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also you should read this messynessychic article about hobble skirts, like just look that up. its a fascinating account of fashion history as well as beauty standard, the coke bottle, etc etc
Sep 20, 2024
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Maybe my great great grandmother in Czechoslovakia was a diva and had a dress like this. Like this is so beautiful and I want it??
Mar 16, 2025
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My mind often revisits the memory of my vintage brown suede skirt, adorned with the insignia of an elusive brand whose name has slipped my recollection. All I can remember was that it was once based in Montreal and no longer existed at the time of my purchase. The straight, long silhouette of the skirt effortlessly embraced my waist with a discreet side zipper, a button and a fabric-loop buttonhole, and came to my ankles. The fabric was on the heavier side, enough to cast a dignified drape, undeterred by a light breeze, and had a slit on the back for ease of movement.
Over the passing years, fashion cycles have reintroduced certain styles, akin to the resurgence of the long skirt, now enveloped in the broader allure of the coquette aesthetic. I survey a Pinterest feed of Gen Z models, clad in a trend I once admired and practiced. I have to remember, the long skirt proved to be somewhat impractical in my daily wear and I would often succumb to the need for a midday wardrobe change in pursuit of comfort. Despite my decision to donate the skirt to a new home where it could be cherished and worn, a sense of solace envelops me, lamenting the time it safely resided in my closet. In hindsight, I find myself regretting our premature parting.
Jan 26, 2024
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(long winded yap sesh incoming apologies)
i spent waaaay too long a time being spooked by the mere thought of being perceived, and so i tried to blend into whatever group i was meant to believe i should fit into. i honestly think my fashion sense now is a combination of, like, quasi-exposure therapy, bc when you're walking around like a birthday clown u kinda just have to get used to people looking at u, and all that built up frustration with trying to fit in finally being let out, aka me finally just wearing what makes me happy
and i think it's easy to tell bc most of my influences are the things that make me the most happy. obviously there's the color palettes that give very cartoon character, but also i love color coordination and matching sets that also feels in that same vein, also very kitschy
also i wear my real life fashion influences on my sleeve. missy elliott and andre 3000 have always meant a lot to me, but also janelle monae, raja, tierra whack, rihanna, zendaya, grace jones, cl (all of 2ne1 tbh), lady gaga, shea couleé, gwendoline christie, beyoncé, jonte' moaning, etc. and etc. even in my most lowkey outfits, the influences still kinda peek through
but i'm also very influenced by my queerness, and queer culture in general. i think one of the hardest things about having to "fit it" was that i always felt like i had to embody a very cis/heteronormative of what femininity is, and that's just not me (maybe i'm just talking out of my ass, but i feel like there's sort of an understanding that there are differences between queer femininity and cisheteronormative femininity. like if i dress feminine the way that i want to dress feminine, it's not the kind that like a straight guy would want/expect from me). i think it's also just a universal experience that, when u grow up queer, anything that feels like it could accidentally "out" u feels scary, and honestly it feels like i wanna make up for all that time being scared. like, be the person younger me needed back then, y'know? the parts of my life that have made me feel the most me are the queerest; drag, theatre, ballroom culture, dance in general, and that feels more true to who i am
so yeah, idk it's not really like trends for me it's just what makes me happy. tee el dee dubz big princess dress at the grocery store energy
May 6, 2024
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something I hoard is posters/postcards that I used to hang on the wall but I can’t throw them away because I still think They‘re cool so I started using them collage with instead and this can apply to all sorts of items if you might be interested in junk journaling but yea highly recommend
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