Essentials Fashion Items

Being girl, I think I have broader options of style to choose. Sporty with a jacket, feminine with a flowery blouse, glamorous with a gypsy-looking skirt, neat with a skirt and trousers, I can wear it all. But it’s our choice that defines our style, right?

When it comes to choose an outfit, the first thing I look for is comfort. I don’t like an outfit that is too tight/too loose from head to toe, has too much accent on it…well, I just don’t like it. So does a pair of outfit with colors that don’t go well each other. Usually I prefer one item to be pointed out, and the other things are supposed to be ‘inert’ or neutral items. For example, I like it when I see a girl wearing a bright, patterned skirt with a plain T-shirt (without any prints or motifs at all). The T-shirt is the neutral items, so the skirt will be flaunted well rather than suppressed by the shirt.

There are some items that I think, very essential for me. No, of course I won’t be dead or in a serious danger if I don’t have them, haha…but yeah, dressing have become a lot easier since I had them. Here are them:

1. Black cardigan
   Yeah yeah yeah, I like black cardigan so much. I even keep one in both of my closet (one in my home, one in my boarding room). It is so versatile; I can wear a dress, a shirt, T-shirt, sleeveless shirt (basically, any tops and dress) with black jilbab and black cardigan, and I am ready to go. If you are a jilbaber, a black cardigan with a medium length that falls comfortably in your body will be very useful. Heading out for dinner? Pull on a long skirt or jeans, black jilbab and cardigan. In a hurry to go to campus? Just wear a nice top inside (but not a T-shirt or tattered top so you won’t look like you’re heading out for dinner in warteg, haha). The top you’re wearing under cardigan will decide your looks: casual, semi formal, even formal. One of my friends even commented that I looked so ‘dress-up and formal’ in a day when I was wearing a flowery long dress, white jilbab and the same black cardigan (that I used to wear with my old T-shirt for buying dinner). That’s why I call it versatile items. Apparently white cardigan is not as versatile. And until this time I haven’t found a white cardigan that is thick enough and can cover my skin appropriately. White cardigans sold out there are kind of transparent I think.
   
   
2. Black jilbab
   For me, this item is the true match of black cardigan. And this color goes well with almost all color. So, if I am confused what color of jilbab will match with a certain top, I wear a black jilbab and it will be fine. Maybe not as matching, but it won’t look so unmatched too! As we all know black is a neutral color, beside white of course. But I don’t know why I prefer black jilbab than white ones. I used to think because black is my hair color so it would look natural on me (okay now I think that thought was weird, haha). Black absorbs almost 100% heat, while white absorbs almost 0%, so actually based on physics it will be more comfortable to wear white jilbab in a hot sunny day, but I still prefer black than white.
   
   
3. White/cream flats
   Who doesn’t like flats? They are so comfortable! And a pair of comfortable shoes is so important to me because I walk a lot. And to me, a comfortable shoe doesn’t always mean sneakers. I prefer comfortable flats than sneakers because flats are easier to take off and more suitable to my feminine style, hehe. Why white/cream colored? Because I think those colors are going well with any colors. I can wear it with jeans and T-shirt, skirt and shirt, also with dress, of any color. And like my other essentials fashion items, flats are versatile too. I can wear it to go to campus, to hang out, even in a formal occasion like a wedding ceremony. I think it’s more appropriate to wear a wedge heels (or a high heels!) in a wedding ceremony to show that you’re dressing up and honored because you’re invited by the host, but if you don’t have a chance to take that lovely pair from your shoes rack, wearing a flat shoes will be fine. Not great, but fine.

Yea, actually there are still many items that I can call essentials too, like a pair of jeans, long jeans skirt, wedge heels, skin-colored socks….the list goes on. But those three items are most essentials items, because of their versatility :)

This is mine, so...what are yours?