“I believe discovering your private model 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 coloration or texture.” Right here, Dahana shares 5 appears to be like with, as she laughingly describes, as “a dress-only-for-myself vibe”…
Shirt: Elwood. Skirt: Catheclisma. Costume: Catheclisma. Footwear: Adidas. Bag: Marni. Scrunchie: Haas Amsterdam.
“After I was in highschool, we have been going to a marriage, and my mother advised me to put on heels. However I’ve foot points, so as an alternative I wore Doc Martens with a costume. I additionally love how sneakers look with attire — if I am going to a flowery restaurant, I simply must resolve which to put on.”
Shirt: Elwood. Denim jacket: Estudio Niksen. Pants: Estudio Niksen, related. Bag: Sunnei. Footwear: 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’ll be able to put on a cute jacket or colourful sweater. In the summertime, although, I am going outdoors and instantly begin sweating. On heat days, jewellery is a means so as to add model even whenever you’re sporting a T-shirt and shorts.”
Shirt: Celosia-re, in white. Skirt: “Handmade by my mother,” related. Footwear: Ganni. Bag: Polène. Sun shades: Chimi.
“I’m shy, so in highschool, trend felt like a great way to precise myself — regardless that I bought made enjoyable of. Then I went to college and wasn’t feeling excellent. I finished 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 like trend, and I’ve to discover a approach to love myself once more. Today, I be ok with the way in which I costume and I really feel good inside.”
Shirt: Sandro. Skirt: Samsoe. Footwear: Eager. Bag: Sandro. Scrunchie: “Handmade by my mother.”
“Artwork has all the time been one other approach to categorical myself. Folks normally cease drawing after they begin faculty. You’re advised 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 totally different eyes in my pocket book.”
“After I see somebody who’s nicely dressed, even when it’s not my model, 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.”
Costume: Eliza Faulkner. Footwear: Ganni. Bag: Jigsaw, related. 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 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 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 check about whether or not to purchase one thing: I’ll attempt to mentally create 10 totally 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 overlook it. I like scrunchies as a result of they add coloration 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 ladies 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.)
