3 Easy Steps to Achieve Weird-dom.

Dear world:

Why is my mom's style suddenly, like,

very enviable?

I miss the good old days of mocking her corduroy leggings, her horrifically high-waisted jeans, her oversized knee-length shorts, her perpetually-worn sneakers, her 20/400 glasses, her "but they're so convenient" fanny packs,

and her propensity for tying anything and everything around her (accidentally) bleached denim-clad waist.

Alas,

it seems I've finally given in to the notion that I now idolize that at which I once eye-rolled.

I realize that talk about tying stuff around our waists has been running rampant as of late, but who am I to attempt to think outside of the box?

I can, however, think slightly towards the outer rim of the box in that I've decided to merge two existing trends,

that of the off-the-shoulder blazer (which not only seems incredibly uncomfortable, but debilitatingly impractical),

and the plaid/denim shirt tied around the waist thing,

into one deliciously ugly HYBRID TREND ! ! !

That's right,

the very legitimate child of these two fledgling "cool" styles is . . .

THE BLAZER TIED AROUND THE WAIST

Or the Blaist,

as I never have and never will refer to it.

But take heed, friends.

To this trend you must commit.

sadness = I'm a commitment-phobe
blazer: Banana Republic, shirt: American Apparel dress, shorts: thrifted, shoes: 3.1 Phillip Lim

For once the blazer is fitted around the middle of your frame, it's unlikely that it can subsequently be worn for everyday purposes without a serious dose of steam/iron/scalding heat.

Unless, of course, wrinkled clothes are in too.

'Cause I can't really keep track of which uncool things are cool anymore.

Cheers.

(Photos by Brian Kristoph)

8 comments:

Pardon My FashionJune 5, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Well in response to those last two sentences...I have literally made the conscious decision not to steam some of my clothes before photo sesh. So there's that ;) Also...LEGS. Legs. For. Days.

xoxo Britt
far and wild jewelryJune 5, 2013 at 9:24 AM
that last photo is like devastatingly beautiful, blaist and all. i'm finding this post so timely because last night the zipper on my shorts broke so i had to walk home with my bulky denim jacket tied around my waist and i was like hm is this a thing yet? so thank you for validating my sartorial solution! although it looks way better with the blazer, super cute high waisted shorts, and those gorgeous lims than it did with busted dollar store daisy dukes.

abigail
www.farandwildjewelry.com
emancipateYOURstyleJune 5, 2013 at 11:31 AM
I'd like to try out the 'blaist' but unfortunately my blazers aren't light weight!
You do look good in it!
http://emancipatingyourstyle.blogspot.co.uk/
x

Harling RossJune 5, 2013 at 1:15 PM
This outfit/post in general is one of those awesome I'm-keeping-it-simple-yet-nailing-it situations that can be so difficult to come by. You know when you see someone on the street wearing a white tee and jeans and you're like HOW DO YOU LOOK SO COOL IN JUST THAT? Basically that's what I thought seeing these pics. You've got IT, lady.
NorbyahJune 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM
i want to play dress ups in your shoes.....
xo
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xx MacieJune 6, 2013 at 6:22 PM
Step two cracked me up, then "blaist" got me all over again. I love it and you.

Macie,
Amen Fashion †
Maria at inredningsvisJune 7, 2013 at 2:51 AM
AMAZING POST:)
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lesimplyclassyJune 8, 2013 at 10:05 PM
'plz keep pg' made me laugh so hard. You know what, this thing is totally getting out of hand. I was looking through this lookbook the other day and they actually have like shorts that have a shirt sewn on around it to look like its tyed on. WHAT? ridiculous. xxx