Fashion

WINTER IS COMING! AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO WEAR SUMMER ACCESSORIES DUH

I don't know about you, but for me, the hardest time of the year has begun. The holidays are over, the Christmas tree is put away, and fucking all the champagne is gone. By the way, I have no idea who did that, it definitely wasn't me, otherwise I would remember it.

Probably.

Anyways, here we are. Behaving ourselves. On the eve of at least three months of bitter cold, heavy downpours, heavy snowfall, hail showers, gusts of wind up to 120 kilometers per hour, and of course slowly moving and standstill traffic provided by the ANP. By the way, did you know that the trees only turn completely green again by mid-April? I'm telling you, winter creeps up on you when you least expect it. It's pure rip-off. And it is. Winter is by no means over on March 21, while summer has already been over for a while on September 21. What the hell.

Whoever wants to stay sane this winter must be smart. And that's why I've decided that we are going to wear summer accessories. Yes, you read that right: the summer accessories are coming out of the closet and hups hups hups on the ear, on the nose, or on the head. Think of brightly colored and shiny statement earrings, raffia hats, and long jingling wide chains. And please don't think I've gone crazy, because Leandra Medine from Man Repeller does it too and she's super cool.

“For a brief moment it was summer. For a brief moment you didn't want to die.”

Here's the thing. With summer accessories (like MY socially awesome Gucci sunglasses adorned with rhinestones) you can easily mislead the mind. Of course, because the world looks a lot more summery through colored lenses, but there's more. Just think of the moment when you go out to eat with your pink LOVE statement earrings from Shourouk and cool raffia summer hat and you go to the bathroom there. Ten to one you wash your hands in such a cool sink with brass taps and look down admiringly and hatefully for a while. The moment you look up again: that moment, that's what it's all about. Your brain registers brightly colored accessories and a hat, and will briefly let you know that it's summer. Oops, thanks, but still. For a brief moment it was summer. For a brief moment you didn't want to die.

Lastly, an important wearing tip. Keep it warm, you've already got it tough enough. For example, wear a loose tight turtleneck (Leandra makes them very easily from an old sweater but you and I don't) or a short scarf (you can just buy it), possibly even adorned with your coolest chokers. Go ahead, as far as I'm concerned. Bam!