Although I never wore this outfit until I was well out of school, the whole ensemble made me think of a British Commonwealth schoolgirl. (It brought back fond memories of living in New Zealand and watching students all neatly filing into schools with their matching uniforms. Granted, I'm sure it was no fun for them, but since I never had to wear a school uniform here in the States, I found the whole look rather intriguing.) Originally I had slapped on all the layers to keep myself warm backstage during a runway show, but after hearing a few squeals of admiration from other models I decided to document what silly thing I had put together.
The setting is at one of my alma maters - East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, TN (now known as East Nashville Junior High School). I attended there for 8th, 9th, and part of 10th grade. Sadly, my desire to devour classic literature and be challenged academically there was not met in any way shape or form so I moved on to another school. But as far as this blog post goes, it makes for a great backdrop! (Sidenote: The top part that I'm standing on in the photo below was a popular spot for us more adventurous students. We'd jockey for position to get the highest spot then see who could jump off and gain the ever-coveted 'cool stunt' status. After doing this photoshoot and seeing how high up that precipice is, that has got to go down as one of the dumbest things I ever did in middle school.)
After viewing the photos mid-shoot, I realised that while the over-the-knee tights kept my legs warm (and perhaps added a bit of interest to the outfit), they made my legs look a little bit thicker than what I liked. So off they came! So in conclusion, no light-coloured socks/tights on my fencing muscles (unless fencing of course :) )!
(In college there were seven of us that all had this same Swiss Army backpack in my TV Production class. So we all agreed to put something on our backpacks that signified it being ours so there was no mix-up in picking up someone else's backpack by mistake. So while everyone else put on various band and music-related memorabilia, I flew my geek flag in the form of a Bumblebee keychain.)
Dress: Forever 21 Tights: DKNY Socks: Topshop via Ebay Shoes: Goodwill Glasses: Gifted Backpack: Swiss Army via Target
All photographs taken by © Abrea Garwood 2011. http://abreagarwood.com/
Lord that's cute Briana!! Though I have to say I prefer the outfit with the stockings but I totally understand why you offed them (I have stocky legs anyway so anything white rarely works wonders)
ReplyDeleteThanks Patricia! :) I concur. I'm quite torn between the two looks (though goodness knows my legs were not happy with me exposing them to the cold for the last few shots!).
ReplyDeleteLove this outfit! And I think it looks good both with the socks and without them (though I'm always partial to knee-high socks over tights!). Also, I love the geek glasses on you.
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I approve of this outfit. I like the crooked socks in the first shot. The shot with the full entrance and sign is cool too.
ReplyDeleteI think some of the shots aren't showing up for me tho. I can find the ones without the stockings that people are talking about.
I'm debating whether I like the crooked socks or not. It adds character to the outfit for sure, but my perfectionist sense of symmetry is making my eye twitch! About the photos, they're coming up fine over here. They're between the last two paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteaah, the white socks came off. I was thinking people were talking about bare leg shots that I couldn't see.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness no, that would be too immodest. Though as it happens, I've had the skirt part of this outfit cut off. I didn't realise just how short the dress was until I got these photos back. When my dad cocked his head at seeing them I realised it was time to hack off the threads. But it actually works very nicely as a Ralph Lauren-esque cardigan. Which reminds me, I need to get a photoshoot of that soon...
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