“I believe discovering your private model is nearly dwelling your life,” says Dahana, an artist and graphic designer dwelling in Strasbourg, France. “Strolling round, you’re gonna see one thing and be like, Ooh, I need to incorporate that coloration or texture.” Right here, Dahana shares 5 appears with, as she laughingly describes, as “a dress-only-for-myself vibe”…
Shirt: Elwood. Skirt: Catheclisma. Costume: Catheclisma. Footwear: Adidas. Bag: Marni. Scrunchie: Haas Amsterdam.
“After I was in highschool, we had been going to a marriage, and my mother instructed me to put on heels. However I’ve foot points, so as a substitute I wore Doc Martens with a gown. I additionally love how sneakers look with attire — if I am going to a flowery restaurant, I simply must resolve which to put on.”
Shirt: Elwood. Denim jacket: Estudio Niksen. Pants: Estudio Niksen, comparable. Bag: Sunnei. Footwear: New Steadiness. Earrings: Sunnei. Rings: thrifted.
“Carrying darkish denim denims and a darkish denim jacket, I really feel like nobody can cease me. It’s additionally a simple outfit to place collectively once you don’t have a lot time.”
“Spring and fall are my favourite occasions to decorate, since you may put on a cute jacket or colourful sweater. In the summertime, although, I am going exterior and instantly begin sweating. On heat days, jewellery is a method so as to add model even once you’re carrying a T-shirt and shorts.”
Shirt: Celosia-re, in white. Skirt: “Handmade by my mother,” comparable. Footwear: Ganni. Bag: Polène. Sun shades: Chimi.
“I’m shy, so in highschool, trend felt like a great way to specific myself — though I acquired made enjoyable of. Then I went to college and wasn’t feeling superb. I finished caring about the best way I dressed; I’d simply throw on garments. However a number of years in the past, I used to be like, Wait, I really like trend, and I’ve to discover a option to love myself once more. Today, I be ok with the best way I gown and I really feel good inside.”
Shirt: Sandro. Skirt: Samsoe. Footwear: Eager. Bag: Sandro. Scrunchie: “Handmade by my mother.”
“Artwork has at all times been one other option to categorical myself. Folks often cease drawing after they begin faculty. You’re instructed to concentrate on math or science, however I’m not a math particular person or a science particular person. At school, I used to be the one drawing totally different eyes in my pocket book.”
“After I see somebody who’s nicely dressed, even when it’s not my model, I can’t deny it. Though I’m shy, I’ve to allow them to know. I’ll psych myself up: Dahana! Go inform her! That is the second! I do know that when somebody stops me to go with what I’m carrying, it provides me an enormous confidence increase.”
Costume: Eliza Faulkner. Footwear: Ganni. Bag: Jigsaw, comparable. Sun shades: Ace & Tate. Scrunchie: Nasty Gal.
“After I see a chunk of clothes I like, I ask myself, Can I discover it in a thrift retailer? If I can’t discover it classic, I’ll let it sit for per week or two earlier than deciding whether or not to purchase it. Or, if I’ve a clothes imaginative and prescient in my thoughts that I can’t discover on-line, I’ll be like, ‘Mother, can we make it?’ She made me a black skirt, and each time I put on it, folks ask the place it’s from. I’m proud to say, ‘My mother made it for me!’”
“One other take a look at about whether or not to purchase one thing: I’ll attempt to mentally create 10 totally different outfits round it. If you happen to can create just one or two, you in all probability don’t want it.”
“Your hair is a part of your outfit. You possibly can’t overlook it. I like scrunchies as a result of they add coloration in my hair. And there’s a lady I comply with on Instagram, Kayra, who does wonderful stuff along with her braids. She creates masterpieces.”
Thanks a lot for sharing, Dahana.
P.S. Extra girls share their weeks of outfits, together with a gardener who overcame a stutter and a stripes-lover who talks about dropping her dad.
(Photographs by Vanessa A. Images.)
