Pink Matter

Hello my precious sweethearts,

weather didn’t really seem to have me this week (as usual? I kind of see a pattern here.) So, it was time for a good old indoor photoshoot, aaaaall byyyy myyyseeeeelf (Shoutout to Céline Dion in this place). As you may tell from my constant ongoing about the weather (I’m sorry. I really don’t want to small talk you all the time), I’m still longingly waiting for spring. Well, not this meteorologically, not at all logic, stupid spring you can read the date for in your calendar, but the real real spring, with flowers blooming and sun lighting up the dirty city streets and wearing far too cold jackets but enjoying every shudder anyway because you see the sun and your friends in the park and incidences are falling and nooow - it gets utopic. But I’m not starting on Corona Smalltalk here, too.

Let’s start off with the why-I-wore-it-like-this. You see, the lovely thing about the houndstooth pattern is that it is timeless and chic. You’ll never be not able to wear this, whatever might be trendy at this point. Especially if you have straight-cut trousers like I am wearing over here. Same quite goes for silk blouses. The colour maybe is a little on the braver side, but for that, the fabric itself is so complimenting with its shiny, body-hugging fibres, you can’t really go wrong with it. There is some reason that we are still wearing silklike (and I’m deliberately stressing out the –“like”- here, keep things vegan and don’t utilize poor silkworms, please) garments to this day. Regarding that silk is a fabric that has its roots way, way back, dated around 3000 years b.c., first found in china and civilizations of northwestern regions of South Asia, then ongoing through various stages of trading between different countries, being very expensive and seen as one of a kind of a status symbol, you can really call this fabric timeless.

Well, the styling of a silk blouse is a little bit more tricky than with the trousers, I got to admit that. You can easily look a bit over the top with silk, which might go along with the perception of it being a rather expensive, elaborate material. But don’t worry, Yoko’s got you covered -  If wanted to be worn more casual, you’d might opt to combine it with jeans, blazer, and sneakers (or Doc’s would give a fine look, too. But they do with everything, so this might count as cheating). If really wanting to look extra(-chique), you pair them with smart, black trousers, a good old classy heel and… in both cases, just go for a big, interesting jacket. Big because, as I said, silk hugs you charmingly in all the right places. So you might opt for a bit more coarse fabrics here, to give both pieces the contrast they deserve. OR, as I do here, you go for a middle-way between super-duper casual and extra-smart and pair it with some patterned trousers. Totally suitable everyday-look, but more on the I’m-feeling-myself-today side.

As I promised, I wanted to spread a few tips on how to make this look wearable for the current weather (in Germany). For underneath the trousers just grab yourself one or two tights. I wouldn’t really wear anything except for a bra under the blouse, as the silk doesn’t only hug you, but also everything else that might come near it. (The bra naturally only if desired, otherwise just free the boobies because hell yeah, they do deserve it and nobody really cares anyway and if they do just slap them and disinfect your hands afterwards because no one asked for their opinion). I would pair the look with some (fake!) leather-gloves, might even high-risen ones, for the *class*, a thick wool coat, a hat (but like a real hat, a beret or a bucket-hat and not a beany, for sure) and a basic scarf. Take all these ingredients in the same colour (black would work best I guess, but please convince me if you think otherwise) and a smart shoe, loafers or ankle boots would do wonders, and there you go – you can easily walk outside without freezing to death. Though, I would just stay indoors right now to be honest and pretend it’s spring outside like I do here.

And for doing the imaginary-spring-thing I just coloured everything possible in bright colours. My fingernails (yellow! My friend Vanessa might scream of joy when reading this, as yellow otherwise is my most detested color. But, we are slowly getting there, girl. Shoutouts to you!), my toenails (some pastel-orange), my eyes (in an orangy-pink, to go along with the blouse) and yeah, just bopped a bit of color around my room, too. And in my glass, hehe.

Now I’m sincerely apologizing to everyone who doesn’t like to see feet and wish you the loveliest of weeks, for the upcoming one.

See you on Sunday, over here. See you the other days, on the gram.

XX Yoko

#Yoko-tip of the week:
Buy or pick yourself some flowers my dear, they brighten up your day instantly.