>> I'm a loser who backtracks on her words. I've expressed misgivings about words such as 'tribal' and 'ethnic', words thrown around quite loosely in fashion because more specific terminology is not at hand to give definition.
What do I find myself buying? Some crochet leg warmers from the Cooperative Designs S/S 10 collection that can only really be described as 'tribal'. Though strictly speaking, the collection itself is a tribue to all things Bauhaus which confuses the issue further. Nonetheless, there's no getting away from that t word and no, I cannot tell you what bloody tribe it is other than the aesthetic is from that big, gigantic, continent called Africa (do you despair when you hear kids on buses declaring Africa is a country...?)
T word aside, these legwarmers (hmm... might need to rethink the name here as clearly they're not going to be err... keeping the pins warm..) form quite possibly the trickiest item in my wardrobe. Once you get the knots and ties all sorted, the panels all in the right place, the loops all hoisted up and plus the fact I needed a suspender belt to keep the whole structure up and running, it does take a good five minutes to ensure everything is a-ok. Still, it's five minutes well-spent and since their first outing in Paris a couple of weeks ago (complete with flailing hair et goofy expression...), these have been itching to be experimented with more...
(Photograph by Mr Newton for Refinery 29 // Photograph by Phil Oh of Streetpeeper - wearing Krystof Strozyna blazer over vintage polka dot rainmac, gradiated tights, TUK creepers, White Triumpet dot cut-out tee over Whistles jumper, Jennifer Loiselle headband and Full Circle clutch)
For now though, let's just simply count the knots (14 in both legs), loops (four straight forward straps for the ankles) and toe straps (two...for the big toes)... yes, I now own an item of clothing with TOE straps...let's try and top that, yah?
Oh, and thank you sun for deigning to pop out so that I don't feel bad that these aren't actually warming the legs...
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