“I feel discovering your private fashion is nearly residing your life,” says Dahana, an artist and graphic designer residing in Strasbourg, France. “Strolling round, you’re gonna see one thing and be like, Ooh, I wish to incorporate that colour or texture.” Right here, Dahana shares 5 appears with, as she laughingly describes, as “a dress-only-for-myself vibe”…
Shirt: Elwood. Skirt: Catheclisma. Gown: Catheclisma. Sneakers: Adidas. Bag: Marni. Scrunchie: Haas Amsterdam.
“Once I was in highschool, we have been going to a marriage, and my mother informed me to put on heels. However I’ve foot points, so as an alternative I wore Doc Martens with a gown. I additionally love how sneakers look with clothes — if I am going to a elaborate restaurant, I simply should determine which to put on.”
Shirt: Elwood. Denim jacket: Estudio Niksen. Pants: Estudio Niksen, comparable. Bag: Sunnei. Sneakers: New Stability. Earrings: Sunnei. Rings: thrifted.
“Sporting darkish denim denims and a darkish denim jacket, I really feel like nobody can cease me. It’s additionally a straightforward outfit to place collectively once you don’t have a lot time.”
“Spring and fall are my favourite occasions to decorate, since you may put on a cute jacket or colourful sweater. In the summertime, although, I am going outdoors and instantly begin sweating. On heat days, jewellery is a method so as to add fashion even once you’re carrying a T-shirt and shorts.”
Shirt: Celosia-re, in white. Skirt: “Handmade by my mother,” comparable. Sneakers: Ganni. Bag: Polène. Sun shades: Chimi.
“I’m shy, so in highschool, style felt like a great way to specific myself — despite the fact that I bought made enjoyable of. Then I went to school and wasn’t feeling superb. I ended caring about the way in which I dressed; I’d simply throw on garments. However a couple of years in the past, I used to be like, Wait, I like style, and I’ve to discover a method to love myself once more. Today, I be ok with the way in which I gown and I really feel good inside.”
Shirt: Sandro. Skirt: Samsoe. Sneakers: Eager. Bag: Sandro. Scrunchie: “Handmade by my mother.”
“Artwork has at all times been one other method to categorical myself. Folks normally cease drawing once they begin college. You’re informed to give attention to math or science, however I’m not a math individual or a science individual. At school, I used to be the one drawing completely different eyes in my pocket book.”
“Once I see somebody who’s properly dressed, even when it’s not my fashion, I can’t deny it. Though I’m shy, I’ve to allow them to know. I’ll psych myself up: Dahana! Go inform her! That is the second! I do know that when somebody stops me to go with what I’m carrying, it provides me an enormous confidence increase.”
Gown: Eliza Faulkner. Sneakers: Ganni. Bag: Jigsaw, comparable. Sun shades: Ace & Tate. Scrunchie: Nasty Gal.
“Once I see a chunk of clothes I like, I ask myself, Can I discover it in a thrift retailer? If I can’t discover it classic, I’ll let it sit for every week or two earlier than deciding whether or not to purchase it. Or, if I’ve a clothes imaginative and prescient in my thoughts that I can’t discover on-line, I’ll be like, ‘Mother, can we make it?’ She made me a black skirt, and each time I put on it, individuals ask the place it’s from. I’m proud to say, ‘My mother made it for me!’”
“One other take a look at about whether or not to purchase one thing: I’ll attempt to mentally create 10 completely different outfits round it. If you happen to can create just one or two, you in all probability don’t want it.”
“Your hair is a part of your outfit. You possibly can’t overlook it. I like scrunchies as a result of they add colour in my hair. And there’s a lady I observe on Instagram, Kayra, who does wonderful stuff together with her braids. She creates masterpieces.”
Thanks a lot for sharing, Dahana.
P.S. Extra girls share their weeks of outfits, together with a gardener who overcame a stutter and a stripes-lover who talks about dropping her dad.
(Images by Vanessa A. Pictures.)