Riley usually didn't wear much else than black when it came to picking out clothes. I would have loved to have seen her in a light pink, or even a rich blue once in a while, but she rarely wore anything out side the black, white, or gray color chart. School uniforms also made it difficult to express ones clothing style.
In fact I would have to agree with my friend, School uniforms sucked! I loved creating new clothes, starting with the design, and moving into sewing them. Typically I took an already produced piece of clothing and accented it, giving it my own flare. It didn't matter if it was a pare of jean, hat, or even socks I'd changed all of these a time or two in order to create my fashion designs.
Most people didn't know, but I especially loved to analyze clothing choices of random people and change it in my mind. Finding a better style that would fit their body type or color choice. Most of the time it was ways to make their own outfit pop and give it a little zow!
I was currently working on a project, a jacket for Riley. I'd gotten at a second hand store with the intention of slicing it up. I'd cut the back of the black denim, sewn in a back casing and added a pink ribbon with eyelets crisscrossing the pink ribbon . It had turned out better than I'd anticipated and so feeling confident with my design choices, I was inspired to change the selves too, bring in the same pink into the cuffs. It was amazing and the best part is that I'd made it better than the sketch I'd jotted down in my book.
Riley would love it, I knew she would. Even if it wasn't completely black I figured I'd work in a little color into her wardrobe. Pink always looked good with her skin color and I figured she wouldn't notice minimal color palette with little here and there and then in no time at all I'd actually get her to have more than black in her closet.
I guess some might have considered this manipulative, in reality I really did have her back, however-with a little flare of color. I felt like she'd gotten into a funk when it came to her clothes, but then again I was obsessed with clothes. I understood her "goth" style was a statement, I liked her in it, but sheeze! Add some color to it once in awhile. Black, white, and gray is okay, but really adding some color here and there could really make it pop. (Now, if I could only get her to give up the rouged Docs.)
