Top: DIY (similar-ish here)
Skirt: DIY (similar-ish here)
Shoes: Naturaliser
Look, I’ll be honest. I’m not entirely sure about this outfit. I was aiming for the kind of effortlessly cool, boxy, layered look that I’m always seeing on the Gorman website but it’s not my usual silhouette, and I think the effect of boxy-cropped-tee and full-pleated-skirt isn’t doing my figure many favours.
Oh well, you win some you lose some, amirite? I’ve worn the top much more successfully with skinny jeans on a shopping trip as well, and got lots of positive comments from people about it.
It’s a DIY project that I made with some gold-foil printed cotton knit from (where else?) Spotlight. The pattern that I used was the super simple New Look 6838, but I tweaked it a little to bring the length up, and make the sleeves elbow length.
I made it in an XL which should have fit perfectly, but was huuuuge, as you can see. It’s got a gloriously wide boatneck neckline though, and I’ll definitely be using the pattern again (a little downsized, this time!)
I thought the gold foil stripes would pair nicely with the gold foil dots on my pleated skirt, and I think it has, but the shape of the outfit is just a bit… off.
Meanwhile, I didn’t wash the jersey before I sewed with it (naughty naughty) and it shrank in a major way… but only horizontally, annoyingly. So the top’s even more cropped, but still as boxy, and, well: It’s my mooching-about-the-house-with-boxer-shorts tee now. My boyfriend loves it, but don’t expect to see it on the blog again any time soon!
I love the skirt and love the top – and power to you for posting something that yes, perhaps didn’t work quite the way you thought it might (or would have liked to) – too often we never see the things that don’t quite go to plan. You are one talented lady 🙂
It appears to me that your top is too wide in the shoulders. If you remove the sleeves and insert them about an inch closer to the center, I think you’ll find the look closer to what you intended.
Love it on you! I understand your not thrilled with it, but I love those 2 fabrics together!! I totally see what you were going for..give it some time, it may grow on you 🙂
I think you are absolutely rocking this look! Love the combination of the fabrics and I think the silhouette is a success – you’re just not used to seeing yourself in something like this. We all have those moments … baby steps! x
I like the idea but you are right, it does your figure no favours. Actually I don’t think boxy anything does a plus-size figure any favours – if you have curves and a waist, that is, which you do. It might work better with a pair of skinny jeans though, or a straight skirt.
I was going to say something similar – those pieces, as they currently are, don’t really mesh. You’d be better off playing with the proportion – a slightly (more) fitted top (what about some princess seams to nip in the waist a bit?), with that skirt, or that top with some skinny jeans.
I think this look is very nice and I like specially the top!
XOXO
Cami
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