Even though I haven't even revealed my new Goth Chic look for fall 2012 just yet, I'm already looking ahead to spring 2013 and how I may want to dress.
This past spring/summer, I reconnected with my hip hop R&B side. But I ever really did ever let that part of my look go. High-tops, athletic shorts and baseball caps have always been in the mix. They were just temporarily overshadowed by my uber preppy phase from the year before.
For next year, I look to Alexandre Plokhov's spring 2013 collection for inspiration. In a world that's becoming more black and white (think Romeny versus Obama), Plokhov's collection offered smartly tailored and layered clothes in two primary colors.
The long tunics worn underneath boxy suit jackets made me think of a traditional kurti, a simple long sleeved shirt worn down to the knees.If you add a turban to this look, you would have a definite sheik look.
I've been toying with the idea of wearing a man's tunic for a while, but pairing it with my classic high tops for the street look that I strongly identify with. As a person of color, it's also something that I'm allowed to do since I could pass for someone who prayed to Allah although I was raised Roman Catholic.
But I foresee that as I move out of my black phase next spring, I may not be ready to fully embrace color again and white may be the only interesting option I will have.
YES: I will not be showing camel toe next year
NO: The tunic is not for you if you are fresh off the boat European descent
MAYBE: You can pull off the tunic if you can grow one of those long dirty beards the Williamsburg hipsters are sporting
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