The perfect start to a closet makeover! This 20-pack of sleek, black hangers will blend in nicely with your clothes storage. Ultra thin design maximizes closet space while velvety smooth texture prevents slipping. Weight limit: 5 lbs.‘If it was socially acceptable, I’d drape myself in velvet.’, said George Costanza once. Little did he know a few years later head-to-toe-velvet would not only be acceptable, but also coveted. Crazy bitch this Fashion huh? And me, for the first time in a loooong time I have no clue whatsoever about where I’m standing in regards to this trend. Who am I kidding? I rarely have a clue about anything I’m doing. Confusing, inconsistent, impossible to make up my mind is my middle name basically. I just like to think I’m different every now and then. One of those women who always got their shit together. So, on the topic of VELVET as a major trend for 2016 cold season, and its comeback to our sartorial lives I literally don’t know whether I’m all for yay or nay.

Okay, I have days when I’m sold on the velvet trend. Such as yesterday, and this morning for like 30 minutes. Then, all the love and infatuation I felt went away, and it was all replaced with some meh vibes towards this dated and incredibly old fabric.Eco Outdoor Furniture Review That’s the downside of VELVET you see: it tends to look so old, as if it still holds within it the scent and smell of a 100 years old story a once young woman lived. T Shirt Live By The CreedSo when it comes to velvet, personally I’d go for an uber high quality fabric. Best Way To Put A Down Comforter In A Duvet CoverAnd… not to place any double standards or anything, but, it is a look just for women. A man in velvet? How to wear velvet this fall?

Velvet looks amazing actually in deep colours: red, blue, green, black, AND in blazers. Now THAT is something that will always looks incredibly cool. More and more celebs and fashion VIPs are seen in velvet blazers or suits in bold colours. Truth is this look holds a certain vintage elegance to it, something like fashion guru meets stylish vampire, and they decide to have dinner over at some old as fuck castle surrounded by sophisticated candle lights, velvet curtains, and the seduction that lingers in the air. God, I need to watch some vampire movies. To come clean with you all, this image above is pretty much the only reason I kinda fancy the idea of velvet. For the scenario it holds in my head. And also I used to have a pair of velvet jeans back in the day that made my bum look beyond amazing. To answer the question above I think the key element here is to go for great cuts, very sleek and architectural rather than slouchy, which tend to look cheap in velvet. Go for very good quality fabric, and then it’s up to you whether or not you do an elegant refined vintage inspired style or a more cool-borderline-kitsch-look.

VELVET – the vampire refined look. Humour me please, and let’s just call it that. It’s polished with a tad of decadence to it, it’s adorned with long hair in waves, with bold rings, with dark stained lips, with seductive beauty and a certain kinda of 70s rebelliousness. A red velvet pant-suit, or a black one with nothing underneath or, au contraire with a crispy button down under, stiletto heels and fabulous accessories can give you this look. Or, be this rocknroll queen with over-the-top-dramatic long velvet trench-coats in opulent decadent yellows or purples. It’s kitsch meets fashion avant-garde with a bit of vintage glamour to them. Ahh what am I saying, the love for velvet is kicking in again and frankly I can’t wait for colder temperatures to nail this vintage style. Until we drape ourselves in velvet ladies, let’s get some inspo from  the street stylers and then discuss this love-hate relationship below.It does actually look pretty cool. Except for velvet tops.

Those I still can’t stand, but everything else is pretty rocknroll. I’ve picked my fave items for you below, in case you know… we’re considering the velvet look soon. Okay, it just hit me now – Lana del Rey’s ‘Blue Velvet’. Now THAT is the exact look and mood this velvet trend is giving me. So forget everything else I said and just listen to her go on about this retro glamorous packed with vices and mysterious world. I’ll have the blue velvet suit please. ‘She wore blue velvet… "Then there were doors that weren't really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending." This article has an excess of red links in it. Attention is requested to create new articles from these links.Please remove this message when finished. Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric made, ideally, from silk, and with a very distinctively smooth feel. In the 1400s, Snickerton, while attempting to find evidence that his most successful competitor Delfina Crimp was a witch, hid in her shop wrapped in a bolt of velvet.

Sure enough, he witnessed Crimp cutting out an intricate pattern on cloth with her wand. The curtains on the four-poster beds at Gryffindor Tower were made of velvet of a deep-red shade.[4] The doorway to the Deathday Party Hall had black velvet drapes; the table of rotten food was also covered in black velvet.[6] During the Wand Weighing ceremony in 1994, three desks of the classroom in which it was held were placed end-to-end in front of the blackboard and covered in a lenght of velvet.[7] At 12 Grimmauld Place, the portrait of Walburga Black that hung in the hall was covered by a pair of moth-eaten velvet curtains that flew apart whenever the portrait was disturbed,[8] and, upstairs, the bedrooms[9] as well as drawing room had moss-green velvet curtains that by 1995 were home to a nasty infestation of Doxies.[11] There were chairs upholstered in dark velvet in the room in which Lord Voldemort asked Augustus Rookwood for information about why Broderick Bode was not able to fetch The Prophecy from the Department of Mysteries.

[12] In the 1940s, Horace Slughorn had a small velvet pouffe in his office at Hogwarts, which he used to rest his little feet.[14] Hepzibah Smith kept Salazar Slytherin's Locket in a fine box with a red velvet cushion inside.[15] During his funeral, Albus Dumbledore's body was wrapped in purple velvet spangled with golden stars.[16] The case in which Fleur Delacour gave Muriel back her old goblin-made tiara through Garrick Ollivander was made of velvet. The wizards who drove the wore emerald velvet chauffeur suits. The wore robes of black velvet trimmed with gold for the final of the . , which he wore to the in , were made of maroon velvet with mouldy-looking lace frills at the collar and matching lace cuffs. were also made of velvet, but of a black colour and with a high colour that "made him look like a vicar". usually wore a little black velvet bow perched on top of her hair, that forcibly reminded of a large fly perched unwisely on top of an even larger . On the day and came to to invite to come back to his old teaching position at , Slughorn was wearing a a maroon velvet jacket with highly polished buttons over a pair of lilac silk pyjamas.

Slughorn wore velvet again on the day he took the to Hogwarts. On the in December, , Slughorn wore a tasselled velved hat and matching smoking jacket — later on in the party, after some , it was a little askew. Slughorn also had a green velvet dressing-gown and matching nightcap that he wore in the morning of , , . In , on the day he visited to tell about the wizarding community and his place at Hogwarts, wore a flamboyantly cut suit of plum velvet that drew many curious glances from . The programmes for the Quidditch World Cup matches in the summer of 1994 were tasselled and covered in velvet. ↑ "Velvet" on Wikipedia ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Spells ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat) ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5 (The Whomping Willow) ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party) ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 17 (The Four Champions) ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18 (The Weighing of the Wands)

↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 4 (Number Twelve Grimmauld Place) ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 10 (Kreacher's Tale) ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 6 (The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black) ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 9 (A Place to Hide) ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen) ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Memory) ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23 (Horcruxes) ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20 (Lord Voldemort's Request) ↑ 16.0 16.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 30 (The White Tomb) ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 25 (Shell Cottage) ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron) ↑ 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup)