Street style is an all-season sport, even in those awkward autumn and spring weather months, you have to show that you’re on point whatever the conditions.
While autumn can be dry and retreating in temperature, spring promises light and milder conditions, but in reality, delivering snow in March and food-levels in May.
Here at CTRL ALT, we believe in the balance of spectacular and seamless, because some items deserve attention and others just go together.
Turning heads can be a bonus fuelling a massive ego boost, but if you overdo your outfit people could stare at you like an eccentric pop star in a meat dress walking into a slime pouring award show – so balance here is key.
Deciding where you want people to glance first is a great place to start when picking out an outfit.
Assuming you have a wardrobe of trainers, jeans, and t-shirts it may be a good idea to organise them into standout pieces and basic items mentally, if not also physically.
In the first look, you can see starting from the shoes going upwards (tip: sneakerheads always look at your shoes) feature the Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Zebra.
This shoe with a white and black upper and a cream translucent sole had two releases in 2017 and one in 2018 that saw resale prices drop from £1000 to a little over £450 and now somewhere in the £200s.
The piece pops and doesn’t compromise on
comfortability, which is especially noticeable when you’re trekking all over urban cities.
The jeans are from Uniqlo who do comfortable stretchy jeans for around £20. The best thing about stretchy jeans if you haven’t tried them is they don’t restrict your movement in any activity, and yes even if you’re one of those who like to flex in weird positions and take pics these would suit perfectly too.
With a mostly white shoe like the Zebra a light washed blue pair of jeans works best but try it yourself with different tints of blue and light or pastelle shoes.
Moving onto the t-shirt. It’s important here to select carefully based on what shoes you’ve chosen.
For me the Yeezy Boost Zebras are my standout item so wearing a colourful print t-shirt that costs £300 can make you seem too touristy or even worse like you have too much money with no sense on how to spend it.
I’d recommend with flashy shoes a simple print in a light colour (white, pink, sand ect.) Mine is a pick-up from the Kith store in Miami with just a simple print on the front chest, but even a plain one from a high-street retailer would work.
With basic colour clothes it’s important to complete the look with some carefully chosen accessories, but again these don’t need to be Gucci expensive. A medallion from Topman complements my light pink t-shirt, while the bracelets from H&M add some vibrant colour. Watches aren’t a necessity, but with a simple colour look the less flashy the best – something classical like Timex would work fine without breaking the bank.
Sunglasses meanwhile are essential in the rare spring sun, while also giving you the option to glance at other people’s shoes without them knowing.
The last accessory I chose to complete the look is a Adidas x Alexander Wang gym bag that came with my AW runners from the high fashion brand and German manufacturer in 2017.
It’s white and blue colours just blend with the washed jeans, but any gym-style bag really helps prop up this athletic-fashion style.
But of course, a warmer look may not always be appropriate. In this second style: all black with elements of hype.
Starting with the standout piece, the North Face/Supreme hoodie from FW/2018 is layered with a North Face windbreaker.
It isn’t big branded Supreme, but nice subtle hints give the item character.
Cargo pants are a more comfortable option than jeans that Travis Scott, ASAP Rocky and others have been rocking for years now.
You don’t need to be doing DIY and sometimes denim can get boring so switch it up!
For the Spring glum days, you can complete your all-black everything style with the trainers to go with.
I chose the Nike Fear of God Skylon II, that feature a 3M toebox that offer some interesting flash pictures, but any solid shaped shoe like an Air Force 1, or Jordan would work equally well.
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