I’ve been trying to get my head round this whole kitsch trend-how to accept that all things sugar, spice and everything nice are the height of style. And honestly, I love the cheerful color tones in anticipation for summer-I just shutter at the idea of dawning a tutu and circling my mouth in fuschia pink lipgloss.
It was the ultra-girly factor that I couldn’t take, since my style these days is very androgynous-soft shaded tunics and tight high waisted jeans. Janie Bryant, the costumer designers for Mad Men, quotes in her book the Fashion Files that ‘there’s nothing more alluring than a woman who knows how to cross-dress’. Finally a collaboration came to mind when listening to Christina Aguilera’s ‘Candyman’-girlish shades paired with an athletic silhouette. My mood board consists of images from Audrey Hepburn in a pair of capris, to the current Louie Vuitton campaign set in an ice cream parlor.
Like the mermaid experiment, I wanted to go for a fun, bright mood. Pairing tomboyish style-crisp button shirts, capris, that ‘Marilyn Monroe-off-duty’ tone from the film ‘My Week With Marilyn’, but with bubble gum tones; minty green, frosty pink etc. I’m inflicting a ‘no skirt’ policy, and trying to make the most of chic blazers (think Joan Jett’s hot pink tux), playing with the structures of menswear that came out in the 40’s but playing with fresh cutsey colors.
