If you know me, then you know that I have an unhealthy addiction to shoes and a rather *unique* fashion sensibility. Ok- I know everyone thinks that their fashion sense is sooooo unique. But when I say unique, I mean that I have never seen anyone else that dresses the way I want to dress, or with the inconsistency of genre that I know I reflect. Maybe my style in high school is what got me locked up in the fashion prison I live in today.
Let me start by emphasizing the phrase *I want to dress*. I can't figure out if it was because I grew up wearing uniforms in Japan, or because of synaesthesia, or both, but I *want to dress* in a manner that I have found is unacceptable to the general public.
And before you start judging me for my repression or whatever: not only is my dream style impractical for social reasons, it would definitely see me sent home from work. Having a well paying job and not being gawked at are valuable enough to me to tone down my look.
Ok, disclaimer over. Let's do this.
Hair:
I would adore to have long black hair with some exciting colored streaks. Probably cerulean. And maybe a couple of pretty plum streaks too. And a pink one.
Why I dont:
1) I do not have the self control to grow my hair out past my shoulders. It gets to an awkward length and I HAVE to cut it.
2) I am reasonably sure that if I put all those colors in my hair, I would be sent home from work after an admonishment about being presentable for the more conservative customers.
SO: I have black hair cut in a slanted bob. Low maintenance, non-offensive.
Earrings:
I get away with most earrings that I try, I don't do gauges or cartilage piercings. I have a slightly edgier than dainty 3 holes of normal size. Two in my right ear, one in my left.
I love earrings with feathers and dream catchers and long dangley threads and studs that look really heavy metal. I also like big hoops. Not embellished or enormous, but thin circles with a max 2 inch diameter.
I don't:
Wear earrings that touch my shoulders or big hoops or crazy studs. I would like to, but I am sure I would get negative attention for them in my pretty conservatively dressed office, and they would irritate the crap out of me when I use the phone. Which I do a lot.
Other Jewelry:
I wear statement necklaces to work, because with a low key top and slacks, they help sate my desire to act out fashionably. I don't see myself wearing necklaces outside of that scenario, though.
I kinda wish my eyebrow was pierced. But I am noncommittal. And one should not be noncommittal about additional holes in one's face.
I like some bracelets. But they irk me and I eventually take them off. I have 3 different spiked or studded bangles/cuffs. I have worn them collectively one and a half times. I have a layered pearl stretchy bracelet that fares better on me, but I still rarely wear it.
Clothes:
I would describe my style as: Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons 1-3 plus Japanese school girl that likes rock and roll plus punk plus metal plus sometime preppy Americana/sometime pinup Americana.
What I don't like to wear:
I'm not really a fan of the hipster/Dave Matthews girl/ bohemian look that seems to be super popular around here. Also, that strange way that girls that are "quirky" in movies dress. That's not me. A lot of people have been confused and thought that was me. It isn't.
I prefer black to white, silver to gold, colors to earth tones, and leather to animal prints. I don't love floral, or most regular patterns. I do like Gothic crosses and bejeweled things, ooh and shiny paint, and graphic prints that are not pop culture references. Like a picture of a photocopy looking rose or a kabuki lady or something. And that shit better not be centered.
All references to Japan/UK/Cherokee Nation instantly have appeal to me.
Shoes:
My most powerful and wallet crippling addiction is also my most impractical. I have a penchant for skinny high heels. There was a time when I wouldn't even consider a heel shorter than 3 inches. I just like the look of them. I am 5'8.5". Yeah, I need that half inch on there to illustrate the point that in my most beloved heels, I tower an Amazonian 6'1.5". It is too tall. I'm afraid of heights and I feel like a godzilla. I own shoes that I haven't worn. I bought those shoes imagining some fantastical world where I attend red carpet events. I see them on my feet and for some reason I am 5'4" in this world and I can wear these one-off shoes with jeans or a cute sun dress. Inaccurate.
My pinterest account is slowly acquiring a sampling of stuff I think looks awesome. Stuff that I will never wear to work because at my most restrained I am already pushing the boundaries on dress code. Oh well, story of my life.
