One piece wonder
One garment. One color. Lots o’ jewelry.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Cynthia Roberts, 21, of Fayetteville shops with her mom in downtown Little Rock before attending her cousin’s high school graduation. She’s in town for the commencement and a golf tournament. Roberts claims she doesn’t have a set style: “I mix every style together.” Day to day, you can find her wearing either a T-shirt and jeans, a little dress or something a bit more athletic
“I like outdoorsy things,” she said. “I don’t dress up on an every day basis.” Today, her casual, bohemian look fits right in with the breezy warm weather of spring.
the look:
Roberts is a girl who enjoys her jewelry. On just about every imaginable place, she is adorned with a number of trinkets or baubles. But instead of looking cluttered, she looks charming, as if piling on each piece of jewelry only makes an improvement. She just added one piece a moment before when she purchased a ring with turquoise and intertwining pearls. Only one necklace remains on most days.
“When I dress up, I wear a lot of jewelry but I usually always wear this silver ‘karma’ necklace that signifies, ‘what goes around, comes around,’” she said. All but one of her bangles were her mother’s from the early ’80s.
A green and white strapless, smocked dress is the heart of her outfit. In fact, it’s the only clothing she is wearing.
“Why spend money on a shirt and pants when you can get a dress and you’re done?” she mused.
The dress is an easy outfit-in-one, and throwing one on makes looking good in the spring and summer nearly effortless.
“I love the warm weather so I can wear flowy dresses,” Roberts said. “They’re cute, easy, and it looks like I tried hard.”
One might think that green is Roberts favorite color given her shoes and just about everything else she’s wearing. When asked about the abundance of green in her outfit, Roberts replied, “I have a really hard time matching, so I wear one color.” She proves that even those without color-coordinating abilities can pull together a pretty ensemble. Across her body, Roberts wears a one-strap purse.
“I lose things so I do the one strap,” she said. “If it’s attached, I won’t lose it.” The hands-free nature of the bag exemplifies what Roberts’ mother, who was standing nearby, says about her daughter: “She’s a free spirit.”
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