Style Sense and Silliness
I'm not sure what really makes it, the leopard print pants? The ruby slippers? The tie dye? The orange tutu? The bright eyes? It's a tough call, may have to call Stacey and Clinton in on this one.
Have you ever noticed that your child has a gift for piecing together outfits with the most mismatched articles of clothing they own? Back in the day I would only buy clothes for Addie in browns and pinks, that way everything went with everything else and she never ended up looking too ridiculous when she dressed herself. Then grandma brought her a neon purple sparkly shirt.
Oh how she loved that shirt.
Oh how she wore that shirt with light pink tights, red shoes and a brown skirt.
Finally there came a point where I gave up and took a whole new approach to buying Addie’s clothes.
I gave up trying to buy things in one color palette and instead went for the most ridiculous articles of clothing possible. You know the ones, the ones you never buy because they’d only go with one thing? Turns out when you buy all those things they go together in their own ridiculous little way.
Her closet is full of tutus. Every color of the rainbow. Ruffly ones, flowery ones, puffy ones and shimmery ones. She has one drawer that is full of leggings and tights in every color and pattern imaginable and another drawer is full of the silliest most colorful shirts I can find. She has shoes that are silver and light up, patent leather purple ones and of course her trademark ruby slippers. She tops all of her outfits off with hair bows, necklaces and bracelets of every kind.
We took her to the circus once and realized that short of the face paint? She was dressed exactly like one of the clowns.
She’s going to be Fancy Nancy for Halloween and the only thing I had to buy was some purple hair spray.
I’ve learned to love the little fashion statements she makes. Some days it’s head to toe purple, other days it’s all animal prints. I also love how easy she is to pick out of a crowd. I have no problem letting her express her creativity through clothing as long as modesty is always kept in mind when she dresses herself.
As she continues to grow bigger (SOB) I have started to work in some more neutral pieces with flair. A grey sweater with flowers and rhinestones. Dark purple corduroys. Tall brown boots. Having her run around in chiffon and glitter reminds me that this giant kid of mine is still a little girl. Who knows maybe someday I’ll have her style me.
What is your kids sense of style?
Yeah, I pretty much love this. I think she looks adorable!
Love it!
In your last paragraph I read (SOB) not as actual sobbing but as the acronym for son-ofa-_______. What can I say, I live in a texting world of abbreviation. (Incidentally, It works just as well.)
There is this little girl at Aidens school (who I ADORE) and everyday she is wearing sequins, glittery and ruffles. (sometimes all three) and she has feathers in her hair and she is the most sparkliest of girls. It makes me so happy.
My youngest daughter, now almost 9, refuses (REFUSES!) to wear things that match. Since she was old enough to dress herself, she puts together outfits that defy explanation, yet somehow she WORKS them. My favorite? Lavender ballet leotard, winter striped tights, cowgirl boots, and two ponytails. TO CHURCH. I’m pretty sure God had a great laugh that day.
I find Addie’s outfits to be lovely & creative! She has a beautiful sense for colors & a phenomenal sense of style. Let her enjoy and take lots of picks to show future dates!
I’m thinking that her peer group may force her to conform to certain characters, styles and colors at some point. But my biggest hope is that all of her friends will adore her for who she is and want to dress just like her!
My daughter was like that when she was little. I loved it. Then she went through a phase when I panicked because she wanted to dress like all her friends with clothes from American Eagle and Hollister. (Hollister btw makes me ill… the dark store, the smell, the PRICE! Fortunately she would settle for second Hollister pieces, but I digress.) Now at 16, she’s found her middle ground. She dresses like a lot of her friends but always adds a little tweak… maybe it’s a vintage sweater with rhinestones or mismatched socks over black tights. I’m happy she moved past being part of the sheeple crowd. Good luck with your little ones!
My daughter is the same way. She puts things together and I just stare at her in awe.
I started a (completely neglected) blog when she was little “Fashion by Superchic: Fashion Design Translated from Furbish to English” She’s had an opinion about clothes since she was 18 months old. I’ve learned to embrace it.
My daught likes to mix up her shoes
I think so long as she’s not wearing anything innapropriate for her age then why not. I’m 17 and still have a very varied style I love shopping at hottopic and haveing all the band shirts and skinny jeans ( motsly because I just love them even though I’m pear shaped and nothing absolutly nothing that fits my legs right fits im waist/hips or ankle areas right and to top it off i’m short only 5’1″ and 3/4 ) and my friends laugh because one day I can go from wearing an off the shoulder red and black striped shirt with a button up shortsleeve black and white plaid looking shirt over it (because of our school dress code) and black skinny jeans to wearing a grey skirt with pink on it and lace on the bottom and a tank top with lacey looking detail and buttons on the front with a black button up shortsleeved top that is cut to where it comes a few inches below my chest which is kinda a “preppy ” outfit according to them and I have my “goth ” days too and then there’s the day’s where I kinda feel like being strange like I had i very real urge to wear my knee-high black and white striped socks to school with a black asymmetrically ruffled skirt and my black shoes that have little strap things on the top and by black and red off the shoulder top but then changed my mind when i decided that the skirt was to dressy looking to match at all