In case you missed it, the Sartorial Geek and WORD bookstore have teamed up to bring you monthly happy hour meetups where you can let your geek flag fly. Once a month, you can join us IRL at WORD’s Brooklyn location for drinks, games, and the best way to connect with other proud geeks in our community. In celebration of Harry James Potter, who will turn 38 on July 31st, we all came together for an event any Potterhead can get behind: a Hogwarts house party!
Are you a bit of a sap? A sucker for stories of love? Do you want to read about fictional fashion and couples that cosplay together? Are you as obsessed with Jen Bartel’s ridiculously amazing art as we are? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to pick up the second issue of The Sartorial Geek Magazine before it’s gone forever.
I have a lot to say about This is Us. Some of it is good (Sterling K. Brown, obviously), some not so good (Kate’s story arc… sigh.) But Beth Pearson and her precious little family have been the one thing that’s consistently good to me.
There is so much to love about Beth Pearson. She is the definition of a “mama bear” in its purest form. She’s straightforward and compassionate and knows how to keep the people in her life, namely her husband, sensible and grounded. Beth is arguably the unsung hero of This Is Us and the complex female character of color we deserved.
And obviously, to top it all off, she has an incredible sense of style, so let’s break it down.
For an intro to casual cosplay and some previous looks, check out part one here.
Casual cosplay: we know it, we love it, we’ve definitely all tried it by now. (Right? Just let me have this.)
This week, I put together a few casual cosplay looks inspired by some of our favorite heroes. Let’s just jump right into it, shall we?
We all know Wes Anderson films have never lacked style, but we all know one character in particular with a wardrobe so iconic, you can hardly walk through an adult Halloween party without seeing her outfit. That’s right, I’m talking about Margot Tenenbaum from The Royal Tenenbaums.
There was a fascinating interview in Elle a few years ago with costume designer Karen Patch and how she went about this complicatedly iconic fictional woman, from her wooden prosthetic finger to her “fell asleep with makeup on” smudged eyeliner. Patch’s directions? “Don’t shop anything—make everything.” And while a lot of Margot’s looks felt so familiar at the time, most of it was made custom for her. Here’s a bit of what made Margot Tenenbaum’s style so iconic.
Casual cosplay (or ‘closet cosplay’ as some call it) is a wonderful thing for many reasons. It can help a newbie cosplayer get their feet wet before they make the commitment to full-on cosplay, which can make things much less underwhelming. But it can also give the rest of us an easy way to embrace out fandom 365 days of the year, experts and novices alike.
Casual cosplay usually involves stylish, everyday outfits that you can easily pull from your own closet. This can mean dressing up as a character that keeps it casual or dressing down an elaborate costume in a creative way. Regardless of your reason and how you choose to go about it, this is a super fun way to take your geek chic dressing to the next level. (Plus, it gives your Jordandené tees another purpose. Score.)
Kara Danvers is a lot of things: reporter, secret superhero, loving friend, and sister. Not to mention, she’s the television character I wish I had to look up to growing up.
And now, in celebration of Supergirl season three just hitting Netflix, I’m here to tell you why Kara Danvers is also a style icon.
I still have yet to make it to San Diego Comic Con and that’s a huge bummer. And the biggest bummer of all? Missing out on all the amazing SDCC exclusives! But, despite all of my serious FOMO, I want all of you that are going to have an amazing time and make the most out of your con experience… and what would that be without some shopping?! So, without further ado, I present to you all of the geek-chic SDCC exclusives you need to add to your wardrobe this week.
(Also, I’m not going to explicitly state that someone should hand-deliver all of these to me in Brooklyn, but I certainly wouldn’t complain if they did.)
Empire as a whole has had a major influence on the fashion world from day one. Stores ranging from Torrid to Saks to Fox themselves have put out clothing lines inspired by the show. And before I even started watching Empire, I knew that the name Cookie Lyon was synonymous with “impeccable sense of style.”
Cookie is fierce and flamboyant, ultra-luxurious but never kitschy. Fashion is her armor and she’s winning the war. Actress (and total queen) Taraji P. Henson said it best herself to the New York Times: “You’re looking at a woman who was living for 17 years in an orange prison suit. She had all that time on her hands to think every day of her life, ‘When I get out, what am I going to wear?’”
Itty-bitty tie tops. Tiny sunglasses. …plastic sandals?
I’m not gonna lie: some of the summer 2018 trends have me wondering what year we’re in. And while some are a little wacky, there are still so many I can’t wait to incorporate into my summer wardrobe. Here are some tips on how to style those trends for the geek girl in all of us this season!