Taking inspiration - the SF edition

Stagiaire Fash asked me to 'do her' on a recent forum post where I took inspiration from other's style and make them my own.

There is quite a bit of intersection between our styles, so I decided that I did not want to be limited to just one outfit. I have tried to capture SF's style qualities that I admire. I hope she approves!

1. Old berry velvet jacket (circa 2005) and Jodie cropped flared jeans, my oldest jeans. SF likes berry colours and keeps and wears her clothing as she is not into fashion churn.

2. SF is happy to wear shorter skirts and has a love of paisley prints. This linen dress is boho-lite and perfect for my climate. I love the paisley embroidered detailing.

3. SF was once called a 'badass' by Synne, which I loved as she is fearless in her style and never takes things too seriously. This is me being 'badass' too, breaking the rules and wearing double denim with a bow scarf to make it me.

4. SF loves fun footwear. These are my crazy boots worn with bold colour. This was my favourite outfit of the week. DH loved this one too.

SF thanks for inspiring this challenge!

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3 years ago

Jenni NZ

Veteran

Oh very good! I can see it! To me the shorter dress one is the most SF-like.
They all look Bijou-like too though.

Sal

Great renditions here. I see SF in the first two the most. What fun!!

They all look excellent and those are wonderful boots.

rachylou

Oh that’s inspired. I totally see it. And I want the boots!

Jessikams

(website)

Oh, that pink and yellow outfit! Swoon!

Synne

Yes!!! This is so meta! And cool! Love them all!

Katerina

Wow, I love this! Super fun. I am sure SF will be thrilled. It’s so amazing to be able to recognize your inspiration and yet all the outfits are inherently yours. Love all of them. I especially admire no 1 - the blazer is just gorgeous and love the combination with the eyelet lace top.

Stagiaire Fash

Do I approve? Oh my word, I’m honored! To see that I have a recognizable style, and then to see it elevated with your glam, is very cool.

The first jacket must be the one you thought of right off the bat and you’re right—I love its 70s flash, with the texture and the color. You’ve done an amazing job blending our styles—the short paisley dress with boots, but with a bolder graphic contrast and in a different color, the superbly funky boots, but with heels that are more you than me, the fuchsia skirt, but with a slant hem and styled to be glam. All really cool combos of our styles.

Being fashion-fearless and having fun with it are common to both our styles, and you’re quite the badass yourself. Thanks for doing the outfits and the post. <3

Bijou

Jenni - I am glad to see that you can see the influence, rather than trying to copy SF's style.

Sal - the first jacket was something that immediately came to mind when SF said "do me"!

Rachy - the boots are fun, I can totally see you wearing them.

Jessikams - the pink and yellow is my favourite too, the boots are crazy but strangely easy to work with.

Synne - thank you - I had to add the 'badass' outfit as you made me laugh with that post.

Katerina - that is high praise indeed. The first blazer is a lovely and classic piece. Something that I often throw on with jeans and I have always loved the raspberry pink colour.

Stagiaire Fash - I am glad you like them and thank you for being a fun and fashionable presence on the forum.

Star

Wow you really nailed SF's look. So interesting (and pretty).

Tanya

Such a fun set of outfits! I can see both the inspiration style (SF's) and Bijou style in all the outfits. The first one is really gorgeous.

Angie

Fashion Stylist

WOW! Soooo stinking cute! You did a stellar job integrating components of SF's style into your own, Bijou. WELL DONE! LOVE!

You are glam, polished, playful, creative, fashion-forward, and ooze having fun with fashion

I can't get past #4

KILLER to the POWER OF KILLER

*fainted*

Anonymous

Most excellent job! Embodiment of Fash with Bijou influences. Love the paisley dress

CarolS

Wow! What a fun exercise -- and so well executed! BTW those boots leave me a bit speechless.

Sally

Very cool. I love the colours in the last one very much but they all look great. That's quite a hard task....to identify and take someone else's style and fuse it with your own to come up with something unique.

Minaminu

What a fun experiment, very well represented SF style!

Star, I’m glad you can see SF’s style in these.

Tanya, the jacket has been a great wardrobe item. It was nice to wear it again. It is fun that this was both your and Katerina’s favourite, as you both have an amazing collection of blazers.

Angie, I always think of you when wearing yellow, and my Mum, as yellow was her favourite colour.

Nikki, I love a good paisley print too.

Carol, the boots were quite a find. I love them, but know they are something that most people would just say ‘no way’ to wearing.

Sally, for me SF’s style has quite a lot in common with me, so this was reasonably easy.

Minaminu, It was nice to explore different elements of SF’s style.

Brooklyn

Wow! This is really nice and a fun experiment. I can see the inspiration. No 4 is my killer fave (to borrow an Angie expression).

Brooklyn, the boots are fabulous with both turquoise dresses that you found for me. I love them both and will be wearing them as soon as our temperatures warm up.

LOL -- well, they would certainly not be "for me" -- but I can sure appreciate the heck out of them for you. They are amazing.

I think appreciating someone else’s style without feeling one needs to do the same ( in reference to your boots) is a great lesson to learn as we all understand ourselves better. It has helped me a lot. I have recently been reading my stash of 2010-2013 fashion magazines that I had kept, since we are still in lockdown. I was intrigued to see that I was still drawn to some of the same outfits about 10 years on, and not at all to others.

Jaime

Wow! #2 and #4 are my favorites but these are all amazing. Such an excellent use of inspiration while keeping your own amazing signature style. Beautifully done!

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