Sunday , June 13, 2010
Usually Just A T-shirt
I like t-shirts. I also like dresses. So when I found the stripey dream babe of a t-shirt dress (pictured at left) on sale for a scant ten buckaroos at my favorite store in the world, Uniqlo (I think everybody should be allowed to genuinely adore one cheapie-crappy High Street store of their choice. I think H&M and Zara are kind of stupid; therefore, I love Uniqlo). I wore it for the first time on Wednesday and, uh, WOW. I was on Cloud Nine to the power of nine: not only did I look hella cute, chill and scrappy, but I had also attained a level of comfort unrivaled by any other outfit I've worn over the past sixteen years.
Basically, wearing a t-shirt dress feels exactly like how you used to feel when you were six years old, playing outside at around 8 PM as the sun began to set, knowing that you'd be doomed to go to crappy bed in twenty minutes (which sucked), but it made you relish and appreciate your final moments of day. I don't know about you, but all the times I ever lived moments like those, I was necessarily clad in one of those flimsy t-shirt nightgowns decorated with a cartoon of Bugs Bunny or something similar. I do recall wanting to rock Bugs Bunny t-shirt nightgowns as daywear at that age, but that was way back when my mother still called the shots, and so I was relegated to continue wearing ever-restrictive shorts and t-shirts. Ew!
Anyway, now that I am grown, I have decided that my new look for summer is going to be: t-shirts, and only t-shirts. No shorts. Well, sometimes shorts, but hopefully as infrequently as possible. In short:
Usually just a t-shirt.
That first revelatory day I wore my Uniqlo t-shirt dress, I decided that I'd just buy some XL men's t-shirts and see what happened. Today, I did so. And the photograph at right illustrates what ended up happening. I cut off the sleeves of the t-shirt, and then tied some strips of leather around the shoulders. And in doing so, I made it official: I am the coolest person of all time. (take that, James Dean!)
Okay, I know that DIY t-shirt projects are kind of a dime a dozen in this clogged toilet of a fashion landscape we all live in. There's even that stupid book entitled 800 Billion Trillion Ways to Ruin a Perfectly Good T-shirt (maybe that's not what it's called, but whatevs), which I am not going to link to, because I hate it. I hate books that fall into the genre of "books that teach you how to be creative"; if you're not freaking creative, why don't you just shut up and wear a normal t-shirt like everybody else in the world??
Anyway, I think this mod/Grecian/punk rock masterpiece is one of the best items in my wardrobe. I am beyond stoked to wear it out; I really like to have fun in my life, and the fact that wearing either of these two rad t-shirt dresses makes me feel like I'm six years old again seems to pretty much guarantee an upward swing in general fun levels.
Tags: DIY, Fashion Guerrilla, subtle John Frusciante references, t-shirts, Uniqlo
Share | 
| 
| 
|
|
Posted by Laura in Fashion Guerrilla |
Permalink |
Leave a comment |
Comments (4)
+ Contact Us
+ HOME
4 Comments!!
Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.)
Got something to say? We'd love to hear it! Name, email and "type in the weirdo drunken text" thingie are all required to comment; don't worry, we won't email you or anything, we just want to make sure you're not an evil spambot. Keeping in mind the good-times mentality we like to keep going here, we've worked hard to keep NOGOODFORME.COM as fun as possible. We welcome all kinds of comments, but insults/abuse/general bitchery are not tolerated. In other words, we put the smackdown on evil troll posts. If you want to be a hater, please go elsewhere. Now, as Salt 'N Pepa say, "Only the sexy people..."
i love subtle john frusciante references! i bet you had no idea about that.
your grecian masterpiece looks so good with your tattoos. and i really regret not signing the email i just sent you as 'bugs bunny' rather than my actual name.
By Liz
on June 28, 2008 1:04 PM
I don't know if I told you this already, but here is something that I think is true:
"Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School" is to Laura as "Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-shirt" to Liz.
RIGHT??
By Laura Jane on June 28, 2008 5:58 PM
woah, your diy shirt looks way hot!
By melanie on June 30, 2008 11:00 AM
not gonna lie, i like your dress better than the one you bought. it's much more creative, plus it just LOOKS better.
i also love your comment about those books that teach you to be creative. CREATIVITY CAN NOT BE TAUGHT.
By amy on November 24, 2009 3:22 PM