I have been waiting for the chance to talk about Florence Welch of Florence of the Machine and my intense girl and wardrobe crush on her. The woman has her own style and it is awesome. I'm working on this post for music blog, so I thought I would take a look at what Florence wears when she goes to a music festival. I mean, everyone talks about award shows and music videos, I want to see what she wears while enjoying some music.
At the Isle of Wight Festival 2010 Florence got slammed for this little outfit. While fringe jackets and John Lennon specs take me back to my dark experimental fashion days of high school, I think the girl is working it. The baby-doll dress, the bread box purse the bobby socks? All spot on adorable with out looking infantile. Without the questionable jacket and glasses she may have entered the “grown woman dressing like a 5 year old to be sexy” territory, and you can probably guess, I hate that territory. Playing with youthful looks – Hot. Pretending to “be a wittle girl” to pick up men – Gross.
Florence goes to Glastonbury in 2009, and me from 1995 falls madly in love. Its probably fair to say that this is Blossom, Courtney Love, and the first season of The Real World rolled up into one, but the bitch had me at the Ray Bans. I miss the textures of the 90s. Lace, sheer, beading, rubber, layering. There are so many textures and layers, its both over whelming and liberating in appearance. Florence wears this look well, and it is perfect for a music festival. Comfortable but flawless.
Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images Europe.
How many of you have a leopard print shorts suit? Yeah, me neither. This is at the Reading Festival on August 28, 2009 in Reading, England and the outfit is indeed quintessential British. The glasses aren’t working for me here and I could never wear a look like this. However, she makes this work. Somehow.
Last, I leave you with some clothing porn from
MTVs write up of Florence for the 2010 VMAs.
