With the endless crazy shifts in the weather, one day pouring buckets and 65°, the next sunny and 85°, the idea of the tunic/shift/shirtdress appeals more and more to me. Something about the right drape to a loose garment, and of course the airiness it provides. A spaciousness that allows for layers, under and over, should it suddenly go cold.
Right now I’m crushing on the Brussels-based designer Sofie D’Hoore. A Belgian graduate of Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, D’Hoore, who first trained as a dentist, has been in business almost as long as her far more famous peers, Dries van Noten and Anne Demeulemeester. She doesn’t own a shop, advertise, or do catwalk shows, so maybe that’s why she’s much less known? That just makes her work more authentic to me.
Usually I avoid tunic-style clothes because I think they can make me look broad (they are more flattering on narrow torsos and long bodies), but after finding a Uniqlo jersey tunic dress in taupe that I rather like, I realized with the right cut and fabric, they could work for me. Or so I told myself, haha, as I gathered these images (from different collections) for future Ebay/thrift store searches. You never know, there might be the perfect doppelganger mash-up version out there in some unknown form:) I threw in a couple pairs of shoes I spied by Loeffler Randall and Chie Mihara that I really like, to go with the D’Hoore looks. ENJOY!
Loeffler Randall, ALFIE ESPADRILLE SNEAKER Black stripe raffia
Chie Mihara
