Katie Trotter: On finding your fashion
01.01.70
My passion for manner has been burning furiously for more than two decades now. I remember my first shiny pair of shoes with a detachable bow that I got at the age of 9 reasonable as clearly as I remember my last pair of leopard platforms I bought in Paris at the age of 29. I keep in mind each and every high (such as the Westwood floral tea dress I bought with my first serious pay cheque in 2005) and of practice the lows (such as the fluorescent Doc Martin boots I wore with a skirt with bells around the bottom in 1991). I've travelled across the Terra in pursuit of fashion, and done some serious damage in most shopping destinations.
Yet I understand that forge isn't for everyone. In fact, to some the whole concept can be intimidating - especially trends. Think of the flapper clothes, the double collar, the high waist and some of the more ridiculous such as the pirate boot, the mule or underwear-as-outerwear. There is a pith, of which I am very aware, when fashion crosses the line from fancy into fancy berate.
Source: The National