‘Cuffed’ up
Whilst browsing the latest Hello Fashion Magazine in their section ‘New Fashion Hacks‘ (wow this word is really been ‘bandied’ around at the minute…) I came across a look called ‘Cuff it’ in relation to wearing bangles and bracelets high on the arm (well not that high by looking at this picture…) but what immediately came to mind was the mannequin I photographed last year with a gaffer taped wrist and bracelets, with no hesitation I straight away took a shot of this as you never know this could become a ‘hot new trend’ and I wasn’t wrong!
Picture from HFM fashion magazine and the mannequin from 2017
So inspired by this I searched through my box of fashion accessories and ‘dug out’ bangle after bangle, and bracelet after bracelet to create three ‘cuff’ looks (above) on my mannequin ‘Marianne’ which I call ‘Gold, Silver and Pearl’ you see I just knew you can always rely on a Charity Shop mannequin to become the latest ‘fashion influencer’… ! Bangles and bracelets..I remember were big in the 80’s (another trend this season…again…! More on this later…) I just have terrible ‘flashbacks’ of working in an office with a woman whose bangles clattered and grated me all day long ahhhhhh! I revisited the Charity Shop recently and the silver tape as been replaced by your traditional brown gaffer tape! Well you’ve seen it here first taped wrists are the way to go! (slightly ‘disturbing’…though) Packaging is the next new fashion sensation?? Hmmm…we’ll see…maybe it’s time called the ‘fashion police’ to make an ‘arrest’…!
the revisit provided a small change… Back to ‘brown’… though I think I like the silver better…