How do you keep up with your own style without plunging meaninglessly into trends and end up looking like a copykat with no personality?
I get the question all the time and that's why I am writing a book. I think that the way Italians do it has a lot to do with timeless style, yet always current and sometimes anticipating the trends.
“Everybody is special. The important thing is trying to figure out who you want to be ”
Culottes, slouchy pants, wide leg trousers may sound and look anti-passion. The idea is contrast - wear an un-shaped bottom with a sartorial-cut blazer, a crop top and sexy heels. If you want to go flat with Vans slip-ons it's good too, though.
The mechanic jumpsuit can become bon genre bon chic with strappy heels or dramatic pumps. Trick is good jewelry, a clutch, blush and everyone will be in awe and forget the manual labor attribute that comes with the adjective mechanical.
“masculine esthetic paired with a feminine silhouette”
Lace. You can never go wrong, unless it's a cheap one, which, please ...
Fuzzy necklines boho meets Hollywood glamour. Perfect in the sub-tropics where you may not really need a coat, but a collar is fab. Flea market on Lincoln Road has plenty.
“the absence of reason ”
Winter whites. You can wear white all year long as long as you respect those reasonable unspoken rules
The cape is royal, the cape is stately (in Italy the carabinieri wear it in their official uniform), the cape makes a t-shirt and jeans a masterpiece.
The long vest
“Borrowed from the boys”
Sneaks anywhere: the disruptive element
“make flaws work, we want contrast”
Animalier is glorious, yet can be tricky: choose wisely, pony hair for shoes always makes it richer. When in doubt think Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate not Snooki.
“As far as I am concerned, leopard is a neutral.”
