“Discovering your private fashion is nearly residing your life,” says Dahana, an artist and graphic designer residing in Strasbourg, France. “Strolling round, you’re gonna see one thing and be like, Ooh, I need to incorporate that shade 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. Costume: Catheclisma. Sneakers: Adidas. Bag: Marni. Scrunchie: Haas Amsterdam.
“Once I was in highschool, we have 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 clothes — if I’m going to a flowery restaurant, I simply must determine which to put on.”
Shirt: Elwood. Denim jacket: Estudio Niksen. Pants: Estudio Niksen, comparable. Bag: Sunnei. Sneakers: New Stability. Earrings: Sunnei. Rings: thrifted.
“Sporting 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 if you don’t have a lot time.”
“Spring and fall are my favourite occasions to decorate, since you’ll be able to 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 if 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 precise myself — despite the fact that I received made enjoyable of. Then I went to college and wasn’t feeling superb. I ended caring about the way in which I dressed; I’d simply throw on garments. However a number of years in the past, I used to be like, Wait, I really like trend, and I’ve to discover a method to love myself once more. Nowadays, I be ok with the way in which I costume and I really feel good inside.”
Shirt: Sandro. Skirt: Samsoe. Sneakers: Eager. Bag: Sandro. Scrunchie: “Handmade by my mother.”
“Artwork has all the time been one other method to categorical myself. Folks normally cease drawing after they begin faculty. You’re instructed to deal with math or science, however I’m not a math particular person or a science particular person. In school, I used to be the one drawing completely different eyes in my pocket book.”
“Once I see somebody who’s nicely dressed, even when it’s not my fashion, I can’t 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.”
Costume: Eliza Faulkner. Sneakers: Ganni. Bag: Jigsaw, comparable. Sun shades: Ace & Tate. Scrunchie: Nasty Gal.
“Once I see a bit 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 every 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’t 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 check about whether or not to purchase one thing: I’ll attempt to mentally create 10 completely different outfits round it. If you happen to can create just one or two, you most likely don’t want it.”
“Your hair is a part of your outfit. You may’t neglect it. I like scrunchies as a result of they add shade in my hair. And there’s a girl I observe on Instagram, Kayra, who does wonderful stuff along with her braids. She creates masterpieces.”
Thanks a lot for sharing, Dahana.
P.S. Extra ladies share their weeks of outfits, together with a gardener who overcame a stutter and a stripes-lover who talks about shedding her dad.
(Images by Vanessa A. Pictures.)
