This is a follow up post to the How I Wear Wet-Look Leggings in my Dreams post and most of what follows will following along the lines of: ugh, leggings are hard. My real-life wardrobe was not prepared for a piece so different than what I usually wear. Pants are not my thing but leggings have the added difficulty of not quite being pants. The way I want to style leggings is as an imitation of pants (but more comfortable) and to stay far-far away of appearing like I’m wearing leather-looking stockings.
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| Blouse: Thrifted | Kimono: Missguided | Leggings: Black Milk | Bag: Restyle | Earrings: Etsy* | Boots: Free People |
You could say that this look is inspired by my The Craft Dream outfit but in actuality it’s a result of meltdown in which everything I tried with these leggings either looked like a dress or, screamed “look at my underwear imprints”. To my glee the sun suddenly shone down, and as if the weather had finally had enough of my ridiculous tantrum this kimono was thrown down into my grasp.
The handbag from Restyle was much less of an instance of fate and more a result from ominous trolling around on the internet looking the rare bag that I enjoyed and would be big enough for a fourteen hour day at Uni (not to mention I pack all my food). Usually I prefer messenger styles to tote-esque purses. In the future I’m planning a super simple DIY where I add a nice thick chain and fashion a pleather grip.
In mini-review style: I was scared that the bag would break under the weight of University looming over it but so far it seems very sturdy. The pockets on the end are perfect for carrying a small water bottle but the metal clasp makes it hard to fit larger books inside even though the main pocket has no trouble in that regard, because it’s smaller in length than the pocket itself.
Don’t worry guys! I’m slowly working my way back to the point of this post which is the leggings. Speaking of leggings: Do you think I won at the great battle of leggings, or should this outfit retreat back to laundry day wear?
*I’ve removed the link of which these earrings were bought. Unfortunately I can’t remove all links of which I’ve connected to this seller. But I wanted to note that it wasn’t in my knowledge that the seller in question gathers his materials from furriers, something that I don’t want to promote and I certainly would not have bought these if I had known (actually it makes me really sad to think I once – accidentally – supported this).
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