“Discovering your private fashion is nearly dwelling your life,” says Dahana, an artist and graphic designer dwelling 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 seems to be 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.
“After I was in highschool, we had been going to a marriage, and my mother instructed me to put on heels. However I’ve foot points, so as a substitute I wore Doc Martens with a costume. I additionally love how sneakers look with attire — if I’m going to a flowery restaurant, I simply must resolve which to put on.”
Shirt: Elwood. Denim jacket: Estudio Niksen. Pants: Estudio Niksen, comparable. Bag: Sunnei. Sneakers: New Steadiness. Earrings: Sunnei. Rings: thrifted.
“Carrying 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 whenever you don’t have a lot time.”
“Spring and fall are my favourite instances to decorate, since you may put on a cute jacket or colourful sweater. In the summertime, although, I’m going outdoors and instantly begin sweating. On heat days, jewellery is a approach so as to add fashion even whenever you’re sporting 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, trend felt like a great way to specific myself — although I bought made enjoyable of. Then I went to school and wasn’t feeling superb. I ended caring about the best way I dressed; I’d simply throw on garments. However just a few years in the past, I used to be like, Wait, I like trend, and I’ve to discover a method to love myself once more. Nowadays, I be ok with the best way I costume 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 often cease drawing after they begin college. You’re instructed to concentrate on math or science, however I’m not a math individual or a science individual. In school, I used to be the one drawing completely different eyes in my pocket book.”
“After I see somebody who’s properly dressed, even when it’s not my fashion, I can not 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 sporting, it offers me an enormous confidence enhance.”
Gown: Eliza Faulkner. Sneakers: Ganni. Bag: Jigsaw, comparable. Sun shades: Ace & Tate. Scrunchie: Nasty Gal.
“After 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 per 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 not 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, folks 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. Should you can create just one or two, you in all probability don’t want it.”
“Your hair is a part of your outfit. You’ll be able to’t overlook it. I like scrunchies as a result of they add colour in my hair. And there’s a lady I comply with on Instagram, Kayra, who does superb stuff along 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 shedding her dad.
(Pictures by Vanessa A. Images.)