#button down cardigan

[raquelitachic]

[cowboy-kidd]

Comfort Moodboard 💕 - For me

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[loveshetlands]

[biblicalhorror]

Thinking about one of the loser men I dated directly post-college who, after I showed them Dirty Computer [the emotion picture] by Janelle Monae, said they "prefer rap that has something to say"

[vashti-lives]

This is hands down the dumbest thing I’ve done in a while. Don’t get me wrong I love it, it’s fucking adorable but like, it’s hard to argue that it wasn’t a completely stupid waste of time.

I have a lot of lovely positive friends here who will probably want to argue with me but like… what you have to understand is that a) I used faux fur yarn that made it extremely annoying to see what I was doing and definitely made this process take twice as long as it would have without such fuzzy yarn b) I used two separate yarns for the eyes because CLEARLY it would be silly for this little soot sprite to have fuzzy eyes and most importantly c)

I PUT THIS GUY ON THE INTERIOR POCKET FLAP. NOT A SINGLE PERSON WILL EVER SEE THIS!!! But it will forever make my pocket needlessly bulky!! You know, effectively destroying one of the main reasons to choose afterthought pockets over patch pockets!!!

There are Reasons I chose to do this and in spite of the above tone I’m not actually mad and I don’t actually regret anything but like. I was keenly aware as I fought the faux fur yarn that I was making life a lot harder than it needed to be. At minimum the eyes and size are probably both overkill.

(But ok the faux fur is perfect for the soot sprite!!! It’s so fucking cute jfc. It’s tonally jarring on my otherwise largely pastel sweater which is part of why I decided to do it in the interior pocket flap where it could be a secret just for me, but it is cute.)

[sibella]

bway florence has the best outfits this is canon

[cowardlycowboys]

not to be dramatic but I'm so worked up that everything I touch makes me want to claw my skin off

[monster-noises]

it's a very silly thing to turn your nose up at something just to be ~different~ but all the same I will continue to refuse to wear button up t-shirts.

[gideonisms]

harrow was so right about the robes. Swish swish

[raquelitachic]

[murrays-wardrobe]

Divorce Isn't Everything (01x04)

[imnotfinebutimfine]

girl help the soft academia guy who wears dress shoes and cardigans to class is trying to explain systems of slavery to me

[ravenbees]

Normal way to organize ur closet

[hellenhighwater]

You know what, since I'm thinking about it anyways, let's talk formalwear accessories. Most of these are traditionally menswear but a bit of gender fuckery is good for the soul, and frankly most of these are about making your mass-produced clothing fit and lay properly without having to go to the tailor.

Shirt stays: these go around your thighs to hold your shirt down, so that it stays smooth and tucked in. They're usually elastic, with 1-3 clips, and if you wear skirts frequently this is a GREAT way to make sure your top doesn't ride up. The clips will be visible if you're wearing something tight, so loose pants or skirts are where these do best. There's also an insane version that clips to your socks, but that is for lunatics. If you wanted, you could also use one of these clips to hold up thigh-highs.

These do a great job of smoothing and narrowing the waist area by keeping your shirt from bunching there.

Sleeve garters: usually metal, leather, elastic, or silk. These are usually worn with button-down shirts to adjust where your cuff falls on the wrist or hand. They're properly worn on the upper arm, and you pull the fabric of the sleeve above the garter until you cuff is where you want it. Because this creates a puff of sleeve at the bicep, it also broadens the appearance of the shoulders. It's great if you're working with your hands or if your sleeves are often too long for your preference.

Waistband clip or belt adjustment clip/buttons: Three different ways of tightening the waistband of a pair of pants or a skirt. You're not going to get more than an inch or so tighter without weird bunching, and for most of these you'd want them to be hidden under a shirt or jacket, but they do the job if that's something you're having issues with.

Collar pins: There are so many fun ones out there, both with and without chains. They're not terribly practical, though the slight weight may help keep your collar where you want it. Also consider collar tips, which pin (surprise) to the very tips of your collar points.

Sweater clips/guards: meant to hold your sweater or cardigan mostly closed. Great if your cardigan doesn't button, or if you don't like it to be buttoned all the way.

There's tons of other stuff out there like this--etsy is a great place to find this stuff. A lot of these are old solutions to the very modern problem of mass-maufactured clothes not being as one-size-fits-all as advertised, but they're also a fun way to put a bit of personality into businesswear.

[rubythecrimsonwriter]

One of the funnier things about ML fandom is that I regularly see Gabriel get clowned on for his outfit ("white mocha frappacino looking ass" comes to mind) and I vividly remember discussing our third grade teacher's outfit of the day with a classmate and it can be summed up, really, with a single dialogue line:

"She looks like an ice cream sundae. I love it."

[rusholme]

I need to start a new knitting project I’m so dissociated right now. I feel like I’m watching my own life on a busted CRT TV and I’m not even paying that much attention. Surely the Fiber Arts can solve this. New variegated yarn save me. Save me variegated yarn