Look Sharp, Sconnie - Midwestern Fashion Nerd, Chronic Over-thinker

A New twist on an Old formula.

Don't kill me,

but this look:
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.... is getting old.
(says the girl who notably just bought her first pair of boyfriend jeans 2 days ago)

So I take that back.
If you love it, and it's what you feel your best in, 
then it's not getting,
 and WILL never 
get, old.

If it is, however, just your attempt to prove that you know what's up, style-wise, then I think we're due for another example of juxtaposition to brain wash us all.

Myself included.
Because as much as I love comfort, a pair of torn jeans hardly makes up for the requisite accompanying 4 inch pair of high heels that their presence necessitates - so I think that we can scrap the whole notion that this is somehow "effortless" and take it for what it is: a very catchy trend.

And why? Why did this particular iteration of high-low become so epically ubiquitous?
I'd attribute it to a few factors:

1. The "effortless" (& expensive) factor. 
Cool people don't try. 
Ever. 
They're just cool.
"What? My jeans are 3 sizes too big and shredded down the middle? Didn't even notice. Totally wouldn't have worn my best shoes if I'd known - but now that they're on..."

2. It's made with pieces most of us already have 
(effortless factor co-opted for this criteria as well). 
If the jeans weren't torn in the first place, they were destroyed in a sledding debacle sophomore year and shoved too deep in your closet to find for your yearly Goodwill donation.

3. Juxtaposition. High/low. Casual chic. Whatever.

Anyhow. These 3 criteria aren't too tricky to meet. Which is why, today, I opted for another iteration.


1. 
Effortless & Expensive?
Well, the warm up jacket is sweaty and unwashed, soo...
theres that.
And an employee discount barred the bottom component from being too astronomically priced (no Peter Piletto 8-months-rent stunner here), but we'll pretend it was pricey for the sake of the post.


2.
A track jacket and an office-appropriate skirt? Pretty ubiquitous.
Lacking a component? Under Armor works too. And with an A-line? I can see it now.



3.
Fairly self explanatory juxtaposition here, too. 
Professional attire paired with workout gear fits the bill. Someday, "high" may mean designer, but while I'm poor, it'll work.


Any brilliant ideas on your front? I imagine that there are thousands of formulas similar to that of the torn denim/blazer/stiletto iteration yet to be attempted.


Cheers.

photos by sheeds



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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 20, 2013 at 4:46 AM

    Wel I lurve your iteration of the look but yea.......the boyfriend jeans formula walking a fine line of becoming overused right now!!!
    Brooke @ what2wear

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  2. far and wild jewelryMarch 20, 2013 at 8:44 AM

    love your version of the high/low effortless look. and it looks way more effortlessly chic than the whole boyfriend jean stiletto thing. because honestly when you throw on boyfriend jeans in what world does that signify you're in the mood for stilettos? it usually means i'm in the mood for donuts. in sort of the reserve of what you have pictured here i've been loving the idea of a sharp blouse with track pants and heels, like what you wish you wore in the 90s.

    abigail
    www.farandwildjewelry.com

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