charlie!...awwwkward...

oh dear me. i haven't posted for four days. FOUR DAYS! what's the matter with me? well, i have been kicking around some ideas as well as putting together some images of me to share with you all. 

sometimes guys match their underwear with their outfits. why? because guys, whether they sag their pants or not, their boxers/briefs/white-y-tight-y's (and yes, that's what i call them) show, whether it is just the elastic or a significant amount. so it is nice, visually, when their is a pleasant surprise of a plain outfit and then BAM. a little pop of color or maybe a fitting, contrasting print. like, hello? business in the front, party in the back. ehhh, ohhh, ehhh, ohhh...oooo never mind. no underwear showing is always cleaner and more professional. 

my point, and my secret until now, is that i match my underwear to my outfits. whether it is to mix up my all black ensemble or just to play up some prints or to just to have fun or just to feel sexy. yea, i do it. let me demonstrate.

the classic: my favorite black, dolman sleeve, high low, knit sweater over a cotton black and white striped shirt paired with black skinny jeans, my prada glasses, a messy bun, and laceless wingtips navy blue with lavender trim, floral cheekies. how fun! you may not know from my usual black ensemble but iam actually a very happy charlie on these days.

the mix master: my rust with white polka dot, knitted, short sleeve sweater over a heather grey, oversized cotton tee paired with crisp, fitted, above the ankle work pants and black patent leather oxford pumps white cotton boyshorts with navy blue polka dots. the key to being a mix master, especially with prints is that one of the prints should always be larger in scale than the other. look at the polka dots on my sweater and the polka dots on a undies. large, small, respectively. take a look at the whole thing together. polka dot overdose or a strangely perfect fit? (or does it just make you wanna polka?!)

the master of disguise (the mix master part zwei (that's two in german)): a bold, vertical, charcoal grey striped, high low, button down shirt, rolled up sleeves paired with fitted red work pants and black pointy two pumps horizontal black and white striped, cotton bikinis. crazy how many types of undie styles there are, no? (btw, bikini is a style. iam not wearing bikini bottoms as undies.) the stripes are different widths as well as different shades. the top has grey slightly thinner stripes while the undies have slightly larger black stripes. and if that isn't obvious, well the vertical to horizontal perpendicular that is going on also helps. so do i look like a prisoner or a prisoner in a clever disguise, ready to break out?

ahh, the superhero: an emerald green, velvet, high low, cape shirt paired with high waisted, ankle length, black skinnies accessorized with red patent leather pointy toe pumps, my oversized geeky glasses, and my superhero emblem necklace bright coral hanky panky's. now, i think it is obvious why i call hanky panky's superhero's. they are no unexpectedly (at least for me) comfortable and might i add sexayy and COMFORTABLE! undies that are comfy and sexy are made of what superhero's are made of.

the baywatch hipster: a colorblocked lavender and magenta-ish purple tank top, blue and white eyelet bra-lette paired with dark wash, boyfriend jeans red nylon/spandex thong. yes, very baywatch inspired and yet hipster-y. why? take one generally agreed upon notion of   (insert notion here: sexy)   (aka. thong, in any color really) pair it with simple, minimalistic top (aka. the tank top) then add another element of said notion (sexy) that isn't quite generally agreed upon (aka. peek-a-boo bra-lette. more the peek-a-boo part than the bra-lette). hipsters, in my opinion, have a way of taking one accepted trend or notion and adding another trend or notion, whether it is the same trend or notion or another. for example, going eighties head to toe from the scrunchie, chains, bright.ass.colors versus taking one element (let's pray you don't pick the scrunchie) and putting a modern, more refined twist. hipster, fashionista, respectively.

finally, the ... ???: crew neck, heather grey sweatshirt, black, oversized, high low, cotton tee, or cherry red (although the image says otherwise) button down paired with black, high waisted, wide leg pants, dark denim, flared jeans, polka dot linen shorts over black stockings, respectively Betsey Johnson mesh leopard print with pink trim boyshorts. i honestly didn't know what to call this one. leopard print has become such a neutral that, while still sexy, it just goes with everything, while still making everything and anything it is paired with sexy. maybe, the one-size-fits-all?

when i get home from a day of work and take my pants off, it makes me feel happy and satisfied (and sexy if i'm wearing leopard apparently. oh and hanky panky's) to know that standing there, in my room, searching for my hot pink, terry cloth pajama pants, i still match!

so undies ladies. we definitely choose our style of underwear according to what we're wearing but do you have fun with them? or are they just something you assume no one will see so you just throw on whatever is clean in your underwear drawer?

charlie.

ps-the mix master: polka dot edition was my outfit on sunday.

pps-those Betsey Johnson mesh undies were my first pair of designer undies. i still have them. i break them out on special occasions. (more on this later)