Dressing Up
[ 7 February 2007 ]
The slogan for iCiNG is “dress up, leave a false name, be legendary”. I must admit that I borrowed it from Hakim Bey’s essay on poetic terrorism, but that doesn’t make it any less applicable to my life or this website.
I was reminded of this when I read my friend Penny’s journal post, “Dressing Like A Girl“. She wrote,
Today is day one of Dressing Like A Girl Week. It means dresses all week.
‘What a fantastic idea!’, I thought to myself. I then decided to shamelessly rip her off, but it’s okay, because she was originally inspired by me. It’s a lovely follow-on effect, innit?
For those of us suffering from a dreary attack of general wardrobe malaise, choosing a theme & dressing accordingly can be an absolute blessing. Last week I did a fair amount of channelling Diana Vreeland: headscarves as turbans, immaculate nails, red lipstick & gliding rather than walking. (I also decided to grow my hair long, but that’s a long process.) It’s quite easy to do all this, simply ask yourself a few questions:
Who do you think is consummately stylish?
Whose wardrobe would you love to peer into?
What style have you always wished you could pull off?
Maybe you have always wanted to dress like a spy (scarves, big sunglasses, trenchcoats, heels), or Patrick Bateman
You could also try doing a rainbow theme — not necessarily the whole outfit, but just accessories. On Monday wear red shoes, on Tuesday carry an orange umbrella, on Wednesday wear a yellow cardigan… you get my drift, oui? See if anyone “gets” it. Penny kept it simple by choosing to wear dresses for a week which is a great idea if dresses aren’t usually something you get a lot of wear from, but you could do something similar with pants, heels or anything, really.
I would love to organise a day where everyone who wanted to participate would dress in a certain way, & after the event we could post everyone’s photos from the day. That would be so great. Would anyone be interested?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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like STRIPES?!??!
whoa, getting that excited over the prospect of something is quite scary.. >;p
i think it is a great idea.. theme possibilities are virtually endless & if there’s enough interest, perhaps you can make it more of a regular event.. say monthly or whatnot.
shutting up now.. ;)
Yes, exactly! It’d be like an army of style… so awesome!
& hey, I like your website! I didn’t know you existed outside of Flickr! It’s always surprising these days when someone actually owns a domain, most people are so scattered between Myspace/Livejournal/Flickr that they never bother with anything else!
Day Three of Dressing Like A Girl
Since Gala mentioned what I was doing in her Dressing Up article, it seems only fair that I update during the week. So, today is red and grey stripey pirate dress. Yarrr! And jandals. I bought this dress in Sydney and haven't worn it until today. S
Day Three of Dressing Like A Girl
Since Gala mentioned what I was doing in her Dressing Up article, it seems only fair that I update during the week. So, today is red and grey stripey pirate dress. Yarrr! And jandals. I bought this dress in Sydney and haven't worn it until today. S
army of style..
that phrase creates the most intriguing mind visual.. can you just imagine an army of us strutting down the street?!
basically you’d be taking the idea of wardrobe remix to another level.. i really hope this idea goes somewhere =)
ah thankyou.. & yes.. not so many of us old school internet peeps around anymore. i’ve always had a website of some sort since ’97.. i think the first was a buffy fansite.. oh i am still amused by the nerdiness of those early days ;)
oh dear me..
that makes 10 years now.. scary