Style: Girly Grunge

Hello again. So I haven't posted in a while, sorry about that. I'll be a bit wobbly over the next few weeks because of all the kerfuffle with relatives and other Christmas-y things. Sigh. I'll do my best.

Anyway today I thought I'd talk about style once more, because, well I don't really need a reason do I? Ok, so if your style/personality is anything like myself, then you're not one of those cutesy dressing girls, who are completely adorable (it's one of those facts that we have to accept, some people happen to be more adorable than us), and I go through phases of loving the whole punk-rock look, with band t-shirts and looking like I live for  my music and not much else. Getting off track here, but seriously I only started listening to music about two years ago. Now I honestly don't know how I survived before I began listening. I am a solid convert, however I'm still catching up on my music knowledge because I missed out on a lot of education there. OK, back to the point, you look really fearless, sort of grungy (apparently it's called soft grunge? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong) with jeans and combat boots or something, and then you just have a craving to look sort of adorable. Not the sort of craving to pull out the flower crowns and lacy socks - I haven't gone that far yet - but the sort of want to wear and dress and look more girly than you usually do. But still in your own style.

Is this making any sense? I'm going to have to re-read this once I'm done, and I suspect it won't make a whole lot of sense. Yay for editing!

Anyway, it's generally a hard combo to pull off a girly-grunge (that's what we're calling it now), or it is or me at least. However maybe you find it the easiest thing in the world, and if that's you, I am extremely jealous. I always happen to go  overboard, or just not have what I need to pull off the look. (An amen by all those girls who go shopping and think "I have really great taste, man, I am to poor to afford any of it"). So I thought I'd give you some inspiration and maybe you can figure out how on earth you can do the look too.

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So this woman is called Violet Ell, and honestly I adore her sense in fashion. I think she's beautiful, and she manages to put her docs with almost every outfit she pulls together. Amazing, total jealousy.

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So you guys should know that I am going through a phase of loving dyed hair, so long as it is done well. Anway, that isn't the point in the photo, but it might add to why I love it so much. A sort of plaid/tartan (I'll never know if those are the same thing or not...) tied around a ponytail still looks cute, but avoids that overly cute-sy flower in hair that you did when you were five. 

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This could easily be made into something cute, just add a touch of girly, say a ring with something cute on them, or just something quirky. If you wanted to go a step further you could put in some sort of texture, say wear high knee socks, or a really "little-kid" beanie. Also adding anoter layer, like roll down the sides of your converse or rolling up the sleeves of your shirt - if it's cold put on a collared shirt underneath so you can see the collar poking out and it will look super cute (at least I hope that will work).

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And finally this one if for anyone with a more vintage style, it's not very grunge but you can always fix that up with your make up and hair. Now usually I would say that dress looks slightly like a shirt, length wise at least, and I still sort of wince, but at least she wears stockings with it so it looks alright. Now let me state the obvious, if you want to look vintage, retro, whatever you want to call it, polka dots are your best friend. Leather also is a great thing for you to have. Personally I wouldn't wear those shoes with it, though I like how this girl is rocking them, but I'm not one of those people who has the money to go out and buy an new pair of shoes for the one outfit. What I'd do is bring out your trusty combat boots (even your converse, most people own one of the two, or they're about $20 from Kmart if you don't) and wear those with this outfit. It'll look at little less vintage and a little more bad-ass, but that's fine with me. If you have a passionate hate of any sort of high top (well I don't understand it but this might be you) you could always wear some loafers, and maybe put some adorable socks with them.

So that's it for today's post, but if you want to look adorable your basics are collared shirt, high knee socks, anything knitted, if you're up for bows go for it (I generally have to wear them with something very grunge or else I feel to strange), and I can't stress enough of the oversize. Over sized shirts, baggy cardigans, sweaters that are far below your butt. Basically you want to look cuddly. That's the rule of cute.