In Between Fashion

Ana- Growing up in Venezuela, I never really had to think much about what I would wear. Everyday in Caracas, the weather was pretty much the same: Pretty.

I spent my first few years in the U.S. in trans-seasonal outfits as I worked through my "uni-seasonal" wardrobe and added some fall and winter pieces. Reflecting on it now, these trans-seasonal outfits represented what was going on in my life at the time. I had one foot in my previous high school life in Venezuela and one foot in my new college life in the U.S.

I love trans-seasonal fashion; maybe because it reminds me of a big milestone in my life, maybe because it is just fun. It’s “nor here nor there” and its “here and there”.

Corina – Viejas, do you put away/rotate your clothes every season? I don’t, mixing and matching seasonal pieces and colors is widely accepted in today’s fashion world. Using most of the same clothes year-round saves money, space, reduces waste and can show off your creative personality. At first, I wore the same clothes regardless of the season unintentionally. I grew up in the tropics, where there are no seasons, so I wore whatever clothes I wanted all year long in 80-degree weather. Even sweaters and suede boots if that was the trend. Now, I do it intentionally mainly because I do not have the space to store additional clothes and because it gives me the opportunity to wear items I love most of the year.

Some of the pieces I like to mix are summer/spring dresses with a chunky sweater or leather jacket and tank tops or t-shirts on top of a button-down shirt.