day. Note how the mules pull the colour brown from the belt.

Here is the same outfit with the cardigan.

Hair

I have been struggling with what to do with my hair for quite a long time now.

I think I have finally figure out what!

I have become drawn to long wavy hair. My hair-length has gotten long enough that

when I let it dry naturally it gets a little wavy, and when I go to sleep with it in pigtails

it get really really wavy. So this is perfect!

I also think that the girly-ness of it really matches well with my style.

This is the kind of length that I am aiming for:

The model on the far right is the one who I'd like to copy. I think, though, that I

would like my hair to be a bit longer. Perhaps to my elbows.

This picture is from the February 2010 issue of Mina magazine.

Jya~!

Hai hai!

So, as promised, here is the second outfit. This one takes the same blouse

and matches it with a different colour palette.

The colour palette I was working with this day was dark red, brown,

white, grey and gold.

Here is a layout of the outfit. I paired the same blouse as was featured in

my last post with a white turtleneck sweater, a short gold necklace, brown

trousers, and gray high-heels. I also wore a hair-tie with a green bow on my wrist.

This is a close-up on the trousers. You can see how soft of a brown the trousers

are. This is important because later I added a dark scarf. the whole outfit, without

the scarf, is really light and I definitely did not want to disturb this with my choice

of the bottom portion. Also note that the trousers are somewhat tight-fitting

as is the turtleneck. The tightness of the turtleneck and the trousers creates

a silhouette that starts at the top with the arms, is broken by the blouse, and then

is continued with the trousers.

The scarf is worn long; just draped around the neck and let hang down.

The turtleneck is tight-fitting so as to make a comparison with the loose

blouse.

The necklace that I chose that day was another short one. Mostly I did this

because I had recently bought that necklace and was itching to wear it...;;

However! It also bring the focus of the top section of the ensemble to the

neck area. Since I was wearing my hair down and had a turtleneck sweater

on, the tendency would be for my neck to seem shorter and sort of

get lost between my scarf. The shortness of the necklace pulls the eye

in on that area and emphasizes two things: 1. that I do indeed have a neck, and

2. the beautiful contrast of the bright gold and the soft, dark red.

Here is the outfit with the scarf.

These are the shoes that I chose to wear with this outfit. :)

Oh my gosh! Cho Hisashiburi!

Gomen~~!

I have been busy, but-- mostly I have been really lazy. = ^ =;;

BUT! I am uploading three different outfits for you today. o U o

Here is the first.

Lately I went through a sort of radical change with my fashion. I did a

outline of what I wanted it to consist of and got rid of everything that

did not fit into it.

As a result I have found that my favorite color combinations is gold,

gray, white, and brown. The grays and browns must be on the softer

side. I have found so many ways that this colour palette goes

well together. I find that when I walk past a shop, I'm looking for

things which have these colours or would compliment them.

During my last visit to Buffalo Exchange I picked up two pretty helpful

pieces. The first is a blouse-type-shirt with cuffed, elbow-length sleeves,

and a lacy design on the front. Here is a photo of the top. I apologize for

my sleepy look.;;

So, here is the shirt. The gray and stark white really look lovely with this particular

pattern of lace. The buttons also add quite a bit of charm to it.

Here is a close up to show my (messy) hair style choice that day. I have been really

into wavy hair. I think it fits my style well and it just sort of happens when I sleep

so it's also low-maintenance for me. The other piece of clothing I bought at Buffalo

was this great dark brown vest. I know, I just said that I am looking for

"softer" shades, but this also really works. The brown in this makes it possible

to pair it with many more things than, say, a black vest would. The same can be

said for a lighter coloured vest. The brown, though it is dark, makes it possible to

wear it with other brown items (as long as they aren't what is directly underneath

the vest), such as pants/skirts, tights, and shoes. This makes a sort of symmetry

within the frame of the outfit without really drawing attention to the fact that I am

pairing two similar-coloured items together.
Here is the full outfit. I'm sorry it's sort a askew. The vest here looks really

close to black in comparison especially with the really light brown boots.

This is good, because it also compliments the purple/brown tights and thus

pulls the gaze through the whole ensemble.

I accessorized this look with a gold necklace and a blue pin. I think one could have used a longer

necklace, but the shortness of it , I felt, kept a kind of tidiness within the outfit.

As far as other kinds of jewelry, I cannot see this with anything but gold. (Perhaps

that is because I love gold so much....) Silver on this outfit would be too much because

of the grays. Perhaps pearls would be another possible choice. I use caution with

anything like coloured beads because it can make some outfits look cheap.

As you can see, I chose to wear gray shorts with this. It has the possibility to be

overdone with the gray. That day, though I was carrying my backpack which is

black, so it was more evened out than it may look like on its own.

More tomorrow!

-Kat

Hisashiburi, ne?

Hallo, there! It's been quite a while since I have updated!

I've been on fuyu-yasumi from college and have been relaxing.

It's sort of funny how I have had so much time and yet when I was

doing schoolwork I found more time to update my blog. Perhaps

not funny-ha-ha, but definitely funny-something. ^ u ^;;;

I'm uploading a look that I did about a month and a half ago.

I think I will upload another look later today, since I have bought

a lot of new clothes this break. : )

So here is the top part of one of my favourite dresses. It is white (on the top) and grey (on the bottom). The top portion has great lace and gives it a vintage sort of feel, though I know that it is a recently manufactured piece. The fabric used for this part of the dress is a wonderful light cotton.

And here is the bottom half of the dress. I love this shade of grey with the soft whiteness. Here, also, is the upper half of my mile-long scarf. It isn't really my style of scarf, but the length is wonderful.

Here is the lower half of the scarf and my lovely boots. Have I explained the material of my red boots yet? They are super thin. Like almost latex-glove-thin. I realized this more as the weather got colder and my my feet became more sensitive to going outside. I also have to be careful how much I wear them. Thank goodness they were cheap! Next investment: decent cowboy boots.

That's all for now. I will post my current outfit when my camera bettery is done charging.

Ciao~!

2009年11月20日

おはよう～～～!

So, here is my outfit (minus the tights) that I am going to wear today.

It's a gray floppy turtleneck dress with a plaid shirt/jacket combination thing and a vest over it. I'm wearing gold and pearl necklaces and green kitten-heels.

The tights I will wear will most likely be white since I wore brown yesterday. :)

It's a little short for winter but then, as long as I am warm it's okay.

The next picture is just a close-up of my jewelry. Pretty simple today. I stayed up all night so I am just throwing stuff on to make it through classes and then get home and sleeeeeep. But I find that especially on days where I am emotionally/physically vulnerable, wearing what makes me comfortable is really important. So here I am. It's six forty-two and I am layering dresses... XD

The next picture here is (supposed) to show the layering effect that I tried to do. :)

Finally, I will say adieu, since it's time for me to go take a shower and wake up... at least a little bit before my Japanese class at eight. PHEW!Ohayou gozaimasu! <3

I really enjoy doing these. This post is for Kiwi, since she reminded me that I have this blog. ^u^;;;

Have a great day, everyone!

Second Look

これ、ルーク二番　:)

So here is one of my favourite colour combinations: soft pink, white, gold, and grey.

I am wearing a knit pink jacket over a frilly blouse. The gold colour mentioned above comes from my gold chain and my gold earrings.

I'm wearing grey shorts and my awesome red boots that I bought at Buffalo Exchange. Oh, yes and I would like to introduce my dorm room's messy floor. = U =;;;||

I have two other looks to upload but I need to get to some homework before I go out this evening!

Will post more soon!

-Kat