The weather here in Chicago has been pretty lousy for spring weather. Nevertheless, there are signs that the tourists are beginning to return. The return of the tourists usually coincides with the return of interesting new fashions to upper Michigan avenue and of course my favorite Borders bookstore. Yesterday during my usual shopping of the manga, I saw a young woman in a very attractive red plaid skirt with thick soled black shoes. Her stockings/tights were also red with an interesting pattern. It all went very nicely together in a sort of combination the gothic lolita and schoolgirl looks. She was probably a college student or highschooler on spring break.
Red seems to be an early favorite, as the day before I saw another young woman in a short skirt with bright red stockings that went alllllll the wayyyy up! This combo also had goth inspired elements, and she had a matching male companion to boot, no red on him but similar gothic looks.
After leaving the Borders I saw a tall young man with red hair, probably natural from his pale complexion, with matching red Converse style sneakers suitably worn. I don’t think it was an accident that the sneakers were red.
I’m reminded of all of this this morning, because my lovely WillowBrow is wearing a very nice black suit jacket with thin red pinstripes that I helped her pick out a few years back. This is still one of my favorite jackets on her. Sadly she never wears the matching skirt, which shows off her legs very nicely, because she says the slit is too high. Sigh…