FashionVevo Editors Make Their New Year’s Fashion Resolutions for 2015
holed up in our apartments, Netflixblazing against the darkness,
invariably entertain thoughts of starting clean! Starting fresh! For
fashion people, New Year's resolutions often take the form of a
monumental rethinking of one's
- wardrobe—burying those horrible mistakes of 2014 and becoming the
sane, rational, ultrachic person in 2015 you know you were always
meant to be.
We asked FashionVevost's to share their sartorial resolutions, and
responses ranged from the specific:
AYOOLUWA ADEDAYO he is "asking (begging?) the Proenza guys to make
their pre-fall 2015 shaggy shearling coat in my/a man's size," to the
general
— Mhiz MARIAM HARAZYMS's insistence that she will "stop buying
everything in black, or a variation of black (see charcoal, navy, or
petrol). I have dreams of a pastel blue winter coat and lots of print
and color!"
Some people want to break self-imposed strictures. Abegunde Hope Said
that she has "fallen into a slump of dark skinny jeans paired with a
black American Apparel T-shirt. It's time to kick my butt back into
gear (in more ways than one) and don those A-line skirts once more."
But others planned to stick with the winners, including that same
A-line silhouette. MHIZ JOLAVAT emphatically that in 2015, she will
"stick to my shape. I know I love an A-line dress—when I dig into my
closet, nine times out of ten that is what I put on day after day. My
resolution is to buy more of what I actually wear and less of what I
like in theory (in my head, where I am five inches taller then I
actually am)."
Plenty of respondents swear that they will curb their
impulse-spending. "I am only buying quality items in 2015, no more
cheapies," declares A AK WEBSAINT.
"It only took me 2 years to realize this, but if I buy a few nice
things that cost more, it evens out to the same price of buying loads
and loads of inexpensive stuff that is always in need of replacement."
LILKUSH agrees, alleging that she is "determined to shake my
impulse-buying habit, in favor of thoughtful investment shopping. I
want 2015 to be the year that I take at least 24 hours to sleep on my
late-night eBay sprees (everything looks different in the morning) and
actually splurge on things that will live in my closet beyond a
season."
Oddly enough—or maybe not!—footwear seems to elicit the most fervent
resolutions, with a wide range of strikingly divergent opinions.
JE 'MAPELLE NORPHISART says she will "invest in more heels.
Become a grown-up." How great it would be if she were the same shoe
size as JIDE DORKAZZ TOHFUNMI,who resolves "to get rid of all the high
heels in my closet that have been collecting dust over the past year
or two.
They are neither decorative (size 41 shoes never seem to be!) nor
useful to me anymore. Make way for more of my beloved sneakers,
loafers, and boots!"
OLUSESI NOFISAT, insists that she will "wear higher heels. I'm tall
(five foot ten) so even a two-inch heel makes me at least four inches
taller (things work differently after five foot eight).
I plan to start with a vintage pair of forties-style Pradas with
three-inch heels that have been sitting in my closet, waiting for
2015."
On the other hand, CHRYSELLA MODUROTOLUWA ALLEN,is "determined to find
a way to make evening flats appropriate even when you're five foot
three!"
Phateemah Lawal with this author a desire "to stop being a fashion hoarder—
Tanke,Oke-Odo apartments aren't big enough for such a bad habit! What
started as an overflowing wardrobe and overstuffed dresser has
expanded over time into an all-in-one apartment/closet fusion." (I
hear you, Phateemah! That's me Googling "mini-storage" as the snow
swirls outside.)
Then there are those few who actually think that dealing with the
inside might improve the outside (or is it the other way around?).
Mbah Ephraim Chinonso intends "to actually partake in the sport,
rather than just shopping for it. I have a weakness for all things
equestrian, and since moving to Oke-Odo, my tweed hacking jacket and
new riding boots are suspiciously mud-free." And Laird Borrelli-
Perssonis resolved to bring style to the most mundane activities: "My
resolution is to find a way to wear a pedometer or step-tracking
bracelet with any kind of flair."
But perhaps PRINCE ADELEKE OLALEKAN,taking the long view, comes
closest to the heart of the matter.
"Every year I make the same resolution—to shop less. And usually in
the lead-up to the year's end is when I go a little crazy, as I feel
like it's my last chance to get everything in, before I vow to change
my ways forever."
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