A literary take on fashion

29 Jan

I am turning this post into a fashion story inspired by books. But not just any books, these are reads that inspired me as a child/young teen to fall in love with reading (it’s not a secret I am very close to officially becoming a librarian). I thought it would be fun to create a small dream wardrobe inspired around three different books from that time in my life (I’m hoping to spin this into a regular feature perhaps).

To begin, it’s the Baby Sitters Club by Ann Martin. You may remember reading this and trying to figure out which girl you were most like – these are from back in the day when teenagers were trusted to be babysitters.

Next is one my favorites, Goosebumps by RL Stine, the master of children’s horror. You can follow him on Twitter, which I recommend because he is hilarious. Each book was different, not quite scary, but more or less taught you a lesson.

Last but not least is a terrific pig, Charlotte’s Web by EB White. Which reading the book and watching the animated movie may have changed my life forever. Who knew that a story about a pig and a spider could teach you so much about friendship.

This shows me that inspiration can come from anywhere really. I’m hoping the references I’ve made in the items I picked make sense! Tell me you read these books once too :) Or please share with me which were the books that you loved when you were a kid, I’d love to hear.

Comments 33 Comments
Categories accessories, animals, books, color, inspiration
Author Eli

http://twitter.com/jamielechic james

Eli, this is such an awesome post! I loveddd Goosebumps as a child, too! Ahh, it’d be amazing to have a collection today :) And of course, The Babysitters Club! Which one was it that had diabetes? LOL! YES! After reading The Babysitters Club, that stuck out to me the most :) And a classic.. Charlotte’s Web! This post is so cool, I’d love to see more! Hope you had a good weekend darling <3

love, jamie

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Glad you liked it. The BSC had all kinds of weird shit going on :)

http://stylebysantina.blogspot.com/ Santina

I love this post, Eli! I hope to see more like this!

And, are those the Madewell overalls calling my name?? Aggghh, can’t stop thinking about them!

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Haha when I made the post I TRIED to find those Madewell overalls on Polyvore just for you :)

http://iamchiconthecheap.com/ Lyddiegal

What a cool idea for outfit inspiration!
My faves were the Boxcar Children… but I always seceretly wished they hadn’t found the wealthy relative and stayed in the boxcar a little longer, since that was way cool.

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Embarrased to say I’ve never read a Boxcar children book :o

Ashley P.

I love this post! All of your clothing choices made perfect sense and you could tell they went along with the books. I was a HUGE BSC fan. I still have all of my old books saved for my kids even though my 6 year old has no desire at all to read them. :(

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Hang onto all of them!! They dont print them anymore and people are looking for them all the time. Who would have ever thought they would be rare! They may not be interested in reading them now, but in a few years just wait :)

Jeanne

This is such a cool post idea! I love how you always use your love for books and turn it into a creative blog post!

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

I blog what I know, and it just happens to be kids books right now whether I like it or not :)

http://wendybrandes.com/blog/ WendyB

Charlotte’s Web was one of my favorites. I also loved The Trumpet of the Swan.

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Cant go wrong with EB White

http://theclosetdenatalie.blogspot.com Natalie Garza

Oh my gosh, what a neat post! This encompasses so much of my childhood because I was (and still am) such a huge reader. From ages 9-11, I was “member” of the Babysitter’s Club and received four books a month from the series. R.L Stine was another of one of my favorites. Did you ever read the Fear Street books? They were part of my guilty pleasure reading in late middle school/early high school along with the Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty.

Right now, I’m reading Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Have you read it?

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Have not read special topics but I’ll have to check it out! I’m reading all the time, and because I work with kids, I get to read kids books all the time too, it’s much more fun :)

http://starcrossedsmile.blogspot.com Nnenna

This is a lovely idea for a post- I definitely read all of these when I was younger! I was also really into Nancy Drew and the Boxcar Children, ahh, such good times curled up under my sheets with those books! :)

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

So embarrased to say that even though they are classics, I’ve yet to read a Nancy Drew or Boxcar Children :0

http://starcrossedsmile.blogspot.com Nnenna

It’s never too late! :)

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

I know :) There was tons of Missoni stuff after the hoopla and all the returns! I highly doubt this one will be as nuts.

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i love this post, eli. your picks are so fitting & fantastic too! i was really into nancy drew & judy blum when i was a kid. charlotte’s web was also one that i read over & over.

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

Oooh Judy Blume had too many good books for me to pick from to do this!! Glad you liked it :)

Thecitylovesfashion

so cute
http://www.fashionintel.com Natalie James

You put so much thought into this, I adore it. One of my faves is that skeleton swimsuit.

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

I kind of want to really find that skeleton swimsuit!!

http://cupcakesandtreacle.blogspot.com/ Lidiya

I adore the inspiration in all of the looks, my favourite look has to be ‘ Goosebumps’ <3
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http://www.savvyinsanfrancisco.blogspot.com/ Savvy in San Francisco

Eli – I love this idea! Such a wonderful concept and what a perfect way to incorporate your two loves! I love it!
http://kittysnooks.blogspot.com/ Katia

These are so so cute! Loooove the Charlotte’s Web one, great book and a great look! ;)

xo
http://kittysnooks.blogspot.com/
http://ilikethatblog.com/ Liset

What a great idea for a post! Unfortunately, I don’t know any of the books so I can’t really relate the outfit to the books but they look great :)

http://www.thrifteye.com/ Eli

All the books are old and for kids! That is probably why :)

http://waitingformeg.blogspot.com/ Meg

This is very creative and very cute! Love it!
ashley/ milk teeths

Ahh so awesome! I love the BSC one especially. I did something like this along time ago with literary characters too! Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby, Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, and Esther Greenwood from The Bell Jar. Great minds eh?