I Love Her Style!
Meet Gokarm from Polyvore. The outfits she puts together are playful and funky. She often uses photos or accessories as inspiration, and is a great example of how you can interpret anything you see into your clothing. The looks below were inspired by a vintage comic cover, a painting, and Tim Burton's body of work.
![Dick Tracy](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlJsS3Z4d01UM1JHNUI0VDN6Y1NKQVEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Quintessential Lori Earley](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFjJobV85bjhDM1JHV0dvMHlUNW9Td2cAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Tim Burton: The Man Himself---to be continued...](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFmZ0Y1F1ZDJYM0JHdFRwbHpGb3pkNFEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Chaplin](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFnpxYUxsM0FZM1JHWUEyZkU3allWRVEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![A La Johnny 2](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlJOZXB1Q2hpM0JHS0JibWlNSE1fNUEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Dick Tracy](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlJsS3Z4d01UM1JHNUI0VDN6Y1NKQVEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Quintessential Lori Earley](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFjJobV85bjhDM1JHV0dvMHlUNW9Td2cAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Tim Burton: The Man Himself---to be continued...](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFmZ0Y1F1ZDJYM0JHdFRwbHpGb3pkNFEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
Gokarm isn't predictable. When designing a look inspired by the movie Dracula, she avoided all the goth stereotypes while still producing a modern take on dark Victorian romance.
![Dracula in disguise](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkdKQWhVZ3NUM1JHelRtM190cDYxaGcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![The Children of the Revolution Go to War](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlBNZHYwZWp1M0JHMHRjZWN0N1UxcmcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![Dracula in disguise](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkdKQWhVZ3NUM1JHelRtM190cDYxaGcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
I've been thinking a lot the past few months about clothing contrasts -- black leather with pink chiffon, for example -- but Gokarm manages to take it to a new level.
![The Children of the Revolution Go to War](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlBNZHYwZWp1M0JHMHRjZWN0N1UxcmcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
One of her biggest influences is a quote from an unremembered source that said, "In very beautiful women is something masculine, and in every beautiful man is something feminine." Perhaps this is why I enjoy Gokarm's style so much, as androgyny is a look I've never been able to master. Even then, her goal isn't to completely hide the look and shape of a woman, so she carefully considers cut and fabric when creating an ensemble.
![Chaplin](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFnpxYUxsM0FZM1JHWUEyZkU3allWRVEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
![A La Johnny 2](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlJOZXB1Q2hpM0JHS0JibWlNSE1fNUEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
If you want to see more of these looks, Gokarm elaborates on her outfits and others' on her blog Imprisoned Whimsy.
Comments
-rachel
Love your blog, btw!