Stung Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 Fit? All depends. I have a pair of baggy pants that get me a lot of attention. I think it's because they accentuate my waist to hip ratio... I have a small waist and a, hmm, rounder lower body. . Yes, I need my clothes well-fitted to call attention to my waist-to-hip ratio. I am busty and have wide hips, in loose clothing I can look chubby rather than curvy. I'm six feet tall and have found that playing that up used to work to my advantage, wearing heels and playing amazon...can't really be bothered with that too much anymore though, my twice-broken ankle really prefers to be in Chucks. I do wear specs, and often do the sexy-librarian thing because my husband loves it. Pencil skirts, hair up in a twist, etc. IME dark lipstick and tousled hair gets me twice as many lingering looks on a night on the town, and drinks sent to my table.
zengirl Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 My whole wardrobe is vintage/handmade/weird. I like it that way. It's got me some good attention, but I also suspect a lot of people assume that I'm gay or something. (The only WTF looks I ever get come from guys with short hair-gelled spiked up hair with t shirts showing their "rippling" muscles!) I don't own any sneakers, it's all 60's, 70's, shoes and boots, and they always get some "WTF" looks but I love it. What's hilarious to me is I've been dressing this way for a while, sometimes I get weird looks, then something I wear a lot will come back in fashion for a few months and the looks will dissapear, then it's back again. Awesome. I try and keep it simple, though. If I'm gonna wear a waistcoat, it's not gonna be the shiny department store one they charge you $100 for so you can look like an indie kid, you go look for one that an 80 year old gentleman donated to the second hand store. It's simple, isn't shiny and "look at me", and it has a little wear to it. I like that kind of stuff. Simple, and does the job. It's also about $5. Either way, a lot of women have complimented my dress style. It's been fun. It took me a while to figure out a way to make it all work, initially I wore some weird stuff but finally managed to settle down into a style that looks natural, doesn't stick out in an odd way, and doesn't throw me in with the hipster-flavour-of-the-monthers. Best of all, a lot of it is 2nd hand and therefore is very, very cheap! The best suit jacket I own cost me $3. I have a few expensive ones but they just don't compare to the elegance of my $3 number. It even came with a lighter, a wallet, and some cards advertising dental care in the 70's. Brilliant. The best looks I get is when I put on a vintage suit, get my black raybans on, cary my 50's doctors bag and walk proudly down the street in my pointy shoes. Hell yeah. That's what I do when I'm feeling like the king of the world. Having your own sense of style is definitely attractive in my book. I definitely play and have fun with clothes and like it when men can do the same, or at least know what clothes are thoroughly "him," though I certainly don't expect it from a fellow.
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