Black-on-black outfits can easily verge on boring, but this week’s best dressed—spotted on Ossington Avenue—is an exception. Kenia Avendano makes monochromatic interesting by combining trendy accessories with a vintage dress and statement jewellery. We talked to the 29-year-old Ryerson fashion communications student to find out how she stays chic on a budget.
(Photo by Krist Papas)
Tell us what you’re wearing.
The dress is from the ’80s—I found it at a Vancouver consignment store called C’est la Vie. The sandals are from eBay, but the shipping cost more than the shoes. The jacket is from H&M, and the tights are from American Apparel. The most expensive thing on me is the ring from Jacflash, which cost $280.
Do you always wear black?
Yes, but I play with texture and silhouettes or add a flash of colour with accessories and makeup. When I wear bright colours, I feel too flashy.
But you’re wearing a lot of trendy pieces—how do you avoid going overboard?
I think mixing trendy pieces with timeless garments is the key. For me, it’s balancing something that’s in now, like the tights, and something I can wear years from now, like the dress.
Are there any looks you’re not into at the moment?
The headband across the forehead is something that needs to go away. I know trends come and go, but it should have gone months ago.
Have any cost-cutting fashion tips?
I’m obsessed with clothing, but I’m a student, so I buy inexpensive items and make them look like a million bucks. It’s something a lot of people have to do right now.
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love the look. what are your thoughts on topiary?
August 18, 2009 at 11:43 am | by banditHI,great web site
August 28, 2009 at 8:58 am | by OTOlookie lookie
November 29, 2009 at 6:50 pm | by Girl nextdoorhttp://www.joeisthenewblack.com/tag/kenia/
ew honestly. you look like shit. talk about trying to hard? especially with the pout…hun go look at yourself in the mirror. complete trash.
you look old too.
so stop trying to dress ‘hip’…or better yet, stop trying to think you’re all that. because your not.
you look nastaaaaaaaay and hideous.
September 2, 2010 at 5:05 pm | by anonHey anonymous, you think you’re tough for shit talking people on the internet? haha you’re a bitter envious loser. Why so upset princess? did your man happen to check her out?
September 20, 2010 at 2:34 am | by AymaraMaybe if you weren’t such a miserable ugly bitch you’d get laid once in awhile.
I love this video. I just really neeedd to say that. This video makes my heart sing and weep at the same time, and it makes me want to change the world. Change perceptions. Alter the ideas of what pretty is or should be, smash ‘em down with new definitions and conceptions of beauty. I love this video.
April 23, 2012 at 11:15 am | by Sofii