Κυριακή 17 Ιουλίου 2011

Colorful patterns, motives and dressing up

I want you to open your wardrobe; or remember last time you went to ZARA to take a look on the new collection. What do you see? What I see in my wardrobe, is a jungle of fancy, eye-catching clothes, full of patterns, colors, lace and all these cute little details that make a piece of cloth look like a lovely puppy! The same with my scarfs; maybe I can count 3 or 4 of them having no more than 2 colors (out of many). Each of them is absolutely beautiful - carefully picked and worn and loved  and all together make my wardrobe and my scarf basket look like gardens in blossom! The trouble comes when you try to combine them. How can you match detail-with-detail? Floral-with-stripes? Laces with prints? Ok, they might even share a color, but how many chances are there for these two strong-personality items to match on my outfit? And why buying low-key minimalistic clothes and accessories is not so much fun?
Well, my slightly prone to conspiracy theories mind, tells me that selling patterns must be much more profitable to companies than selling low key garments; the opposite is for consumers. Think of how many outifts you can make with a single pair of black jeans and how many with a blue-with-strawberries ZARA skirt. And this is how we return all the time, to buy matching items, or to buy another fancy eye-catching garment with which we can make a few more outfits.
And this explains why many times, I stand in front of my wardrobe, thinking I have nothing to wear, while the fancy jungle of clothes is laughing at me.. And then standing like a little colorful clown  in front of my mirror, I miss minimal stuff in one color that won't dominate my outfit.. So back to basics for me..And hopefully greek basics! (how much I want back my black slim attrativo pants, soooo nice fitting and fabric, torn after excessive use one frosty day in the Netherlands!)
... From autumn and onwards I am gonna be a simple girl :)

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