This is the Outfit I Wore…

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If I wasn't so mired in self-analysis and pity as a teenager I might have had the clever foresight to document my outfits of some important moments…first dates, first kisses, first gig etc etc.  Sadly seeing as most of that happened in a bit of a unmemorable blur and sartorially speaking, involved a lot of mum's hand-me-downs and Miss Selfridge (THE shop to go to as opposed to the then-boring Topshop when I was growing up strangely enough…), perhaps I should look to Tom Scott's S/S 09 momentous outfits instead.  This NY-based knitwear designer's lookbook is structured around the sentence "This is the outfit I wore…"

Granted, I've experienced very few of these moments…."I made the (cheerleading) team", "to my first anti-fur protest", "to the Patti Smith concert" but I guess it does make me wish I could have documented such similar moments.  For me it would involve the day I went to an Ash gig, the day I got drunk properly the first time, the day some guy rejected me… ah, blissful moments…

Growing up rites of passage aside, Tom Scott does have an odd slightly distant take on both pieces that are knitwear and non-knitwear.  His latest A/W 09 presentation was similarly stark.  Rather than developing fully flowing collections, he makes individual pieces that are purposely non-cohesive and in a rather good way. 

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**EDIT** As a reader has pointed out, and really this was information to me seeing as the extent of my Miranda July knowledge is her film "Me And You and Everyone We Know" which I semi-loved/hated, July's recent-ish project Learning To Love You More asking people to fulfill 70 creative tasks, one of which asks you to take a picture of your significant outfit, and they have to be flatly laid out on the floor like an outfit as opposed to modelled on body – the type of images that never turn out good for my clothes given that they need some sort of a bod to make any kind of sense.

38 comments

  1. Oh, that’s a really nice idea for a collection.
    I wish I looked stylish, when I had such moments.^^

  2. Such a clever theme even though we do and see it here on the blogosphere everyday. I like the innocent softness with the dusty pinks, and the photos are pretty cool!
    xx-LJ from SOS!

  6. How clever! Pity I don’t remember the outfits I wore during such moments in my life either. Not that they’d be anyway close to the above. Love the pieces, very innocent, clean, childlike?

  7. Love the presentation, shame I’m not loving the collection… sure the open knit tanks is nice but muted natural colour jerseys mixed with sheer aren’t ground breaking.

  10. LOVE the idea of the presentation, but I barely like anything in the collection 🙁 The stitch tank when she found herself is really cute, though!

  12. I like it when they don’t make a full collection like they always do…. Unique collection like this is always refreshing.

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  16. Great concept! I remember the outfit I wore to my first (and only) school dance, as my friends and I had discussed and planned it for weeks. I also remember what I wore on my first day of highschool, to my first open air rock festival and most first dates/kisses. Sadly, no idea what I wore when I went to my first Prince concert 🙂
    But I think nowadays in the age of digital photography, these moments are more likely to be documented. I know I would’ve done that if I had a digital camera 10 years ago.

  21. Golly.. I am feeling so tedious after looking at their beautiful bony structures. How amazingly nymph-like. Anyhoo, love the first picture, it totally represents All-Americanism! Woo~~

  22. Its funny to think of some of those outfits actually being worn to said events (especially the transparent ones!).

  23. Great theme.
    And what a great idea…err….if I looked cool in any form or way during my teens/growing up.
    Still, I loved “browsing” through the looks.

  26. I totally remember the day when Miss Selfridge was the ‘cool’ place to shop. My first outfit was a blue checkered shirt and a pair of slightly flaired jeans. I begged my mum to buy me it and then my nan came to the rescue. I was so young and small at that point all the clothes were so big for me, even the size 8!
    I remember what I wore to my first ash concert… and I really wish I couldnt.
    x

  27. Amazing idea, that’s so intruiging! Great post, really interesting to read and i love the images, each outfit really displays the meanings!
    Fashbashsoundclash X

  28. This sounds like something I might do for a consumer behavior research project – ask people to document their outfits associated with rites of passage and/or special occassions.

  29. I love Miranda July’s Learning to Love You More project. I’ve participated in several of the exercises, including the significant outfit one. Mine seems a bit morbid (first funeral dress) but laying out everything I wore on that very significant day actually helped me to cope. Something about memories paired with tangible objects has a power that memories alone do not.

  35. Ash gig! that was the first gig i went to 🙂 i remember vaguely what i wore, but i remember what my best friend wore better because she’s got more style!

  36. This is such a great post. Totally creative! X) I love your ‘fur protest’ caption haha. This collection looks pretty darn terrific. But like what you said, I can imagine going more for individual pieces and then styling them in a different way to suit my own style but that’s the beauty of it. Definitely checking this one out.

  38. I wore a black, velvet form-fitting dress with foax pearls along the top to my senior prom, and then my date (yes, a guy) showed up in a pink and purple tye-died skirt with a tux top. Embarrassing night. And true story.

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