It’s been forever since I did another post in my How To Dress 10lbs Slimmer series, and even though I’m in the midst of finals right now, explaining my brief hiatus, I wanted to put this up real quick. Short and quick. Let’s do this.
We’ve talked about lengthening pieces before, and how if you wear something long that doesn’t add bulk, it makes you look longer and leaner as well. Today’s outfit helps the modern Muslimahs do just that: it covers up, but adds length without adding bulk. And for these more conservative outfits, it’s easy to see how covering up this way would often add bulk. But I can show you a way to do it that doesn’t.
Dark Rinse Flared Jeans ………. $15
Black and White Pumps ………. $10
Rings of Bling Top in Black ………. $19.99
Studded Pocket Blazer ………. $49.95
All right. Let me explain. Quickly, though, because I have a lot of Evidence work to do. I went with dark flared jeans, basics, obviously. I paired them with a black tee that I liked. Sure, if you’re wearing it under your hijab, no one will see the little sparklies at the top. But you’ll know they’re there. I mean, why do we wear adorable underwear that matches our clothes? Because even though no one sees it, we know it’s there.
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Or maybe I’m just weird and get a disproportionate amount of happiness from my underwear being adorable and matching my clothes. I DON’T KNOW THESE THINGS YOU GUYS I’M NOT A SCIENTIST I’M JUST A HUMAN BEING.
Anyway, I set up that nice, basic, blah look for the piece de resistance: this white blazer from Free People. It’s interesting and edgy, and it’s not one of those stuffy, preppy, srs bzns blazers. It’s a little bad-ass with that studding detail and everything.
As for the shoes, they’re interesting, aren’t they? I feel like you could either make them look clunky and dress-uppy, or you could rock the hell out of them. It all depends on how you wear them. And yes, there are different ways to wear clothes, you guys. I liked the white accents, but most of all, I wanted to support Etsy shopowners. I like Etsy a lot, and I’ve been wanting to incorporate more Etsy wares into my posts. For those of you that aren’t aware, Etsy is basically ebay for things like clothes and jewelry and bags and furniture and more, and it’s all hand-made.
So there we are, a quick little post, and now I have to do Evidence reading. Scrambling. What I mean is, I have to do Evidence scrambling.
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I felt like I was supposed to read this post really quickly, like speed through it.. so i did.. 🙂 The blazer is really cute btw.
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