five will make you feel alright*
Instead of meandering on about my quest for the perfect wardrobe, I thought I'd take a break and do fun things, like this tag from Miss Sophie of Les Anti-Modernes, which asked me to list my five essential accessories.
1) Glasses + cleaning cloth
I don't do so well with contacts, plus I like the way I look with glasses - all smart and serious. These are my favourite pair of all the ones I've ever had - handmade in Japan, nice and weighty but really comfortable, and I love the wood-like finish on the sides. The cleaning cloth is a souvenir from the Prado in Spain - it's a detail of a painting by Mariano Fortuny called "The Painter's Children, Maria Luisa and Mariano in the Japanese Room". I love museum gift shops.
2) Watch from Skagen
This is a gift from my friends for my birthday last year after my last watch stopped. Just like that. Six months after it was serviced. I was grateful for my friends' good timing (pun!), but I was a little "hmm" by the metal strap since I prefer leather. Now I fully appreciate how nicely the mesh bracelet sits on my wrist without moving and the way it looks like a nice cuff - the only jewellery I wear. Feeling a bit like I'm betraying it for wanting to buy a watch!
3) Woven leather belt from Muji
It's nearly always the right thing for every occasion. I haven't seriously considered a new belt much since I got this one - I don't even remember when I bought it.
4) Paul Frank earphones from Skullcandy
Sound-wise, they're not as good as the ones I got for my birthday a few years ago (which I ruined), but they're MUCH better than the ones that came with my iPod. They're also 100% cute.
5) Jersey scarf from Zara
This is a real wardrobe hero - ridiculously warm for something so light, and very soft and smooth even after two years of solid wear and machine-washing. Perfect for tucking into the bag to fend off the enthusiastic Singapore AC when I don't want to bring a jacket or cardigan.
So that's my five. What's yours? Share!
*if you get this, I know you listened to the same so-bad-it's-good pop music as I did in my 'teens.
Comments
My five essentials would probably be my Nokia E63 (email/web/phone/planner in one), my favourite pair of shoes (currently gray distressed Belstaff boots) a handbag (currently a chestnut distressed leather bag from Belen Echandia), a book (currently reading short stories by Nabokov) and my Tom Ford sunglasses - indispensable against the Indian sun.
My 5 essentials will be:
- a casio classic digital watch (so rightfully retro, very Star Wars)
- my Molskine diary in red (the black cover is so blah...)
- my cashmere scarf for the winter
(or any other scarf for other seasons)
- hand cream (airconditioned offices, Urggghh)
- a book
Ammu: I confess I have been to branches of the Met shop, but not the Met yet! I need to rectify that. Is that Belen Echandia bag the one you ordered for your birthday?
Vegalyn: I sometimes wear a casio digital calculator watch that I appropriated from my sister - they are very classic and make such a fun touch to an outfit, especially on super-corporate days.
My essentials are my glasses (although I need new ones), grey marl opaque tights, my antique rings, my Moleskine planner, and my collection of plugs (I have little stretched ears).
always a new discovery with you!
will have to think up a list! ;))
ps...all i am thinking about is pep g...i shall blame you...in a good way of course!! ha!
I feel tagged ;) Try to do the next days ...
rgrds, G.
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i LOVE your picks. your lens cleaning cloth reminds me of an illustration out of Alice in Wonderland...or Through the Looking Glass :) if my lens cloth was cool like yours i'd probably be motivated to clean my glasses (that i wear all the time in lieu of contacts) more!
my oldest watch is my skagen with a round dial and silver mesh band that i got in college...i have to say, they are made really well and look a lot more expensive than they are. great picks! :)
G: I didn't look at them much either, but I started appreciating them after I received on for my birthday. We even wound up buying a black steel mesh one for another friend!
miss sophie: i bought a nice one precisely to force myself to clean my glasses properly - i used to just use whatever I was wearing and ended up scratching the lenses so badly.
nice to know Skagen watches are durable!
onlycoolcats: i only just realised you live in denmark...i'm a bit slow on the uptake :)