Tools of Attraction: Controversial Fashion Choices
Five New York women defend their harem pants, rompers, and high-waisted jeans.
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Carly, writer
I noticed you're wearing socks and sandals today.
I sure am.
"No socks with sandals" is almost a cardinal rule of fashion. Frat boys in Texas know that. How'd you end up here?
Little, girly socks are a look that came back a couple years ago — I think it adds to the whole look. Plus, it's much more comfortable for all the walking I'm doing today.
Sweat-pants are comfortable. I was asking about fashionable.
Socks and open-toed sandals would definitely be considered a faux pas, but my personal style is all about pushing those boundaries.
What else do you wear to push the fashion boundaries?
I wear capes, and things that don't show off my best features, just because they're trendy. I like to try new trends.
You wear capes? Like Superman's cape?
No, like capelets, like boleros — something that a bullfighter would wear.
Would you wear a cape with socks and sandals? That would really be a statement.
No, you can't push two things at the same time.
What do you think about guys wearing socks and sandals?
Awful. Can't do it.
There are no instances in which a man can pull off socks and sandals?
I don't think so, because guys' socks are not as cute and delicate as girls' socks. They're really not a good accessory ever... unless they're colored or argyle. That could maybe work. It would depend on the guy, and what kind of pants he's wearing. If you can't see his legs, it won't work.
You know who wears socks and sandals while showing some leg? Scottish men. In kilts.
That's true! But that's typically bad fashion. Except on Marc Jacobs.
Wait — Marc Jacobs can pull it off just because he's some famous fashion designer, but a Joe Schmo like me can't pull off a kilt with socks & sandals?
How often do you wear kilts?
This interview is not about me. What's one thing that a guy can wear that instantly turns you off?
Shorts, if they're too baggy or too long, not the right length. That's everyone's biggest turnoff in a man.
Are we talking like cargo shorts, or basketball shorts, or —
Every kind. Oh, I hate basketball shorts. Those are never okay, even at the gym. Fortunately, I don't go to the gym, so I don't have to witness any of that.
shoes: ASOS, socks: Korean-bought, dress: boutique, scarf: Anthropologie
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Comments ( 27 )
I would take high-waisted pants over muffin tops any day.
Yeah, but wouldnt a muffin top crammed into a high-waisted pair of jeans just be, like, totally fucked?
Wait... you'd rather see it all hanging out? The jeans would restrain the bulge anyway.
She looks like Casey Affleck
Carly's outfit is hideous.
Love, love Margaux's outfit!
Capelets are not boleros. And Margaux -- so you want something chic, easy to wear, that's only one piece? I've just invented the most amazing thing: I call it a 'dress.'
Her reason for wearing a romper is the same reason I like putting them on my two-year-old...except for the part about it being chic.
I highly doubt what you're seeing walking around at Venice Beach is "LA plaid," but I can see how you would think that. Only locals know that Venice Beach is, for the most part, a tourist trap.
What on earth is "Brooklyn style"?
mel is sexy as hell
Mel is cute! Carly's personality is great and i think that's why she knows she can wear socks with sandals and still function socially. Good for her.
The interviewer is an asshole. These people would have had more thoughtfl answers if the interviewer wasn't such a douche.
Was thinking the same thing.
I don't understand why they didn't replace Monika with another interviewee. It seems like she didn't want to be interviewed.
Margaux looks really cute. Again we see a French person pull off an otherwise detestable item of clothing (Exhibit A: Greg and his salmon shorts from a few weeks ago). How do they do it?
The Dutch do it better :)
Darn! Where's the picture that shows her pull off that detestable clothing? I want to see that one!
Scottish men in kilts don't wear sandals. They wear brogans. Kee-riste.
THOSE are high-waisted??
yeah, those are high-waisted. Look at the length of the rise of her jeans--a good 9 or 10 inches. She, herself, is just long-waisted, so they look kind of proportional on her.
I am NOT long-waisted, or even normal-waisted--my mother and I both wore men's jeans during the 80s and 90s until the low-rider jeans came into style. Hallelujah! And we're not heavy women--we just couldn't handle jeans that zipped up to our boobs.
These people are dangerously insane. All of them.
Finally someone speaks the truth about basketball shorts.
Margaux is cute but rompers are way fun.
i kind of think that mel is talking about madras when she says "l.a. plaid". i have never heard of "l.a. plaid". ever.
love carly!
I was going to post something about these people all looking like assholes, then I remembered that my boyfriend wears baggy jeans and shirts with martini glasses embroidered all over in a completely serious way. I guess dressing like a homeless sheep herder or a wacky uncle really will get you laid after all.
Seeing controversial fashion choices is like watching a walking painting. The artist had an image, the viewers have an opinion. How do you judge fashionable though? --- Four women in four cities take on 365 dates between them. Visit www.3six5dates.com to find out more!
that carly girl is funny...and pretty too...
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