This is for all you long-waisted, linear types.
It's well and good to focus on the looks I can rock, but also useful to appreciate my limitations. If I could wrinkle my nose and spend the day in some other body type, you can betcha it would be 5 feet 10, long, lean, with concave abdomen and B cup boobs. And it would be wearing one of these tops with a slim cut, architectural black blazer and high-waisted skinny pants. Hmmm, media isn't feeding me any imagery :-)
So, if you happen to fit this description - especially if you sometimes lament it (is this possible??) - please put on some similar outfit, love yourself, and then email me a pic.
PS: You don't even need to be tall or a matchstick to wear this. You just have to be sorta flat.
PPS: Apparently, according to the small-boobed cognoscenti, just wearing this style imparts the illusion of chesty voluptuousness. That you can get rid of when it becomes tiresome...
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dang, I'm only 169cm tall (5.5 foot). I guess I could still try. I'm kinda flat chested too. :)
ReplyDeleteNot sure about that electric blue but I would love to try white and brown. Very cute.
Oh that post, I decided to consider the time difference. It's only 11th there right? :)
This is a beautiful look that'll never work on me, the short-waisted, not-big-boobed girl who doesn't have any of the aforementioned clothes anyway.
ReplyDeleteBut it's lovely! I share your dream, and the colors are all spectacular.
i like the 2nd white top.
ReplyDeleteFlat-chested: Check
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Hope you get some takers, K. The outfit you describe sounds incomparably chic
since when 'covet' isn't one of the deadliest sin... I covet the grey top now!! Repent later...
ReplyDeleteLovely weekend to ya' dear...
I like # 1, but feel (like you) that those blouses are very hard to wear unless, as you say, one is not well endowed.
ReplyDeleteI'm medium tall-5'8"-but definitely not flat. Love the blouses, but they wouldn't look right on me either.
ReplyDeleteI'm not that tall (about 5,5) but I still think I could wear this, because I'm not around tall people all day - I'm 14. I love the last top! What's the link?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think?
ReplyDeleteI'm 1,69 cm (like Songy how curious), concave abdomen and B cup boobs....
Could I pull it off??? (My tights aren't the best :( )
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Oh go on wear what you want! A good well fitted bra will make any thing work. I'd wear the electric blue it is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteAw, gorgeous! I love that style of shirt - have been drooling over some similar ones lately. I am pretty flat in the boobal region, so perhaps I can pull them off (not literally). We shall see!
ReplyDeleteSorry! 5'4" here.
ReplyDeleteOooh I really like the first one!
ReplyDelete5'9 with a D cup. Nope, these tops are not for me. I can see why you covet. I have picked up a top like this only to remember that I am not the gal this was made for.
ReplyDeleteAs a vertically challenged type (5'4" in heels), I'm still a fan of all these tops and think the right length pencil skirt and cute heels could make all the difference. I wouldn't dare venture into the world of high waisted skinny pants though, I'd look like a Wizard of Oz-esque munchkin. Eep!
ReplyDeleteam loving the grey and the blue blouses. and that outfit you described, sounds so good to me.
ReplyDeleteI had this great vintage silk tie neck blouse like the grey one you've pictured; I stupidly gave it away thinking, "I'll never wear yellow." Now I still think of the mistake I made...Like your blog a lot!
ReplyDeleteI hated these blouses when I saw them first. And I don't really do blouses as they involve ironing and can be very prone to small chocolate handprints on the back where you cant see them. But I must be starting to absorb the trend by osmosis as I think I will have a look in H & M this week.
ReplyDeleteDamn fashion bloggers grrrr
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Great, thanks for the piece of advice! :)
ReplyDeleteOK, for starters, I love how some of you have actually been giving this look a go and posting photos on your blogs. Fantastic! Love the look...
ReplyDeleteSongy, I think you would rock this look. Please try it!
E: I'm so surprised to hear you say this because you were one of the peeps I had in mind, specifically, who would look great in this. Maybe you just haven't found the right bow??
Savvy: That's my fave too.
Sal: You know your shape so well, I'm sure if you decided to give this a go, you'd choose the perfect way to wear it on you.
Lenore: I love that, repent later! I do it all the time :-)
Miss C: The well-endowed have tight sweaters to keep us warm at night :-)
Janet: You might be able to do the look in a partial style i.e. sweater with neck tie (sounds awful but I have one and it can be nice).
KD: I should have credited the pics which I found on Elle UK website. At 14 you can wear anything! Experiment, I say.
Seeker: You pulled it off fabulously!! I want your concave stomach :-)
MDM: That's such a practical, British/Canadian way of looking at it :-) You could be right. I'm going to give it another try. But it could take me a while to find the right shape for me. I am quite curvy!
Andrea: You did it fantastically!
Wendy: You just channel tall :-)
Katlin: Thanks.
Belette: Ah, but you have height. Your half way there. Your dimension sound fantastic to me, btw!
Ms. Unreliable: Nice to see your comment and to check out your blog. I hear you about being small with the high-waisted look. It's a toughie, no doubt.
-h: Try it!
Karen: I've had that experience. And yellow sound so good. (Not that I'm trying to fuel the fire!) You will find something just as wonderful, I'm sure.
Hammie: Chocolate handprints make them "individual signature style" :-) I think the look would be perfect with your new shoe collection...
Estrella: Thanks to you. Try it out and let us know how it goes...
I've tried that look so much but I instead of looking edgy, editorial assistant, I always look like a frumpy secretary. Sour grapes!
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