WHAT TO WEAR WHEN: You Are A Second-Tier Villainess From A Dark Matter Universe, Temporarily Disguis

WHAT TO WEAR WHEN: You Are A Second-Tier Villainess From A Dark Matter Universe, Temporarily Disguised as a Japanese Substitute TeacherWho hasn’t been there: you and your three sisters have been imprisoned in the eternal bleakness of the Shadow Moon Dimension for millennia, but thanks to the efforts of some all-powerful evil entity, you’re now free on Planet Earth, under the condition that you harvest a certain amount of Life Essence from helpless humans. Unfortunately, there’s one problem: a quintet of pesky schoolgirls with magic powers who continually thwart you in undignified ways. What better way to figure out their identities than to infiltrate their school as the hot new substitute teacher they will all sparklingly admire for the first 2/3 of the episode before they figure you out?Try, if you can, to be a multi-episode arc level villain. Sure, some of your one-episode monsters may really kill it in the Fashion department, but in general you run a high risk of being one of those weird mascots that people avoid in the street – and the seriously evil, while they may be couture as hell, tend to a) be very solitary, and b) get hella vanquished, and it sucks to get killed even if you DO have a redemptive moment of human love before it happens. Intermediate villainess squads, on the other hand, can have fun girlfriend sleepovers, plot and scheme with like-minded sister friends, and often get an early “change of heart” and live out their human lives wearing cute turtlenecks while running a cosmetics store or something.Pick a color scheme and run with it. You’ll be rocking the same basic palette both in your human disguise and out of it, so choose something flattering and adaptable. A good method is to find one distinctive piece in a flattering shade – these orange Louboutin booties, say, or this spring-green Valentino jumpsuit – and build the outfit around that. Your editors have chosen thigh-high stockings in a sinister lilac that will really bring out our eyes. Villainesses in disguise always have a hat, which shades their weirdly-colored eyes as their lips curve in a mysterious smile. Check this beautiful “Rose” fascinator from Gina Foster. This Eley Kishimoto dress is literally a perfect “villainess in normcore drag” look: it’s cute, distinctive, and somehow slightly, eye-catchingly weird, with its big pattern-mixing and unevenly scalloped nip-level bodice. The high neck makes it work-appropriate – at least in your workplace, because….….Anime substitute teachers can wear literally whatever. So why not rock these unbearably cute Charlotte Olympia platform oxfords? (The dark stars on the laces are a subtle nod to your true place of origin.) Pair with sheer knee-high socks: in the Negaverse it’s always the 90s.You’ll need at least one piece of (COLOR-SCHEME-COMPLIANT!) distinctive jewelry in which to store the Soul Hearts or Life Crystals or Energy Mirrors of your victims. One of those nosy schoolgirls is probably going to figure you out after spotting it, but that can’t be helped. We love this octahedral ring from Charlene Court.As we’ve said before, “cover everything but your upper thighs” is literally the most important kind of outfit. Thigh-high stretch suede boots by Alaia and a sheer paneled bodysuit from Malene Birger say “I’m a demon with a rad bod, and I’ll kick your ass.”You don’t have to wear a big piece of sequined armor on one shoulder, but like….why wouldn’t you? The nails must match.Eley Kishimoto shirt dress, $305 / Silver mesh diamond epaulette / BY MALENE BIRGER Sheer Panel Bodysuit, $145 / Yoga socks / Calvin Klein socks / Alaïa over the knee boots, $2,840 / Charlotte Olympia lace up booties / Handcrafted jewelry / Elizabeth Cole swarovski crystal jewelry / Jennifer behr headband, $600 / Essie nail polish -- source link

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