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Back to basics: Wearable cords from Luminosity
By Choice Sliter | October 6, 2006
After taking us traipsing through the countryside, and then through 1940’s Sahara, she returns us to an Autumn basic, the season’s essential: corduroy. It seems like every year the fashion magazines announce that the Fall’s hottest fabric is corduroy. It’s like announcing that black is in again. the truth is, it never goes out. If the leaves are falling and the pumpkins are ripe, it’s time for corduroy.
Ever since the mid-90’s, when manufactures figured out how to increase the wale sizes and decrease the nasty 1980’s corduroy crunch, corduroy has become a cold weather basic. And while basic equals boring to many, for me it is an old friend. It’s a cozy comfort that I return to, when prim and proper gets to be too much. When sexy has left me tired, when dressed up has left me drained. I live for well made basics that make me look fresh and polished. and that is why I love these cords.
First, they come in pack of six delicious, dark hues. Deep wines, charcoals, and evergreens. Second, they come in two styles: with a plain waistband or with a brown, braided belt. Although I love the addition of belts on pants, I recently realized that almost all of my casual pants have belts attached, and when it comes to certain tops (such as the one I wrote about earlier this week from [Shine]), the attached belt doesn’t work. So it’s nice to have two looks included and to not have to choose between the sets. Third, the sweet little bootie pockets. Let’s face it, Choice has a butt and she loves it. And she likes a designer who understands the beauty of the callipygian woman and isn’t afraid to accentuate my most important asset.
But what sets these cords apart from their RL counterparts is the lovely highlighting and shading. In the real world, these would be a rayon-cotton or silk-cotton blend. The sheen would be unlikely with plain old brushed cotton. But this sheen does something wonderful with the contours of your legs. If you are curvy and proud, these cords will make you that much prouder, all the way down to those luscious wrinkles in the back, knee bend. They are ten times as flattering as you ever imagined corduroy pants to be. And they look great with sweaters, oxfords, blazers…
Or casual, wrap tops. That would be the second part of the release. I am wearing a selection of the wrap tops in the photo. These are nicely shaded and wrinkled, with a great selection of colors in the set. They display an appropriate amount of cleavage and are easy mix-and-match pieces that can blend into any wardrobe. I really like them and recommend them as nice, feminine, layering pieces. But as far as I’m concerned, the cords are the must-have stars of the show.
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In this photo: Earrings: Skin: Bronzage Dark Trendy Mocha by Tete a Pied; Eyes: Choclate by OPIUM; Hair: Honeychild in Cocoa by The Shop; Shirts: Wrap Tops in gold, green, and wine by Luminosity; Pants: Flap Pocket Cords in red, charcoal, and green by Luminosity; Shoes: Lollies in olive by Shiny Things
All model poses courtesy of the PinUp and Elegance collections at Digital Dragon Designs.
Nice cords and I’m being lazy about gettin my pictures of them edited. The butt of them looks great even on my skinny hipped system skirt wearing self.
Posted by: CronoCloud Creeggan on October 6th, 2006 at 3:37 pmHahahah :-) Nice one, Cloud.
Posted by: Choice Sliter on October 6th, 2006 at 4:33 pmWell that’s good to hear! Feeds Crono =)
Posted by: Sol Columbia on October 6th, 2006 at 11:38 pm[...] Second, we have the perennial winter favorite: the Pea Coat. Coming from a Navy family and living in the Pacific Northwest for five years means that I am a RL pea coat nut. Even though I live in Southern California now, I still love throwing on a pea coat the second the temperature drops below 55. These feature a high-stance lapel and the beautiful, boiled wool texture we saw on the Sahara blazer. It comes in camel, charcoal red, chocolate, periwinkle, and navy. It coordinates well with Sol’s cords release from last week. [...]
Posted by: Second Style Fashionista » One good coat deserves two others at Luminosity on October 11th, 2006 at 4:52 pm