Do you dress eccentrically?

[gius]

how about wrapping it around a toque

that's sort of what i'm after.

 

[gius]

PS I remember Olivier Theyskens wearing a grey Chanel women's blouse ... might have been chiffon. I really like silk/cotton voile and I think a man could definitely wear that. What about a chiffon vest?

i'm making a full t-shirt
i love voile too
the crispness

the batiste i have is sheer and like that, but it's heavier than chiffon.
i will use it too, but now...
i think it will be interesting to see how i will look in chiffon

 

[softgrey]

lord help me...


i LOVE this thread!!!...

...

 

[Crying Diamonds]

I have loads of silk shirts that feel wonderful and float prettily but I have nothing sheer though I really want something.
A sheer vest over a shirt would look tres. Plus mesh pieces.
I should be writing these ideas down!

I'm totally getting into feminine clothes more also . . . but that's another thread!

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Which I just bumped for you guys

 

[fashionista-ta]

thesartorialist

^ You should post some pix

 

[GasolineRainbow]

^Those dudes have awfully hairy chests.

 

[inferno]

hahahahaha ^^^^
ohhhh i love silly jokes!!!

 

[Petit Lucille]

just found this... Thank you, Gasoline Rainbow and Softgrey!! that is the nicest thing anyone said to me about my style.
i have to say, i don't think i dress too avant-gard because i have restrains. these are: money, time (i dream to make more clothes but desing school is too demanding!) and this society.
we could ask Solg to give us an objective perspective about south america, or Argentina for that matter. i usually don't regard what i'm wearing as something out there, but as i go to the streets and get yelled/laughed/pointed at i realize i should tone it down for the circumstances. and it breaks my heart that everyday things that i used to wear are falling more and more in the "i can't wear this here" category. but of course, there will be that day when i get all crazy and don't measure the costs of crossing the line
as gius said, i can't fit in any group and i'm not interested it doing so, but sometimes i think i am becoming paranoid and try to convince myself, they are not all looking at me, and then a friend walks with me and say "oh my god, people look at you a lot"
and the main reason why i wear what i want: why not!? i find it very weird when people say things like i love it, but i would never wear it or so. i trully believe that if everyone would wear what they like, there wouldn't be any avant-gard or weird dressed. i made an experiment one day: i went out dressed completely normal for my standards i had to borrow a pair of jeans! and the result was weird. people kept looking at me and i felt awful. i had to run home and change because i was too uncomfortable.. needless to say, the days that followed result in the most extravagant outfits of that year

 

[fashion.fashoff]

i agree you have a great style petit lucille.
when i first started wearing weird or avant-garde clothes, i was somewhat uncomfortable, having basically gone straight from the conservative new england farm town where i grew up (think lots of l.l. bean and jc penney) to a major city and i wasn't really used to not blending in.
now i can't imagine not wearing my style. i get the laughing/yelling/pointing/staring fairly often too, even here, but in some perverse way i almost enjoy that because i figure they just don't understand. plus why would i want to sacrifice my aesthetic in order to please those people?
also, on the flip side of that, i have made some great friends just because they saw my outfit and wanted to talk to me, or vice-versa.
i think your experiment shows that you are most at home in your own wonderful style and you should not have to change that just because some people don't understand it.

 

[MissMagAddict]

I suppose eccentricity is marked by being eccentric for its own sake, perhaps out of a peculiar character or disposition, withholding any sense of purpose. Though Isabella Blow (Izzie) and Anna Piaggi do look like something out of Grey Gardens, there seems to be a method to their madness*.

Really? I wouldn't compare Blow's or Piaggi's dressing style to Edie's at all. She dressed very simply.

IMO some people might think they're being avant-garde when they're just being gimmicky. I guess I'm even more nitpicky than GasolineRainbow

 

[fashionista-ta]

i agree you have a great style petit lucille.
when i first started wearing weird or avant-garde clothes, i was somewhat uncomfortable, having basically gone straight from the conservative new england farm town where i grew up (think lots of l.l. bean and jc penney) to a major city and i wasn't really used to not blending in.
now i can't imagine not wearing my style. i get the laughing/yelling/pointing/staring fairly often too, even here, but in some perverse way i almost enjoy that because i figure they just don't understand. plus why would i want to sacrifice my aesthetic in order to please those people?
also, on the flip side of that, i have made some great friends just because they saw my outfit and wanted to talk to me, or vice-versa.
i think your experiment shows that you are most at home in your own wonderful style and you should not have to change that just because some people don't understand it.

