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06 February 2006
To be fashionable, or not to be fashionable...
This is my latest question. Should I spend 3000 CHF on a designer bag just to "fit in" or not? In Zurich there is no small price for fashion, in fact, there is no small price. But I'm pretty sure I'd need a 2000 CHF per month budget just to stay in the game!
In my quest to understand the Swiss fashion scene, I have discovered several intriguing clothing combinations:
1) My favorite (NEVER seen in Seattle in my life) is tight jeans tucked into tall boots. Only in Europe can a girl pull this off and not have the jeans bunch up when she sits down. I still have yet to figure out this trick. I'm close to resorting to asking the local seamstress how they pull it off. Stirrups? Really tight boots? I know there is something someone is not telling me. I just haven't been able to make it happen. A close second is rolling up the bottom of my jeans into a large cuff so you can at least SEE the boots. Cute but not exactly "in."
2) Fur fur fur! This definitely wouldn't happen in Seattle. But I admit that being away for even 3 months has softened me to the idea of wearing fur. Fav fur outfit so far? A gal walking down Bahnhofstrasse was wearing tight jeans tucked into her tall boots (a given), with a just-above-the-knee length long sleeved black dress over it. This dress had an embroidered design along the edge of the skirt and the cuffs of the sleeves. Over the dress she wore a brown & black multi-colored fur vest and a bulky scarf on top of that. Fab!
Second fav fur outfit? A woman in Zara walked by me wearing riding pants tucked into her boots (what can I say??) and a bum-length leather jacket that matched the leather of her boots. Over the leather jacket was a fur "shawl" / "poncho" draped across her shoulders, hanging off one side. So chic and non-chalant. Fabu!
3) Arm warmers. Ok, so I haven't exactly run out to purchase myself a set of these, but they're unique and fashion forward when you're trying to dress for really cold weather. It's the equivalent of legwarmers for your arms/wrists. They have a little thumb hole and run the length of the arm up to about your elbow. I've seen them in all different colors and they look cute with a 3/4 length shirt and some casual/baggy pants (not tucked in, gasp!) & boots to balance them out.
4) The young gal look. I might try this one day when I'm feeling really skinny but mainly the younger gals sport this one. It's the tight jeans tucked into your boots (hereforward referred to as "the boot tuck") with a longer tight & bunched sweater that comes down to just about bum-level. Mind you they then wear a cropped bomber style jacket over this sweater and it makes a fun layering effect. Add a ton of perfume and you're living the 18-24 year old look!
5) Do-able fashion. These are things I've managed to pull off without re-stocking my entire wardrobe. 3/4 length or cap sleeved sweater over a collared dress shirt. High wasted, just-below-knee length tweed jacket and big bunchy scarf tied in a knot.
Alas, I have much to learn about the Swiss style, and even more money to spend in order to sport it, but it's been fun so far. Stay tuned for more SwissChic reports!
~Renee
posted by Renee at 17:17
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