My style has changed a lot since I was a teen. Like, a lot a lot. Luckily for all of us, the magic of Facebook is here to archive all of those less fortunate life choices and turn them into a handy-dandy Timeline feature you can share with your friends endlessly (and shamelessly). In the spirit of publicly embarrassing myself before some boy I Facebook friend trolls through all of my photos hoping to find something of me shirtless (I know I'm not the only one who does that)[not to myself, to like, other boys], here are five of the biggest changes in my style over the last few years (with pictures!)[duh.]
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Like, really into jeans. I became aware of the "fashion denim" thing in my senior year of high school and felt so boss when someone in class recognized I was wearing a pair of Seven jeans (pictured far left; also note how I own that Williams Sonoma.) I also had pairs from AG Adriano Goldschmied (pictured second to left), Nudie, Acne (pictured second to right), True Religion and Earnest Sewn (pictured far right, paired with Onitsuka Tigers what?) I was so caught up in the craze, reading denim blogs and scouting out whatever Ashley Olsen was wearing on Perez Hilton. I insisted that the "fit" was so worth it - except that a lot of brands still didn't make men's jeans small enough for me. Even when they did I pulled that hetero-American male thing and went a size too big (or two.) I still wear jeans, of course, but I have far fewer pairs and am more into vintage bellbottoms at this point, trends be damned. (See the pair I'm wearing most often right now here.)
I don't really know why or how I was so into polos a few years ago, because I can't stand polos now. Oh, except for this one, which is supercute and vintage. I think moving from California to Virginia just dumped me into this prep vortex in high school and all of a sudden I loved everything J. Crew and Ralph Lauren. But not like, cool Ralph Lauren - like, mall Ralph Lauren. I spent so much friggin' money on these things...thinking about it now makes me cringe. But I look totally awesome in that big pony polo, right guys? So it was all worth it.
I think if anyone from high school is reading this post, they'll remember how often I used to wear slogan tees. They were "my thing". I remember being ticked off my senior year when I wasn't chosen as best dressed in the yearbook, as if the rotating one-liners I'd been parading around on my chest the past two years should've blown everyone's fucking mind. I guess the fact that the nearest Urban Outfitters was like an hour away made me feel entitled. I went online shopping to bring you this, "I da HO? No, U da HO!" t-shirt, guys!
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME?! I didn't realize I was so gung-ho about this combo until I started compiling images for this post. Jesus. No wonder I didn't get any in college. I look like I'm on a TLC show competing to see who can most closely resemble Tagg Romney. And I'm winning!
Obviously I am now really, really stylish and everyone is constantly jealous of how cool I look. Why else would I have just vlogged about being a sexless shut in? Seriously, though, I personally feel my style has gotten at least a little better over the years (insert shameless plug for my *fruitpunch style Pinterest board - check it out and re-pin/like/tweet 'em all!), I think in large part due to living in China. People are always surprised when I say that, but it was a big turning point for me in terms of learning to feel comfortable articulating a point of view in my outfits and it didn't hurt that the shopping was good and cheap. Also - say it with me now - Koreans. There were tens of thousands of Korean expats living in Qingdao, and Koreans are stylish as fuck. How has your style evolved over the years?
