Proportion Fix

Here's an all black outfit to show you a little something about proportion and why working with your body type matters and why I crop images mid thigh and mid calf when wearing certain types of clothes. I've mentioned having bowed legs before and how there are certain limitations when working with them. Normally, your femur that comes straight down from your pelvis will meet your knees and connect straight down to the tibia. But if that secondary straight line down is curved, you're already working with a different kind of canvas.

Honestly, working with bowed legs has always been challenging. Most if not all of my bottoms have to be altered not just for the hem length but also for the bottom half of my leg shape. I rarely wear heels with skinny jeans as to not expose the awkward curvature of my legs, while dresses and skirts of varying lengths can become a tricky territory to visit. Fortunately, apparel exists to make your body look better than it does so it's just a matter of finding which silhouettes work for you and building from this. From years of constantly exploring, playing, reshaping, and trying things, there are silhouettes that I now naturally gravitate towards. It's the reason why I prefer to sport trainers and ankle boots over heels and sandals and why you'll never see me in shorts longer than short shorts.

This monochrome outfit aims to convey the significance of the golden rule of third's when dressing. It's made up of two skirts of varying lengths, one on top of the other, that both hit above the knee which allows for a clearer 2/3 proportion fix. In this case, I’ve paired this back to a sneaker ankle boot that exposes the shape of the tibia for purposes explained above.

photos by Nathalie Basoski