Friday Five Questions: Fashion
Jun. 24th, 2018 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sasha_feather1. Describe your favorite outfit.
For comfort, I like to wear a black henley and jeans, with a belt, and some comfy socks. Then a red leather jacket over the top, or a wool coat in the deep of winter.
For style and comfort, I'd say my Green eShakti dress, worn with tall rubber boots. It's a maxi style dress with short sleeves and a single grommet at the top. Maybe with a vest or blazer over it. I usually wear a hat if I know I'm going to be under overhead lights.
2. Describe your personal style.
Budget tomboy or queer comfortable.
3. Approximately how much do you spend on fashion/personal care annually?
As little as possible. Everything comes from the thrift store except for socks and underwear and occaisonally shoes and hats. Shoes are my major expense because my feet hurt, so I might spend 150 dollars /year or more. Hats can be hard to find because my head is apparently very large. I like flat caps like the ones that can be found at Goorin Bros; Tilley hats; and sun hats.
4. Do you dress for yourself or for everyone else?
For myself. Sometimes I will wear something bright and fun if I'm going to be hanging out with friends.
5. Give us your best fashion/personal care advice.
I'm not comfortable giving advice, but I will say that for me, working on my body image and learning about fat politics helped me feel more comfortable buying and wearing interesting clothes, and taking risks. Shopping at the thrift store means that I'm not investing a lot in any one piece of clothing, so I can take a risk on wearing something different, and I can let go of clothes more easily.
Bonus: Queer Eye got me thinking about my fashion icons. They are Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99; Amelia Earhart; and Buster Keaton. I like the blend of masculine and feminine in each of these people.
For comfort, I like to wear a black henley and jeans, with a belt, and some comfy socks. Then a red leather jacket over the top, or a wool coat in the deep of winter.
For style and comfort, I'd say my Green eShakti dress, worn with tall rubber boots. It's a maxi style dress with short sleeves and a single grommet at the top. Maybe with a vest or blazer over it. I usually wear a hat if I know I'm going to be under overhead lights.
2. Describe your personal style.
Budget tomboy or queer comfortable.
3. Approximately how much do you spend on fashion/personal care annually?
As little as possible. Everything comes from the thrift store except for socks and underwear and occaisonally shoes and hats. Shoes are my major expense because my feet hurt, so I might spend 150 dollars /year or more. Hats can be hard to find because my head is apparently very large. I like flat caps like the ones that can be found at Goorin Bros; Tilley hats; and sun hats.
4. Do you dress for yourself or for everyone else?
For myself. Sometimes I will wear something bright and fun if I'm going to be hanging out with friends.
5. Give us your best fashion/personal care advice.
I'm not comfortable giving advice, but I will say that for me, working on my body image and learning about fat politics helped me feel more comfortable buying and wearing interesting clothes, and taking risks. Shopping at the thrift store means that I'm not investing a lot in any one piece of clothing, so I can take a risk on wearing something different, and I can let go of clothes more easily.
Bonus: Queer Eye got me thinking about my fashion icons. They are Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99; Amelia Earhart; and Buster Keaton. I like the blend of masculine and feminine in each of these people.