I haven't gotten that finger pointing thing very often, but I have to say I love when I do I find it part of the entertainment value of the item I'm wearing that causes the reaction. You know how some people calculate cost per wear? It's like that I also find it gives me insight into the character of others, because there are those who understand you're laughing too, and those who don't

 

[fashionista-ta]

Really? I wouldn't compare Blow's or Piaggi's dressing style to Edie's at all. She dressed very simply.

IMO some people might think they're being avant-garde when they're just being gimmicky. I guess I'm even more nitpicky than GasolineRainbow

Maybe we should just take the approach that what members feel is avant garde or pushing the envelope, they can bring in. Let's have a big happy avant garde tent

 

[MissMagAddict]

Maybe we should just take the approach that what members feel is avant garde or pushing the envelope, they can bring in. Let's have a big happy avant garde tent

I was just making a general comment... it most certainly wasn't directed to any members here. I appreciate the way people have the guts to show what they wear & I would never say anything to disrespect them.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ I understand ... just wanted everyone to know that this is wide open to individual interpretation

 

[666tubeamp]

and i'd be fine seeing someone or 666 just wearing leather pants in this thread
even if some of us in the fashion world might be already accustomed to it.
especially if we know where they are wearing it
it's all an attempt for them anyhow ^^

Cool! I'm glad I wasn't too off base by posting on this topic, even if I'm nowhere near the "outer rim", so to speak [haha...]. Although leather pants are not uncommon for women at my work - I've seen 4 people wearing them in the same day - since 2003, I am the only guy that I've seen wearing them in an office setting. In general, guys just aren't willing to go for it. For that reason, because I do wear them to work 1-2 days per month, I think some people see it as bold, bizzare, etc. But, I have had some really good compliments too ["very European", "those are really nice"...]. So many people - I think - instantly see Ross Gellar or Freddie Mercury when they see me wearing leather, and it takes them a moment to get past that - and some don't.

One interesting tidbit is that all of the women who wear them are French Canadian. Again, there's the cultural angle.

 

[stellachiara]

Personally, I'm not that into eccentric style but this fashion design duet from my country always catch my attention.

pic from mediaspeed.net

 

[GasolineRainbow]

i find it very weird when people say things like i love it, but i would never wear it or so.

There's two ways to interpret that. One is that it's a backhanded complement, but with less finesse. (For crying out loud, if you're going to be snarky, at least phrase it in a more entertaining way.) And the second interpretation is that it's a sincere, well-meaning complement. I know for myself, I can deeply admire and be (abstractly) inspired by a person's style without wanting to emulate it. Which brings me to what Fashion.fashoff said:

i get the laughing/yelling/pointing/staring fairly often too, even here, but in some perverse way i almost enjoy that because i figure they just don't understand. plus why would i want to sacrifice my aesthetic in order to please those people?
also, on the flip side of that, i have made some great friends just because they saw my outfit and wanted to talk to me, or vice-versa.

Is staring at someone always bad? It's unavoidable when your style is 'pushing the envelope', and I would argue that avant garde partly has to do with seeking attention, approval, or some kind of reaction; I don't mean in a pathological way, but in the way we all seek those things. And there are different kinds of stares, some more respectful than others

I'm one of those who are drawn to people with a striking style, but have often found them to be standoffish, even stuck-up. It may be because they are so jaded by negative comments that they become unapproachable as a way of self-defense. But even worse, some think that just because someone's style - or while we're at it, general lifestyle, values, etc. - are more 'normal', they don't 'understand'. (Not directed at you, FF. I mention this because I was like that when I was younger, but have grown out of it now.)

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ It could just be people admitting that they are afraid, or that they are way more invested in what others think/fitting in/etc. than expressing their own personal style.

I'm not sure that attention seeking is necessarily part of this ... I think sometimes it is just that the person feels a deep need to express themselves externally. And something that gets a lot of attention is what comes out.

I have been surprised exactly how much comment a few things I have worn have occasioned I tend to mix what have been characterized as 'dull' items with bolder choices, but ... while I have some awareness of which are which, I am always surprised by the things that get the huge reaction ... because I just liked them. You know?

 

[gius]

i think it depends where you approach them..
i wouldn't like someone to comment on my clothes when i'm on the bus. then everybody hears and looks at you anyplace public really, i admit i can become a bit rude/evil.