Sometimes, we just don’t care about our figures.

You heard us right: sometimes we don’t care that we’re hourglass figures.  Sometimes we feel like straight up and down girls, or pear-shaped, or apples.  Occasionally, we may even want to look…triangular.

Because that’s what clothes are supposed to do, right?

A good article of clothing not only accentuates your form, but also your mood.  Style isn’t defined by how you dress yourself within the limits of your body, but also how you stretch those limits, and take your clothing to more interesting depths.

Lately, we’ve been saying Yes! to a lot of our body type’s “no’s.”

Jennifer Nicole: When Market Clothing offered their first 100 Twitter followers a free t-shirt, I hemmed and hawed over which one to get.  Feeling daring, I settled on the Milla, or “boyfriend” tee: it was baggy, not form-fitting…and totally different from my usual style.  I’ve got this high, tiny waist – I need to show it off, right?  Otherwise I’d look…bigger than I am. (And society has taught me to dread that possibility.)

When the t-shirt came I immediately tore open the package and tossed it on.  “Honey, is this too big?” I asked my always honest, ever tactless boyfriend.  “A little, but it’s wearable.”  Wearable?  Well, then I’m going to do what I do with every new item of clothing: wear it immediately, and until I absolutely have to wash it. (I get excited easily.)

I decided to go really daring and wear it with the antithesis of waist definition: low rise, semi-baggy skinny jeans.

See my waist? Neither do I. It’s hidden beneath the (incredibly soft and comfortable) t-shirt.  I wore this outfit for an entire day – to a meeting, to coffee, to take the dog out to pee – and it felt amazing.

What was I expecting?  For people to point and stare because my waist wasn’t defined?  That someone I knew would think me unfashionable or ask if I gained weight?  Maybe.  But here’s the truth of it: I noticed just as many stares – those envious ones from girls and the predatory ones from guys – as I always do.  Only this time, I imagine that at least some of those stares had to do with how confident I was in a baggy t-shirt and jeans, instead of how big my butt is compared to my waist.

Miss Elle: My favorite departure from “fitted & flattering” is much the same as Jennifer’s. As much as I love a good waist-cinching, and some serious leg-lengthening… Sometimes, I just don’t wanna. Yeah, and guess what? That’s okay.

There are way, way, way too many styles of clothing out there for me to box myself in the “I need a waist and shapely curves” department. Loving clothing is about experiencing clothing, for me. So when Jennifer Nicole brought up this idea, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

My go-to outfit is simple: straight leg jeans, a loose top tucked into the front of said jeans, and some high heels. Ta-da, I’m dressed. Unfortunately for my body type… this outfit does nothing for it. I mean, I think I look fine – my legs look really nice – but my upper half (where all the *ahem* attention is usually directed…) is just a completely billowy blur.

The middle pictures shows exactly how loose this top is. The gigantic sleeves in combination with the general oversized-ness is, to me, tempered by the narrowness of the jeans. Plus, the addition of 3.5″ platform boots helps any shapelessness the top is contributing to. Tucking the shirt into the jeans in the front allows for some shape, but certainly not any “body conscious” shape.

Which I am completely okay with. The idea that women constantly need to “dress for their body type” is stifling when it comes to fashion. Does that mean a full figured woman can never wear a minidress? A skinny girl can’t wear a column gown? A pear girl can’t wear skinny jeans? C’mon.

What fun would that be?

How do you deviate from what you’re “supposed” to wear?

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To contact Lindsay Ginn or Jennifer Nicole, you can send an e-mail to Info@TheDemoiselles.com.

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