Shirt Dress - Thakoon for Gap, Shoes - Melissa, Bag - Slow and Steady Wins The RaceI like wearing white. If I'm a piece of paper, I'd love to be covered in correction fluid.
When most people in shops go, "Does this come in black too?", I ask for white. And if I like the item a lot, I'll buy at least two, all in white.
Not because they are wardrobe staples (a cheeky grin and wink to Ms WendyB) but because I truly love wearing the non-colour colour. If I was one to subscribe to the whole wardrobe-staple nonsense like all fashion magazines say I should, my wardrobe would be stuffed full of boring black things. I don't own anything in that other non-colour colour.
If the whites are shirts or shirt-like things, I like them as crispy as possible. Near spray-on starch kind of crispy. (Another cheeky nod to Ms B.)If they are t-shirts, poufy blouses and broderie anglaise-type dresses, they have to be soft. Yet crispy. Not to the touch but more a feeling. Like when they say "as crisp as the spring air"?
Blinded by all the stark white yet? Here's some colour and a little back-story...
I was going to a separate post to show off the little souvenirs that my dear pal/"personal shopper" in Singapore, Poochie, got me at her various stops on her recent backpacking holiday to Italy (delivered a few days ago by The Bella, our Superior Courier) - apron from Sicily (another one!), peppers and colourful beads from Naples and cute button-y thing from Pigneto, a suburb in Rome that I suggested she visit after I read this article and there, she found a shop stocking these accessories that reminded her of the necklaces I make and had to buy one for me!But I'm plonking them here because I realised, as I was writing this post, that what I wore today were all from her as well!
The shoes are one of the many pairs of cheap Melissa's that she has "personal-shopped" for me. The bag too - I saw it on my last trip home but spent my money on other things and when the store had a sale, the efficient Poochie went and grabbed it for me. The dress was meant to be an errand as well - I asked if she could help me buy it at the Singapore Gap store when the collection was released in 2007 - but the naughty Poochie refused to accept my money and gave it to me as a birthday present that year. Every girl needs a Poochie and her sister, our Superior Courier, in their lives!
6 comments:
you don't want to see my wardrobe, black, black and more black LOL! I LOVE black. Well there was a time when I was a skinny little thing and many times wore white head to toe. It looks gorgeous if you can get away with it.
Hee hee!
Hey Jafabrit,
From all your art, I'd imagined that you would have loads of colours + black in your wardrobe!
I'm sure you can still get away with wearing head-to-toe white! It's all in your head! x
Hey Ms B,
Is that a white shirt, albeit not so cripsy, that I see you wearing in the bio photo (with Francis) on the Francis New York blog? Tee hee hee. x
THAT white dress! Oooh! Lovely!
Your white fetish hasn't quite caught on to me yet, but I am venturing away from my standard black
Yep, barely have anything in colour, a few browns, a purple top, orange one, but daily I wear black head to toe. I counter that with vintage coats, and bright turkish scarves. I just can't be arsed to shop, or spend time trying to match clothes. I get up and want to rush into the studio to work.
Hey Carpie,
There's more where that came from. Haha.
I try to sneakily steer you away from black when we go shopping. I hope it's working. xx
Hey Jafabrit,
I guess black works best for what you do? But I can imagine you in those bright pops of colour. Happy! xx
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