Argyle S.O.S.!
[ 6 February 2008 ]
“I got an argyle sweater for Christmas from my uncle and it’s cashmere (my love) but my sister keeps asking me for it. I usually give her things that I don’t wear and well, I don’t wear argyle but I refuse to give it up to her. She keeps throwing at me the plain excuse that argyle isn’t for a girl with my style (my closet is full of handmade one of a kind pieces with sequins, tulle, crazy colors and crazy designs). I always know how to make something different, we’ve had same clothes a lot of times and I always made sure I looked different than she did. Therefore, I HAVE TO do the same this time. It’s been a month and half and I haven’t come up with any ideas. It’s like I have the equivalent of writer’s block for fashionistas! I need help. And I know that if you can’t come up with anything, then all hope is lost. If it helps the sweater is gray, the triangles are pale pink and white and a darker pink.”
Oh! You’re in luck. I LOVE argyle, & your sweater sounds gorgeous! Gray & pink cashmere, yum! I decided to plunge the depths of Polyvore & here’s what I came up with! I hope it sparks your synapses!
Argyle sweater worn with heart earrings, bangles by Jessica Kagan Cushman & a bright pink pashmina. Shimmy into some Superfine skinny jeans, a pink studded belt & strut your stuff in wild pink pumps!
Argyle sweater worn with D&G leather jacket, pink heart scarf (around neck or over head) & Vivienne Westwood asymmetric skirt. Accessorise with a fuschia clutch, Tom Ford sunglasses, pink lips & nails, a mirror ball necklace & a pink padlock cuff. Top off with hot boots like these Chloe leather ankle boots & you’re done!
Argyle sweater worn with grey shorts, net stripe stockings & a beautiful pair of Louboutins. Fill your fluoro shopper with colour-coordinated books & a pink purse, sling a cutie pie necklace around your neck & cover up with a fabulous coat!
Good luck showing your sister who’s boss!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala 
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Go Gala, you are ze style queen! I especially love that blue D&G leather jacket :D Now I have a sudden urge to buy something argyle..
LOVE
One more suggestion – I once saw an argyle jumper (in the same colours as yours, incidentally) which had been customised by sewing co-ordinating glitter thread along some of the diagonals. It looked gorgeous!
Wonderful! Going to admit that I can’t resist the first outfit.
those Louboutins are just to die for – electric blue! swoon
i sooo want that jumper!and the hot pink mary janes…oooh!!
xx
Oooh! I think Boffcat glitter thread-idea is really cool! Or if you’re a fan of sequins, you could sew these along the diagonals or maybe one big or several small sequin heart shapes in pink or silver could also be cute.
If you like the jumper and want to keep and wear it, no need to customise it!! So what if it’s different to what you usually wear? It’s a great jumper and it was a Christmas present so your sister really shouldn’t be trying to nick it off you.
These sets are really gorgeous. I love all the pink.
Those Louboutins are delicious! Same with the fabulous blue coat :)
oh these outfits! Must.buy.argyle!
So cute..especially the last one =D
please tell me where i can get those pink shoes in the first outfit!
That Topshop coat is AMAZING. I want it. And the electric blue shoes. You’d be so bright in that, you’d look like an ambulance siren! And it’d be fabulous!
I love it :) Thank you Gala soooooo much. I love these outfits :) THANK YOU!!!!!!
The electric blue heels are so gorgeous it hurts a little. Oh, I do so love brightly colored shoes. :)
Ack I would do anything for that wonderful blue coat! It’s so pretty :o.
Oh, I love the argyle with the grey shorts & the Louboutins & that D&G leather jacket is HAWT! x
I just need to tell you that i think you are fantastic. i recently happened upon your site while i should have been working. oops! now i’m addicted. i’ve spent the greater part of the last 2 days reading everything you have to say. i love your fashion, and i love EFT. can’t wait to read more.
Confessions of an Argyle Addict:
I LOVE the “geek chic” look. Esp. with what you did with that leather biker jacket… Contrary styles together are so hot!! I wish I had an argyle sweater – all I have are socks. :P
xoxo.
I love the blue jacket!
Ditto on the louboutins. God they’re gorgeous!
I want an argyle sweater now.
I love the last outfit – shorts with patterned stockings – ROCKS!
p.s. thanks to this post i’m getting a rhinestone padlock necklace like the bracelet in the second outfit (except mine is the chain version, not the collar one) for valentine’s day! so excited
Her wardrobe sounds like mine – and cashmere argyle is always welcome in a decadent wardrobe! :)
and can i just say a big YUM to everything you’ve put together … esp the louboutins!!
I looooooooooooove that D&G jacket!
Now I’m lusting after the black skirt in the second outfit and the blue shoes and coat in the third. I am (perhaps irrationally) convinced that to own a pair of Christian Louboutins would solve all my problems. And the world’s ills.
Wouldn’t that be nice justification? WORLD PEACE DEPENDS ON MY OWNERSHIP OF THESE SHOES. I’d be morally obligated to snap them up.
The first outfit is to die for! Very Agyness Deyn.
I LOVE argyle, and I especially love that second look. Gala, you need a Polyvore gallery (Polyvore tag?) so we can easily find all your looks and get re-inspired when we need to, you madly tasteful stylish thing!
Nadine — Oh, good idea! I really need to go through & re-organise my tags. I will put a Polyvore tag in!
Thanks, beautiful! (You know if I was your PA I’d do it for you.)
;-D
I have a similar sweater that I sometimes wear with a long tutu like skirt- that I dipped like the post about how to make graduated colour tights and doc boots – the sleek sweater is a lovely contrast with the fru-fruness ( if thats a word) of the skirt which used to be grey but now has a hot pink dip!