Yesterday İ received two
pairs of sunglasses İ ordered a while ago from eBay. İ have zero
idea why the hell İ wanted them. After I ordered the shades, İ had
to posted an image of the glasses to my Tumblr, complaining about my
brainless midnight online shopping. Some people found it interesting
enough to like and reblog the image.
Anyways, the quality of
these sunglasses suck so much that İ had to bend them straight
because they looked kind of unbalanced when on. İt's China at its
worst, although İ ordered them from US.
Besides quality İ
guess they're good as shooting probs? İ've tested that right away
and even managed to get an OOTD photo for my Lookbook. İ am kind of
new to the site and haven't uploaded much. My super fantasy dream
besides doing fashion and being a full-time blogger would be meet
other bloggers around the globe! And do colorful stuff together!
Maybe it will be fulfilled with help of Lookbook?
The outfit
is very simple: blue sweater from Zara for men which İ bought from
second hand and pants from Jack&Jones, bought last summer. No
comments on my hair, LOL!
If you like this look, please HYPE! Thanks! :)
Aalo
When I first saw this collection, I immediately thought that I need to share this here! And watching the fashion show only strengthened my intention to do so. I am talking about Alexander McQueen's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection.
All kind of dots, especially Polka dots, are floating all over fashion world and probably will be still seen a year later. Dots have always been trendy, at some level. Also high fashion designers are showing off their vision of dots with print and pearls, in all sizes, from tiny to gigantic. Fashion house of McQueen, which is currently led by Lee Alexander McQueen's personal assistant Sarah Burton, showed us very dramatic and sophisticated collection. Every single piece of this collection reflects so much work and detail perfection that you can feel it, as the models pass along the runway labyrinth.
With this said, I will shut up and let the collection speak for itself. Enjoy!
I've been thinking a lot
about this lately - fashion and its effect on our environment. It's
not something I've discovered yesterday or something, but I never
gave such a huge thought about it like I do now. Re-using plastic bags,
returning empty bottles, not dropping garbage on the ground
(including cigarette endings :D ) and many other things I can't
recall right now, it's part of my everyday life. Even when I'm flying
on an airplane I'm like, for that amount of CO2 waste I could “spend
it” driving by a car instead. You know, like in my country or
something, driving is fun, although I don't have a license yet!
I remember when I was in
the high school, I used to browse secondhand shops a lot. My
classmates sometimes asked me, if I ever wear anything more than
once. I liked mixing, matching and combining my clothes, I guess this left the impression that I'm wearing everything once. Of course I was
wearing my stuff until there was no space for new hole!
A while ago I had a weird
block against second hand shops, I didn't want to spend my time
digging in the crap to find something that I liked but didn't fit me
or wear something that is already worn out. I used to visit that kind
of shops twice a year max.
All this is true, your
hands will get dirty, you may leave without anything and clothes
already have been worn by someone. Just like in a regular fashion
store. If you think you're the first to try those jeans on, guess
again? Hundreds of dirty people jump in to the clothes before
you buy them. Some even buy and return the stuff.
Second hand shopping is
more like digging for treasure: you can find high quality clothes,
expensive brands for cheap price and natural materials. Although real
vintage close can be made from synthetic fabrics, which feel terrible
on the skin and are very heavy waste for the environment. Because the
garment is already used, you don't have to wonder how many wears and
washes will it last. If it made that far, it will last even longer.
When
I see young people, who's hobby is shopping in unethical fashion
stores, which care only for they're profit, not for workers, who work
in the manufactures with poor conditions, extremely low wages and
long working days, my hearts starts to bleed. Many low price new
clothes are made partly from synthetic
fiber to cut the costs of the production. Which is toxic to produce and
to wear, not mentioning its pollution quantity to the nature.
Shopping online doesn't make much difference because you are buying
the same crap, just adding extra pollution with the logistics.
Here is a trailer of
“China Blue” which is about downside of fashion manufactures,
that we, buyers, don't get to see. Probably it's the same scenario in
other low cost manufactures.
Now you know, how your 9,95€ jeans are made.
Second hand shops are
amazing source of “raw” materials for clothing customization.
That's the reason that got me so crazy about shopping in these
stores, again. Recently I bought so many clothes that are in such a good
shape and which I can customize to very unique pieces, that look
great on me too. And oh my god how much you save money shopping
there! I am personally looking for high quality materials, preferably
natural like wool, leather, cotton. I am also looking for textiles
for my sewing hobby like curtains etc. Buying jeans and pants has been always a sort of
problem for me, because usually they look kind of ugly on me, not the
right fit or too tight from above and just awkward from the bottom.
Making me look fat or whatever. Not that used clothes look like they
were made for me, absolutely not! But it's more okay to buy those
used pants and re-construct them to fit me better. Especially if they
are high quality garments , it's totally worth the effort! And you
get something unique as well.
Here are some clothes I
bought during last two weeks. This is what you get for 30€.
I love this vibrant orange and the fabric feels nice and very comfortable. I'm not that crazy about this gray collar... Ew! It's Pierre Cardin, 100% pure cotton and made in Finland.
Zara Men, I'm nuts about electric blue. Blue goes with so many colors, it's crazy!
B.a.y. , 100% cotton. This brand is mostly sold in Seppälä. I'm dissing it, hah! But this shirt was must have because of the feel. I will customize it later.
Mc. Gordon, 100% cotton. I am planning to sew these tighter and dye them. Maybe orange, because I already bought that dye. And this is why 100% cotton clothes are so amazing, you can dye them! There are more paints and dyes availiable for natural fabrics than for synthetics.
Hugo Boss, 100% cotton, made in Italy. This cotton is so heavy duty omg! The threads are showing because I already started unstitching the seams. The worn out black is so beautiful and has so many shades. I imagine them working great with something proper and correct looking like a light blue blazer or something.
What are your thoughts on second hand shops and wearing used clothes? Would you buy rather used Hugo Boss for 5€ or new 9,95€ jeans from H&M that are made in China?