a summer fashion style blog
At this point, your my consumerism is ruining the planet.
It’s hard to accept that buying more cashmere to keep you warm, is in fact making the planet warmer.
… but leave it to Reformation to make all of us feel a little less guilty about ruining our planet with their cashmere sweaters.
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By now, you may have heard about Naadam and their cashmere.
In case you haven’t, basically their whole “thing” is basically being mindful of social impact and the environment.
In that respect, Naadam’s kind of like Reformation… but with a specialization in cashmere.
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15 years ago, I found a picture of Kate Moss wearing a white denim skirt, a pair of black flats, and a jumper (or sweater) that said “Ginsberg is God.”
In 2019, it’s super obvious who designed it.
… but 14 years ago? No idea.
After scouring every issue of any British fashion magazine I could get my paws on and every forum I could possibly search… nothing.
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I always thought Everlane was just a brand that only people in Silicon Valley are obsessed with, i.e. my boyfriend wears a ton of their clothes.
He has that typical tech guy style:
✅ No-logo button down shirt
✅ No-logo hoodie sweater
✅ No-logo khaki trousers
✅ Allbirds
He looks adorable in Everlane, but I was always like ehhh.
… until I got my Everlane bodysuit and was blown away by its quality.
After seeing this lady on the street wearing the coolest outfit (with an untucked white shirt), I was hit with a “I need an oversized white shirt NOW” mania.
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Click clack, click clack, click clack
Who the hell is wearing heels?
… and also, what kinda heels are those?
The New York Times says a pair of Christian Louboutin heels are “shorthand for luxury, fabulosity and sex appeal, a kind of synecdoche of success.”
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Writing about hosiery is boring.
Reading about hosiery is more boring.… but bear with me please.
Here’s the thing, there is a difference between affordable bodysuits and expensive bodysuits.
Like, affordable bodysuits can be better than expensive bodysuits.
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“Summer in the city
Means cleavage, cleavage, cleavage
And I start to miss you, baby, sometimes.”
-Regina Spektor, “Summer In The City” (2006)
You know that 32°C/90°F kind of summer weather?
When it’s so humid and so sticky that all you want to do is wear (close to) nothing and call it a day?
The kind of day where the heat (seemingly) melts the trash and your fingers (seemingly) expand twice their size (is that just me?).
Yeah, those days.
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Personally, I’m in the minority.
While I’m a devout Céline sunglasses wearer, I’ve never been a huge Phoebe Philo-stan. On the flip side, I am a huge Hedi Slimane fan.
Don’t close this review though.
Just because I’m an Hedi girl, doesn’t mean that I don’t respect the deep impact that Phoebe made and the way she changed women’s fashion and personal style.
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It’s been a while since I reviewed an “Instagram It-Brand.”
There was one thing holding me back from ordering a dress from Rat & Boa…
”WHAT SIZE AM I SUPPOSED TO ORDER??”
Unlike their models, I’m not a bronzed leggy goddess.
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