The backstory…………………
Skin tight
One of the oldest items in my wardrobe is a next denim
jacket that I bought with my first paycheck from sainsburys. Somehow at the tender age of 16 I realized
that I was missing this key cornerstone in my wardrobe and needed it ASAP. I remember lusting after a sheepskin Levi one
that my friend Charis had and looked like the dogs in, but my small meagre
paycheck wouldn’t stretch to the lofty prices of levis, and I didn’t want to
blow everything on a jacket, so off to the shops in Aberdeen I went.
I think it cost me £25, it wasn’t more than £30. I also got some fetching pale blue sparkly
bootcut jeans from River island and a lilac tie dye tank top from Gap. Those jeans used to deposit sparkles wherever
I went, and I remember the top button was made out of a Gem stone. Man I was SO COOL. At least I thought I was. I really wish I had taken some awful photos
of myself then to show you but hey ho, all embarrassing photos of my Bewitched
inspired outfit will be forever lost in the realms of the past. (Thank God!)
I have no idea where the jeans went, but I sometimes think of that tank
top still and how much I liked it, how much I like it still.
Anyhoo the denim jacket has remained with me and has managed
to evade the charity shop for the past two decades. The reason why? Because its dark denim and is
skin tight. I used to be a lot smaller
in my teens and could button it up and move around quite comfortably. Today is fits very close, almost cutting of
circulation but not quite. I like to where it with a giant white shirt dress, and it still looks as good as it did
with my sparkly bootcut jeans.
Why it’s awesome…….
I love a tiny tight denim jacket as it enables you to play
with lengths. If you have something long
and baggy on you can cut out your shape by throwing this on top.
It is the perfect summer accompaniment to any floral summer
dress
It is probably the one thing in your wardrobe that has gone
through all your youth and carries with it your own personal history. Like your early style DNA is embedded in this piece of fabric.
Due to its age it’s like putting on a baby blanket.
The
backstory……………………..
80/90s slouchy fit
This has recently come back in fashion. All the Shoreditch lot have been sporting a
giant 80s vintage jackets, and I love it.
One of the first denim jackets I owned belonged to my Dad, and even
during the mid 90s I sported that HUGE jacket with pride. I don’t know what happened to that jacket but
I suspect that the wardrobe elves squirreled this away somewhere. Or my Dad nicked it back? Who knows?
This new Levis one is one that I did source very un-originally from
Urban outfitters renewal. However out of
the fify squillion that were there. I tried ALL of them on, looking for the
softest, slouchiest one to bring home with me.
Why it’s awesome………….
Another comfort blanket to wear only this one covers a lot
more of you.
If you are wearing quite tight outfit this is the perfect counterbalance
to off-set your outfit.
Everyone is looking for the exact same jacket as you, get
yours before it becomes too mainstream.
You can channel your inner Madonna and start drying your
hair on a hand dryer in the toilet. Say
what you want about the 80s I think that look is still killer, and despite it
being a really bizarre thing to do she still looks really cool doing it. It doesn’t work the same when I try and
stick my head in a dyson hand dryer…..just saying
I have taken to sticking loads of badges on the pocket,
because it’s something I used to do in the 90s. Anyone else do that when they were a kid?
Do you have a denim jacket, one or both?
Have you tried to dry your hair under a hand dryer?
Thanks for reading
Carrie x
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