Keep in mind this train? The one whereby Repeller asks crew members or folks throughout the Repeller orbit to have their companions costume them, with various levels of success and woe?
It’s again! And this time it options me, my girlfriend of three months, Taylor, and our mixed (extreme) wardrobe. We met on Hinge within the midst of the pandemic—sure, love in pandemia!—which led to novel-length textual content messages, breathless cellphone calls beginning at 5 p.m. and ending when the solar got here up, and now a dedicated relationship. When it comes to homosexual woman clichés we could have ticked each field, however our connection nonetheless feels singular.
Taylor has such a eager eye for fashion, which is one thing that instantly drew me to her when she stepped out of the automotive she had pushed 5 hours to see me for the primary time on that scorching July day. If I had been to explain it, although I discover it laborious to pin down, I’d say it’s like an elegant, genderless senior citizen. (She okay-ed me saying that.) She’s unapologetic about the way in which she wears issues and the way they characterize her. And she or he at all times tells me she loves my fashion, too, regardless that it consists of items she wouldn’t essentially select herself.
For this train, as a result of we don’t discover ourselves getting dressed each day for work, we determined we needed to make our personal enjoyable. Classes! And this time we determined to decorate one another. Benefit from the fruits of our (very satisfying) labor:
Reimagining That “First Look” Second
Amalie is carrying:
Naadam knit bike shorts — comparable right here,
Tyler McGillivary
prime — comparable right here,
Everlane sandals; Taylor is carrying:
Classic Levi’s denims — others right here,
Fruit of the Loom black tank, classic Hawaiian shirt,
Dr. Martens sneakers,
Hanes black socks
Amalie: Sure, similar to when Bride 1 turns the nook and Bride 2 seems at her, the primary time we met was after a interval of FERVID speaking and texting, so our first greeting was emotional. Once I first noticed her and bumped into her arms, I felt like she regarded magical. The edgy components of her outfit (Black socks and black sneakers in 90 diploma warmth? Males’s tank, pants, and shirt?) with the singular approach she lopes gave me somewhat heartbeat in my fingers. Once I supplied to have us recreate what a traditional “first date” look would have been, I didn’t change a factor as a result of I wouldn’t. (Get some wine for that cheese.)
Taylor: Amalie is absolutely the lady of my desires. In case you’ve ever imagined your dreamy steamboat, end-game sort of romance, that’s what surged via me the second I laid eyes on her. I used to be actually surprised by her the primary time I noticed her. She was carrying Birkenstocks, bike shorts, and a excessive neck white tank. To reinterpret that first day look, I caught with the bike shorts as a result of, scorching, after which selected a silky shirt that I really like from her closet. And strappy heels as a result of, why not? I’ve solely ever heard my heartbeat in such isolation in fight-or-flight eventualities.
The Gays Go to Dwelling Depot
Amalie is carrying:
Classic Levi’s denims — others right here,
Wardrobe.NYC x Levi’s denim jacket — one other right here,
Jil Sander boots — others right here; Taylor is carrying:
Carhartt WIP overalls,
Colette x Free & Simple shirt,
Nike Air Drive 1 sneakers
Amalie: Now we have gone to Dwelling Depot twice previously three months, which is greater than I’ve gone there previously 5 years. Taylor is extraordinarily helpful—abilities she discovered from her beloved grandfather—and he or she insisted on redoing the insides of the closets in my new condo. There’s a robust indication that we’ll be going again within the close to future, because the Depot is a spot the place she feels at Dwelling (lol). So, with “house enchancment” as our theme, I dressed her within the (very cool) look that she wore whereas drilling into drywall this previous weekend: Carhartt bib overalls, a Colette x Free & Simple tee, and her Nike Air Drive 1s. Actually, I ought to have thrown some pencils and screws into her entrance pocket.
Taylor: Dwelling enchancment plans, Dwelling Depot and the third-floor walk-up condo scenario boils all the way down to needing sturdy clothes that covers as a lot pores and skin as attainable. Practicality is essential while you’re doing stuff like this. So, I put Amalie in a cushty, safe denim outfit with these loopy moon boots she owns to fight any potential mishaps. I selected items that enable sufficient room for consolation and help, however not sufficient room for one to change into torpid and/or lazy.
Good Curbside Dinner (An Oxymoron?)
