Reminiscence

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Top: Custom Made; Skirt: Styldrv for Spring Break; Sunglasses: Charles & Keith; Shoes: Zara; 

Bag: Anaya by Akruthi

It might be that the holidays are drawing nearer, or that flu season makes me long for my green sea weed soup, but for whatever reason I have been feeling a sense of nostalgia of my childhood. And this nostalgia has been inspiring some of my clothing choices in an interesting way at the moment. If I dig deeper to my childhood fashion memories, it’s easy that I am recalling dungarees, cute skirts, mini dresses, petite accessories, colourful outfits, and just more cute things we would wear as a child. I ditched bows back in high school, as they usually look a bit too cupcakey sweet for my age as well as taste. Yet lately, I am completely drawn to elements of these pieces in my wardrobe-just a touch here and there. Celebrities also have been on the “little girl fashion” boat for years. Blair Waldorf made bows cool back in 2007, and Lady Gaga brought some edginess to the trend by making her bow out of hair in 2009. I don’t really recommend showing up to work decked out in pink and bows, or wearing overalls on a date, but I do think there are cute, fashion forward ways to bring the childhood inspiration to your outfits.

When I put this outfit together, I got a reminiscence of how my mother used to dress me if we had somewhere fancy to go. The version I had back in those days would probably include puffy sleeves and a scalloped hemline with stocking and ballet shoes. Cute right? And here is this grown up version without all those bells and whistles where I am wearing this ensemble inspired by my childhood, just modified it by popping those sunglasses and a hair updo with bold lips.

So the next time you're browsing through your old photos and looking for a perfect #tbt, don't forget that your childhood self actually had some serious style credibility, you just need to modify it here and there and you're all set to go :)