Child-like Style

[mimmy]

Dior ss05 pics from style.com

 

[Kimkhuu]

^ I find those outfits really tacky.

 

[Pastry]

Well, I was thinking about the above Dior looks, and I wouldn't really call them childlike. Surely, they're frivolous and 'fun', but to me they chanell more 'cheap' then 'child'.

I think childlike style is reflected in the shapes and proportions more than anything else. Anastase's high waists and (sometimes) impactical shapes remind me more of a little girl.

A short skirt done right may look like it suits a child, a short skirt with ruffles looks like a short skirt with ruffles, as soon as the styling is broken up.

 

[Lena]

^ I find those outfits really tacky.

those looks are more 'lolita' than 'childlike'

 

[mimmy]

i was mainly thinking of the jewellery in the dior pics...

 

[Lena]

^ those Dior accessories ARE cute , welcome to tFS mimmy

 

[MulletProof]

scott said he'd post this but clock's ticking..

Peter Jensen

Spring/Summer 05

[courtesy of contemporaryfashion]

 

[MulletProof]

Alexandre Herchcovitch

Spring/Summer 06

**EDIT: PICS DELETED. MISSING CREDITS.**

this should count, right?

 

[Lena]

sure does count, love the jensen dot looks,
thanks for taking the time mulletproof

 

[mimmy]

Thanks Lena!

I was thinking that children always tend to look very mismatched, clothes hanging in the wrong way, weird accessories they made themselves, untied shoes, sloppy hair etc etc...this reminds me a lot of Mary-Kate Olsen... She looks like a child who dressed itself in the morning... Couldn't the sloppy part of child-like style be connected to the whole mismatch thing? Like, be a part of the bobo trend? Although maybe the objectives are different... child-like is dressing - well - child-like, while Mary-Kate's BoBo thing is about dressing poorly while being rich and wearing chanel sunglasses and balenciaga bags to prove it. I dunno....ranting...

 

[travolta]

amy sedaris epitomizes crafty, quirky child-like clothing

i'd post a pic, but my comp is having major issues right now

 

[travolta]

fort thunder, the noise band/ art collective....

http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/old.html





more photos at http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/old.html

 

[Kimkhuu]

Thanks for all members posting fantastic photos, but PLEASE :


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[MulletProof]

^some well-deserved rolleys.

now that you're at it, can you repost my photos? they're from firstview.com obviously. 1, 2 and 3.


thanks.

 

[travolta]

ms. sedaris

www.alismith.com/portraits/ large/amy-sedaris.gif

 

[travolta]

whoops! repost ..wonky computer

 

[Kimkhuu]

Great pic Travolta...

 

[Tinetush]

I like it very much
and I have some pieces myself...

 

[Spacemiu]

I love the childish look. It very much 'me'.

 

[Scott]

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure about the "Lolita look" as it refers to a sexualisation of childishness. Pedophilia is pretty much acceptable in Japan, like the notorious "Alice Club". Nabokov's book is brilliant, and we are all sexualised at a younger age and all that, but the issue of child sex still bothers me a little even though I'm fairly open-minded about sexuality in general.

Naive childishness is different though, more about nostalgia, innocence, memories, craft, self-made/handmade treasures, a bit "souvenir d'enfance", less contrived to look sexy. Hmm, I wonder if I make any sense?

Ha..and this coming from a person with the avatar and name of a precocious 12-yr-old brat..

Cannot agree with you more!

I think this relates indefinitely more to fantasy in the form of phantasmagoria....it's not objective at all.