Amalie is carrying:
Baum und Pferdgarten turtleneck,
Frankie Store blazer,
AYR pants,
Ganni boots; Taylor is carrying:
Classic Prada coat — one other right here, classic silk shirt,
Frankie Store pants — others right here,
Aeyde boots
Amalie: For this look, I wished to essentially costume Taylor up. She mentioned particularly that I couldn’t put her in a literal costume, so I opted for essentially the most gussied-up pants and prime mixture I had in my closet. The silk shirt is one which I’ve by no means felt nice about on myself, and when she put it on, it was an instantaneous sure. She mentioned she felt like herself within the tailor-made pants, too. BUT, after I put the snakeskin boots in entrance of her she gave me somewhat skeptical sidelong look. I advised her to belief. All good relationships have that, u know? It’s a brand new phenomenon (and a privilege, I acknowledge) for me to have the ability to share garments with a accomplice. It makes me truly beam to see her look so good in my clothes. I believed she regarded jaw-droppingly pretty on this.
Taylor: I really like how we differ in our sense of kinds: Amalie likes loud, eccentric patterns, whereas I are likely to veer extra on the less complicated, monochromatic aspect of the closet. For this look, I wished to keep up facets of her eccentricity via muted but unconventional components: an outsized blazer, white boots, crimson lipstick and a sheer patterned prime. I settled on one thing extra “muted” as a result of I wished her pure magnificence to be entrance row.
Pack a Bag, We’re Going to Ft. Greene Park
Amalie is carrying:
Keeka Classic patchwork denims,
Cuyana sweater,
Aimé Leon Dore loafers — comparable right here,
Leonie Risch bag; Taylor is carrying:
Carhartt denims, classic shirt over
Uniqlo turtleneck,
Warby Parker glasses,
NOAH NYC hat
Amalie: I’ll be the primary to confess I could have accomplished an excessive amount of with Taylor’s look, right here. However I couldn’t assist myself! There have been too many issues I wished to pack into one. To begin with, she’s been carrying turtle- and mock necks since I met her within the lifeless warmth of July. She says she wears all of them 12 months lengthy, and I really like that. So there needed to be a turtle. Then, a button-down. She owns an entire fleet of outsized button-downs she inherited from her grandparents, which I’d outline as her “signature.” Then, after all, her Carhartt denims that make her butt look squeezable (an excessive amount of?) and her blue glasses, that are my kryptonite. With out fail, there’s a baseball cap, too. That is how Taylor attire most days, which is to say: lovable. Good.
Taylor: For this look I selected clothes to tribute Amalie’s means to effortlessly seem totally put collectively and polished whereas nonetheless being snug. As somebody who already got here with a deep affinity in the direction of clothes, I love this about her as a lot as I discover it utterly irresistible. I additionally actually love the pair of denims she’s carrying on this look and am somebody who at all times tends to order assertion items for bigger scale events somewhat than, say, a day within the park. I recognize how considerate Amalie is along with her stylistic selections—she has no reservations, and makes essentially the most of each alternative. She places her garments on show to the fullest in a approach that I consider outwardly is extraordinarily fascinating (an excessive amount of?) Amalie loves to combine and match patterns and likewise has a shoe recreation that actually competes with any closet scene from MTV Cribs. Given the combo and match of shoe:pant, I leaned on one thing extra easy for her prime, which exhibits off Amalie’s her stunning body. I added a forest inexperienced bag, for the sake of practicality. One among my favourite issues about Amalie is how she creates a contagious, optimistic power and an instantaneous sense of inclusion within the environments she occupies, even via her clothes. I really feel like this look accomplishes that.
Is Matching Cringe or Cute?
Amalie is carrying:
Livin Cool sweatshirt and shorts — one other set by
Tier right here,
Kule striped turtleneck over shoulders,
Hoka x OV sneakers; Taylor is carrying:
Livin Cool sweatshirt and shorts — one other set by
Tier right here,
Everlane turtleneck,
New Stability sneakers,
Warby Parker glasses
Amalie: I’ll reply for us each on this one, since I sort of engineered it, lol. I received these Livin’ Cool sweat-short-suits final week and now we have each been dwelling (cool?) in them since. On the finish of the day, consolation is king, and once we’re sitting on the large desk in my front room on folding chairs working all day, it simply feels good to lounge. I had Taylor placed on a turtleneck beneath hers to jazz it up and her New Balances. And glasses, at all times. I’m nonetheless unsure what the heartbeat is on matching together with your accomplice, however belief me after I say this isn’t one thing we might ever, like, meet mates in collectively with no self-deprecating joke or two. However we actually will canoodle at house!
General, eager about what I discovered from this train, I suppose it’s simply that I really like what Taylor wears. I really feel proud standing subsequent to her. Her closet is totally different from mine, and but juxtaposes so properly with it, that it feels pure. We every have issues that we will pull from one another, however for essentially the most half we will merely admire how the opposite presents with out feeling the necessity to do the identical factor. And that’s fairly particular.
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