Ruby Talks Fashion

I'm not really someone you could call fashionable. I don't wear the latest fashions and instead wear unusual items of clothing most people wouldn't dare touch. I do actually really like fashion, even if I don't follow it personally. I don't have the figure or the personality for a lot of what you see on the catwalks or in the shops, plus I like to be as individual as possible (hopefully without looking too weird). So why am I here to talk about fashion? Clothes are a very big deal to me, as with most girls, and since I have a fairly unique style, I thought it would be nice to share a few of my style tips and secrets for those of you who aren't into wearing what everyone else is wearing right now.

Despite first impressions, my outfits tend to be pretty simple. In fact I tend to wear a fairly limited range of outfits. The reason for this is because I believe in picking a look for yourself and sticking with it. That's not for everyone, but that's how I manage myself and my zany styles. I also go for a certain fewcolours, mostly black, pink, purple and green. I do sometimes buy other colours but only if the item is to die for. I do this because I am obsessed with matching colours! I almost exclusively wear pink and black, which means I am always matching and I can combine most of my clothes with most of my shoes. Sometimes I wish I would delve into other bright colours and mix it up some more, but for now this is how I do things.

My ultimate favourite thing to wear are tutu's! I cannot get enough of them and have quite a collection. It started with some cute black ones I got at Supre and then progressed into complete madness as I found them more readily available in stores. I've always been a skirt girl and I really do think tutu's and I are clothing soul mates. Coupled with leggings (plain for day-to-day wear, fancy patterns for going out) and you have half of my perfect outfit. I usually wear a plan singlet top with the tutu/legging combination, often in a bold colour like flouro pink, to really set it off.

I also love dresses, especially 50's style ones with big skirts you can twirl around in and have lots ot tule under-layers. Given my body shape, this style of dress tends to suit me the most as it accentuates my little waist and big boobs, while hiding my lage rump. They can be dressed up and down so they work during the day and when going out at night. Leggings a ballerina flats amek these dresses casual while staying excessively cute and girlie. Changing into stocking and heels dresses them up and makes them smoking hot at night. Dresses are one of my main exceptions to the pink/black rule because you don't have to worry about colour co-ordinating as much and if a dress is cute then it doesn't matter what colour is, chances are you have to get it anyway (I'm always so excited when I find the perfect dress in pink though).

I used to wear jeans all the time, but don't wear them very much any more as I kind of grew out of it. Not that I mean that in a negative way against jeans, it's just that I wore them so much from when I was a teenager til my early 20s, that I got over them. I do still love black skinny-leg jeans, even if they don't look too good on me. My latest pair are from London and feature white embroidered skeleton hands on the back pockets. Cute! With jeans I tend to wear just about any top, though I find it's ideal to wear extra-sexy tops with jeans to tone them down a bit. I often buy lingere to wear as tops but you can over-do it if you match them with skirts so I find jeans creates the perfect balance. Oh and if you haven't worn a cami or corset as a regular top before - you don't know what you're missing out on!

As for accessories...well I've only recently gotten back into wearing them. I used to only wear a necklace, my rings and watch and nbothing else. These days I now wear lots of brooches - I adore cameos, blingy spangles and big, gaudy flowers the most. I have also started wearing things in my hair (I love brooches that double as hairclips) and large, obnoxious earrings. I don't believe in the theory you can't wear big earings and a necklace (and others like it) and tend to go for the "more is more" philosophy. As long as there's some continuity in all you wear, then wear as much as you want! Loud and proud!

Shoes are the bain of my existance as I am hopeless with high heels. I love them so dearly but have weak little feet that blister easily and I am exceptionally clumsy so the higher the heel, the more dangerous they become. I wear a lot of ballet flats by day as they're cute while staying confortable. When going out I wear kitten-heels or wedge-heels the most as I can walk in them better than other heels. Any other shoe I have needs to be worn in thoroughly before I venture out of the house in it. Luckily I live withont 500m of the best clubs and bars in Brisbane though, as I often have to run home to change shoes during the night!

Do you have a particular style that defines you? Do you obsess over matching colours like me, or are you mad for colour?