Twenty8Twelve leather jacket, Jeffrey Campbell heels, Club Monaco skirt, Jacob top, vintage bag,
cone studs c/o Poshlocket, H&M sunglasses
For this week's Style Panel challenge on FASHION Magazine, we were given a task that was actually particularly challenging for me: how do you take the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-inspired black-on-black fall trend and incorporate it into your own style? Style-wise, I have next to nothing in common with Lisbeth Salander: where she picks black, I pick colour, when she goes for tattoos, piercings and a cropped cut, I go for...well, you get the point. We are complete sartorial opposites.
For this week's Style Panel challenge on FASHION Magazine, we were given a task that was actually particularly challenging for me: how do you take the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-inspired black-on-black fall trend and incorporate it into your own style? Style-wise, I have next to nothing in common with Lisbeth Salander: where she picks black, I pick colour, when she goes for tattoos, piercings and a cropped cut, I go for...well, you get the point. We are complete sartorial opposites.
While I'm not a big on black-on-black, I did feel that if I livened up the look with femme silhouettes (like this delicate silk Club Monaco skirt) and some fun accessories (like these discretely studded heels), I could make the whole ensemble more my own. And, of course, having long, natural-coloured hair, no piercings and no tattoos (though I've wanted the same one since I was 17 and am just such a chicken) also help differentiate me from everyone's favourite fictional hacker.
Do you have a bit of Lisbeth Salander in you (hopefully style-wise and not all that crazy dissociative personality stuff) or were you not as into all the heavy-on-the-black-leather looks that got sent down the fall 2012 runway?
Do you have a bit of Lisbeth Salander in you (hopefully style-wise and not all that crazy dissociative personality stuff) or were you not as into all the heavy-on-the-black-leather looks that got sent down the fall 2012 runway?
