Fashion meme

[sasha_feather]

1. Have you ever done something awful to your hair? What happened?
For a while I had hair that resembled a triangle. It was frizzy and grew out away from my head in a funny shape. In high school, I had longer hair that I wore in a pony tail every day.

2. Conversely, at what time in your life have you looked your best?
I'm going to embrace positive thinking and say, right now. It's a little harder to find clothes, though, since I gained about 2 dress sizes in the last three years. I like clothes and I like thrifting, but the plus-size game can be dispiriting.

3. Do you have a favorite article of clothing? Tell us what and why.
I have a collection of jackets, probably around 20. Photos of them here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sasha_feather/albums/72157687132992072
Current favorites are the long black elf coat, and the read leather ones.
I also love my Norwegian sweater and a paisley button-down shirt that looks sort of dandy.

4. Confess the worst fashion trend you ever succumbed to.
Maybe the side ponytail. I was a child though and could get away with it. In college I wore sweater-vests over button-downs until I realized I was wearing the exact same kinds of clothes as my English and chemistry professors, which was honestly fine but I was embarassed about it at the time.

5. Are there any clothing/fashion trends today that you simply don't understand?
I don't go for high femme things like lace, bows, high heels, makeup, etc.

Comments

[wolby]

That white tailcoat has murdered me. I'm dead now. It was a good way to go.

[sasha_feather]

:D I got it at a garage sale!

[bibliofile]

FYI, plus-sign consignment sale this Saturday. Details in a stealth comment.

[bibliofile]

I should say that it's clothes size 12 & up. I've been once and found some nice things; so has another friend. I went to the first one; I think this is the third. The changing area is makeshift, like at the WisCon clothing swap.

I know you're a horse lover

[jesse_the_k]

but you + pony tail seems fourteen kinds of wrong.

side-bearing would be even worse!

Your jacket collection is awesome.

Re: I know you're a horse lover

[sasha_feather]

Yeah I think my mom called it "ponytail prison" which she saw on a TV show! :D Once I went short, I never looked back.

[hillarygayle]

I love this entry! Your coat collection gives me heart eyes.

I don't tend to go for high femme in everything; I hate lace, bows, and heels, but I go over the moon for tailored eShakti skirts with that 1950s feel, and the brighter, louder my eyeshadow is the more it seems to intimidate a certain type of person...and I love it. :) I think my personal aesthetic can be described as "mid-century modern Hogwarts Professor."

[sasha_feather]

Oh that sounds wonderful! I love the idea of make-up and clothes as armor or weaponry to intimidate other people.