Things I rewore this week #3
6 repetitive looks around my favourite t-shirts
‘Things I rewore’ is a series turning habit: I intentionally bring back older clothes from my wardrobe into my daily fits. Paying attention to when they were purchased, I style my reworns in a way that feels now to avoid buying more.
This week got kicked off by dear Emily gifting me my dream t-shirt from ZODIAQUE STUDIOS. It has tiny sleeves and is softly ripped, encapsulating the best of teenage spirit while being structured enough to give you the confidence to own it well beyond.
My goal was to wear it all week long, but naturally that didn’t work. So as I was waiting for it to dry again after the first wash, I put some more attention to my other favourite t-shirts and what makes them reliable even after many years. Hope you enjoy this week in reworns, dear TIDBTW! x
White t-shirt and grey blazer & red parachute trousers
Story behind the look: I got these trousers at the fleamarket in 2021 or 2022 and was delighted to see danish brand Saks Potts (do you know they’re about to publish a book?) bringing out parachute pants shortly after – it immediately lifted mine. They work their sporty magic under an oversized and nicely ironed shirt or big sweater, but they also look fun (and pretty neat) with a blazer. This was my attempt to go way back into my closet and bring out some colour on a Sunday. The necklace was a gift at a recent VOGUE x PANDORA cocktail event, our son’s name is engraved in my handwriting. Which to be fair sounds a little kitsch but is mostly very sweet. Works also really well with this catty shirt.
As Saks Potts has since closed down, these trousers get rare. I found a grey pair in a size L on ebay for £125.00:
White t-shirt, black basics and fun jewerly
Story behind the look: I am really feeling these trousers again, after probably not wearing them for 2,5 years. They are fitted enough to give you some leg, but still so loose you can roam around carefree, which is all I want from my trousers. I realized I tend to tuck in my t-shirts less since giving birth, but something about the pairing with this tied to cropped rain jacket made me want to create a leaner look. So here we are. My friend involuntarily gifted me this little round stone pendant from the fleamarket because I was out of cash. Lucky me, now it doesn’t count! I put it on more delicate necklace and layered it with the chunkier collar from JOHANNA GAUDER, on it’s own it’s a bit too new age to me. Or rather on me! Felt nice to just add something somewhat unexpected.
DYI Shorts, white t-shirt and grey blazer
Story behind the look: oh summer dressing! I learned today that black leather ballerinas are not made for 25 degrees weather, my caged in feet were basically boiling. I’m in desperate need of some sandals.
I had some meetings first and took this to the playground later and dusted the whole look – but something wasn’t 100 %. Been trying to play around with this talisman necklace by ukrainian brand Litkovska, but maybe all silver (and more of it), would have felt more in keep with the blazer here. But hey, me and styling around shorts, that were the whole trigger point here (got them tailored from long to short last year), we are still getting to know each other. My legs might need to see some self tanner after all.
For blazer + shorts, I love how Wana Limar dressed here, the mules ease the whole outfit:
Grey t-shirt, lace dress and flip flops
Story behind the look: this is as Olsen as I get. The white t-shirt needed a break after all! Our son stayed at home with a cold, so we split the day and I tried to get into gear fast: this dress is old Zara and I swapped it on vinted. Never really knew how to wear it, but then lace is having such a moment right now; I wanna be in it.
The real pro move would have been to add one more layer of maybe a white t-shirt peeking through / below, but again, that’s in the wash. Also I didn’t have time to overthink this. White Havaianas need a wash too and I wish they were black (mine ripped last year). T-shirt could be even bigger, but this is okay. My natural go-to is a white tee, but it’s nice to keep a good shade of grey in the rotation (also more forgiving in case things get messy) and this one is a hit. That necklace is growing on me although I still have to counterbalance to not feel too bohemian – the supermarket sunnies have enough Balenciaga sass to do that for me.
Swipe through the insta post below to see how the lace situation is properly done. Or don’t! Because too often I asked myself “How would she (insert famous content creator with their style seemingly down to a t) wear this?” - and then I get lost. Because it’s not only okay but important to look different, try your own thing and first of all to understand what that really is. Which is hard in today’s social media noise. I’m trying to find that inner voice again and in case it feels wrong, you can just take the necklace / hat / sunnies off. They’re just an accessory after all.
Anyway, her style is super though:
CAES trousers, white tee and that jacket.
Story behind the look: I’ve worn this before, you’ve seen this before, which is the whole point. The grey green silk tailored trousers from CAES are always on call to elevate everything and today I wore them with the ZODIAQUE shirt tucked in, whereas I usually like to wear them exactly like in the brand’s lookbook – with a big tee layered on top for maximum volume. But here I wanted to look less casual and the jacket works so well when it really sits against the hip, no extra layer in between. Felt business, meant business.
White t-shirt (this time big), black basics and long necklace
Story behind the look: this Friday basically repeats everything from Monday, just with a different emphasis: I wanted to feel like I have space, can move around and that was calling for my go-to CAES shirt. I feel the necklace also works especially well with a big t-shirt. I met a stylist friend, ran a few errand, wrote a dozen emails and then it was time to pick up Rudi again – Friday moves fast!
So while I was wearing the same things a lot this week, one easy element to switch up is the jewelry (and so is the bag, if I wasn’t so obsessed with it; it fits my laptop, which is rare). Go longer, shorter, stack it on, reduce. Find new preloved gems at the fleamarket. When the clothes are so simple and when a t-shirt is your main focus, it’s fun to play around with it.
If you are a t-shirt person in summer too, you might find this selection helpful:
My favourite basic tees:
White:
ZODIAQUE STUDIOS soft ripped structure white t-shirt, 55 Euros
CAES Off-white oversized tee, 100,00 Euros
Grey:
ZODIAQUE STUDIOS soft ripped structure grey t-shirt, 55 Euros
Black:
CAES black oversized tee, 100,00 Euros
Red:
Flore Flore Car Baby Tee, 95,00 Euros
And speaking of jewelry, we just launched JOHANNA GAUDERS collection #8 this week, if you are looking for an elegant statement piece to complete your basics, I recommend looking into earrings no 42, 43, 44. I most definitely will:
Talk soon! Xx
Things I did get gifted this week: 2
ZODIAQUE STUDIOS soft ripped structure white t-shirt, 55 Euros
Little round stone pendant from the fleamarket, 2,00 €