In our darkest hour

... you should go shopping. Yeah, it's easy (sometimes too easy!), just some clicks and it comes directly home to you. But it's different from "true" shopping, for me, this is going outside, spend some time in small and pretty clothing shops, touching the fabrics, having a talk with the seller, feeling gorgeous with two or three big and rustling shopping bags. Like a winner. This is the real shopping feeling.

Still, it's easy to shop online. The shops often have a wide range of all styles of clothes, shoes and accesssoires. 1000 shoes at one glance. This would never be possible in an ordinary shoe shop. You can't touch the materials, but you can drown in the vast number of possibilities. This makes online shopping often as exhausting as real shopping - and sometimes just as unsatisfying.

So many people are thinking "oh, it's cool, if it doens't fit, I can send it just back" and this seems to be less challenging than to go back to the shop, maybe discuss with the seller or feeling guilty for whatever reason. But they forget to send it back. Or they missed the deadline. Or they are not sure whether they like it or not and think about that for one day, or two, or three... and then they forget to send it back.

Online shopping is challenging, and most people haven't even realized it. Did I tell I like challenges? (Guess you know already, that's why I studied mathematics...)

For me, there is no darkest hour but 24 darkest hours every day. Jeans? Black. Shoes? Black. Dress? Black. Combining black clothes is much harder than combining some colored things. Every style and fashion magazine presents you ideas for combining clothes, but when you want to combine the same clothes in black, it doesn't look good or stylish. You have to pay more attention on textures and details. So you have to be creative on your own. Challenging! Now summer says good-bye and fall is coming, so my outfit would be perfect in these days. As well, I urgently need new clothes, especially for the colder days. I wasn't shopping since months due to exams, job, Diploma thesis etc. :(

In our darkest hour von nyhet auf Polyvore.com

Model - Barbara Meier
No, not me ;) But I like her and her hair, which looks similar to mine.

Sunglasses - Arnette
Every outfit needs sunglasses, especially at the passage from summer to fall when the sun is low.

Skirt - DNA
Leather skirts are so comfortable and sexy!

Shirt - mint&berry
In fall, the shirts with the long sleeves attrac my interest. Often it is too cold for t-shirts, but too warm for t-shirts and a wool jacket... So here, I could wear the shirt together with the vest. The design of the shoulder part is flattering and highlights a small waist.

Vest - Dept
For me, the only season to wear such a vest instead of a jacket is fall, or as well the summer's end. The collar keeps the neck warm enough to leave the scarf at home.

Belt - Morgan
Even if this outfit does not require a belt, I would wear it over the vest.

Boots - Seven Seconds
I am only 1,60m tall, therefore I like heeled boots. These ones have a treaded sole (important if it's slippery outside) and a wide shaft for my strong calves. It's hard to find good looking boots with a wide shaft, it often seems that they are produced just for grannies...

Bags - CK and Boss Orange
Normally I am only wearing a belt bag (this one: outdoor belt bag) to all my outfits. I don't want to carry anything useless with me. Therefore the small bag from CK attracted my attention. When I am travelling only for a few days, I take an additional and bigger bag with me. I don't like the look of most of the travel bags and sport bags, so I am using a bag like the one from Boss Orange.


Now I have a good mind to go shopping...
How do you think about "my" outfit?

PS: No, my blog won't become a pure fashion and style blog. Never! There are too many already out there...