Dressing "fashionably" is kind of ridiculous sometimes. People wear uncomfortable, inefficient, and sometimes just plain stupid articles of clothing in the pursuit of looking good, or if not that, at least feeling good. To this day, I will never understand why clothes/shoes/accessories that don't feel physically good on my body actually make me feel more confident about myself. Perhaps the need to satisfy an outer charade to cover up the tumult within? Okay, getting too deep. Time for clothes.
Alright so I wore this outfit to go out to dinner with my frandz. We ate at this Mediterranean restaurant and everything looked really good, which is why I regret wearing this.
First of all, these shorts. Technically, they're hot pants, but I did not unleash their full potential for tonight. This was the first of my poor outfit decisions. Since I wore them below my waist, they were super tight, making it impossible for me to indulge fully in the Mediterranean cuisine available to me. I mean they looked cute, but I had to pop the top button just to eat soup, that's how tight they were.
The shirt was the next poor decision. It was literally 95 degrees out, yet I decided to opt for a Steve Jobs-esque turtleneck from Forever 21. Thankfully, we sat inside while we ate, because I think I would've gotten a heatstroke.
My shoes-ies are from J.Crew, I've talked about them before, but I really like how I mixed the dull gold in my shorts with the light gold of the shoes. Mixing metals whoo!!!!
So yeah, that was tonight's outfit. I say tonight because I spent the majority of the day wearing a tshirt and tempos to run errands and go to the gym. I still don't get athleisure.
Also, I hate how all my pictures end up being mirror selfies from my iPhone. I'm gonna have to eventually enlist one of my friends to actually take a picture on a real camera lol.
xox,
Shamika
Okay so I really don't like this outfit at all, but I'm posting it anyway to show that I am self critical and able to evaluate myself in a productive way. I think the obsession with posting pictures that you LOVE of yourself is unhealthy, because that doctored image of your reality is so misleading and it makes you feel worse about your life than better most of the time. That's why I think posting images/content in which you don't look or feel or sound your best speaks volumes- it shows that you aren't afraid to show the world that you are (to put in the words of Spongebob Squarepants) UGLY AND PROUD. So without further ado, here is my ugly outfit post + why I don't like it + how I would improve it!!!
As you can tell from my expression in the picture to the right, I am not FEELIN MYSELF (JACK RABBIT!). For one thing, I wore this outfit on a three hour road trip to my college orientation, so my legs felt really stiff and I wanted to melt into the ground. I chose to wear really comfortable and loose clothes for the sake of travel, but I definitely thing people travel in far more stylish clothes and for longer and further distances. I'm wearing boyfriend jeans from F21, some random shirt from Nordstrom Rack, my copper Birkenstocks (which I actually really love, call me basic, and will probably post about more in depth at a later time). This outfit probably could've been better if I like, added more easy accessories. I think a cute neck scarf would've really made it look more polished, especially with the amount of neckline that is exposed with the blouse. Also, neck scarves are like, token road trip accessories. Also, the shirt would've looked better half tucked into a funky belt, which would not only give my tiny body a waist, but also made it more colorful/interesting. I like the contrasting black and white polka dots, but there were definitely more colors that I could've included.
Okay that was a lot. Now I'm gonna post a pic of my purse and show you how marvelous it is.
I love this purse so much. It's this great blushy pink color that matches EVERYTHING and it has three separate little sections that expand out and fit a lot more things than you would expect. Here are the aforementioned lipsticks, wallet, and sunglasses. (Not pictured: my phone because that's what I used to take the picture LOL).
Alright, until next time, with hopefully a better outfit!!!
xox,
Shamika
Okay I have no idea how this will look since I've never done this ish before but we will see.
Today my cousin and I went to Denton, TX just to hang out and check out all the little shops on the square. It was super hot so we kind of suffered but it was worth it because we took some cool pictures and ish. We got quesadillas from Fuzzy's (pictured below) ((not pictured below: me devouring it)). We also went to Atomic Candy and tried really hard not to waste money on bacon flavored candy, which was really hard because that was basically half of the stock of the store.
My outfit today consisted of a Zara top, J.Crew flats, a purse from Urban Outfitters, and these super old Delia's shorts that still for some reason fit me (I bought them in middle school LOL).
Unfortunately, I tore part of the sleeve of the shirt and had to pin it together, but I actually think it gives it a cool kind of DIY look, as if I made the whole shirt, but like not really at all at the same time. I also managed to spill a little iced coffee on myself as well, which thankfully you can't tell because of how I edited the picture. I imagine that in a few wears, this gorgeous top will be basically a rag because of how clumsy and messy I am! Whoops.
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| Safety pins = Punk Rock |
The shoes were a steal. I bought them for graduation, and I basically started crying in front of the cashier because I thought they were gonna be $160 but they ended up being $70 after some random discounts. Man I love shopping sometimes.
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| On point? Literally? |
The purse from Urban has kind of become a staple of mine. I bought it because my friends kept teasing me about using this black Michael Kors bag and I'd had enough. It's surprisingly sturdy and fits two lipsticks, a wallet, a pair of sunglasses, and my phone pretty easily.
Well, this post has been kind of a mess to read but I hope it doesn't fall on deaf ears? blind eyes? whatever.
xox
Shamika
Welcum tew my style blawg!
A good friend of mine suggested I make one of these things to like, actually dress better. To be honest, I've wanted to have a blog for like that past 7 years but I always thought that you had to be already well dressed for that. If anything, this blog is to help me get to the "wow I really love your outfit" today levels that I am ultimately aiming for.
The name "slightly disheveled" comes from how I feel like I am as a person. My hair is perpetually messy (thanks curly hair gene!), my posture is terrible (thanks public school!), and my skin is like super bad (thanks poor diet!).
I suppose the real purpose in me building my aesthetic around my insecurities is to overcome them. Maybe blogging about it will help!!!!!
Anyway, thanks for reading!!!
xox
Shamika
