Child-like Style

[gius]

^and bright solid colours, filling an entire garment,
and big buttons and clasps!

What else is there?

I prefer details such as this as well,
as opposed to strawberry prints and yellow trucks etc

 

[adorevintage]

I agree! I do love Peter Pan collars too. And yes, especially big buttons, on pea coats. I love a lot of the children's clothing from the 1950s and 1960s, they were very tailored and pretty.

 

[gius]

Here is Princess Caroline on her 5th birthday
It is her first tea dress
made for her by Hubert de Givenchy

It is made of crisp, sheer organdy
with either embroidered or printed lemons
There is a bow in a thick fabric at the front. Has a nice contrast to the transparency of the rest of the dress
my photo from |Givenchy style| by Francoise Mohrt

 

[adorevintage]

That's so sweet!

I think Zooey Deschanel has a "childlike" look to her wardrobe, especially her coats. She has a lot of fitted pea coats with flared skirts and big buttons.

 

[gius]

do you have any photos?

i looked up "pea coat" but it makes me think of military than child-like
it's basically a double-breasted coat, non?

 

[GasolineRainbow]

www.picasaweb.google.com

You're right about peacoats though, they were originally part of military (navy) uniforms, just like trenchcoats. The style was popularized for laypeople in the 1960's, I believe.

 

[gius]

layman is a person who has no profession? ^
not necessarily unemployed person, is it?
interesting word...

perhaps you could upload the picture to tinypic.com
i don't htink you can direct link from picasaweb

 

[GasolineRainbow]

^Oh damn, I've no idea how to do that. Such a waste of TFS space, maybe a mod could minimize it?

A layman doesn't refer to unemployment. It is a term used to describe non-niche, non-experts. So I was referring to the general public, like jeans started started out as uniforms for workers such as miners, before they were adopted by laypeople.

 

[gius]

thank you^ out of the niche, that makes sense

Here is Albert Einstein
I agree with the large peter pan collar or other flat collar as child-like ^^
and also crisp shapes/silhouettes.. A sharp A-line etc. Very simple and bold.. a triangle, a square, a rectangle..

(mdolla.com)

 

[cherryblossoms]

child-like style creepes me out sometimes!

 

[aquamarine]

I quite like it but can't do it myself bc I am super short, already young looking and my job requires me to look somewhat professional.

 

[gius]

Einstein looks a bit professional in his photo, no?

 

[adorevintage]

Yes, he looks quite smart...

Some of Zoey Deschanel' "childlike" style

from Adorevintage Forums http://adorevintage.proboards38.com

 

[adorevintage]

A couple more... same source as above

 

[oiselet]

I think child-like and quasi-fairy tale are my two new favorite styles.

This makes me think of Alice in Wonderland:

katetowers.com

 

[oiselet]

Also love these hair pieces!

(Picture from ohjoy.com, via whichgoose @ etsy.)

 

[dasydz]

Anna Karina, of course, did this so beautifully (proving the fundamental distinction between childlike & childish)-- at once childlike and womanly, intelligent, sophisticated. In this case it's not about "looking young" (or belying your age) but conserving/reinterpreting something of the magical aesthetic essence of childhood-- an "innocence" which is not in conflict with experience or maturity. (Makes me think, in poetry, of William Blake. And the relation to childhood of the Romantics in general.)

This is also why I like Charles Anastase. I think there will always be something, in my style, of the schoolgirl... (which others may see as, say, the "librarian"). Knee-length A-line skirts, cardigans, mary jane shoes, glasses, plaid, peter pan collars, etc...

 

[gius]

i guess ^"playful" could serve as a good word
and also perfectly innocence, which you wrote

oiselet's last set of pictures is a nice example
it's sort of imaginary
and face wise she looks her age and even hairstyle (?)
yet with the accessories there's a sharp change.. something in another, more private world

For me,
the designers
it's Marni and Yohji Yamamoto that give me these moods

Yohji Y | Marni

prettypretty.be | marni.com

Perhaps in Marni's case
a huge impact comes from the colours they create
I try to imagine it in greys and it changes..
Yet Yohji uses mostly black, and it still has that for me. A sense of amusement

 

[silk skin paws]

I like the tops and dresses in post #346 and Zooey is a great example

 

[fashionknows]

To me, Marc Jacobs is the go-to designer for this kind of style. There's something carefree, innocent and a little strange about his clothes that make me so happy to wear them.