Posted by
Linda on January 16, 2011
When I heard
Cassadee Pope say in
an interview that she tries not to wear the same outfit twice on stage, it really stuck out to me since I’m used to blogging about
Hayley Williams, who often wears the same outfit every night for a whole tour.
Cassadee does wear the same pieces multiple times – she wore the same faux leather shorts with different tops – but she mixes and matches pieces so that each outfit is unique. She has a very defined style, and she keeps a cohesive look by wearing a lot of pieces that are similar to each other. For most of Hey Monday’s fall tour, she wore bodysuits with high-waisted shorts or skirts.
Paramore's Hayley Williams performs in an Operation Ivy tank top, Sass & Bide pants, and Nike shoes at the WaMu Theater in Seattle, WA on May 12, 2010
Hayley tends to wear more expensive clothes, but she gets a lot of use out of them. Some fans got upset that Hayley had changed from her previously thrifty ways when she bought a pair of
leopard pants costing nearly $200 (pictured on the right), but she wore the same pair of pants virtually every night on Paramore’s spring 2010 Pacific Rim and United States tours – about 4 months of touring in the same pants. So even though Cassadee shops at more affordable stores like
Forever 21 and
American Apparel, her tour wardrobe probably ends up costing more. Whose wardrobe was a better investment is a matter of opinion.
Which fashion philosophy are you? One favorite piece or a mix and match wardrobe? I’m a bit of both, but I’m more like Cassadee. Recently my go-to outfit is a button-up shirt with ruffles at the neck under a v-neck cardigan, and I have a lot of each that I mix and match. But I tend to wear the same pair of acid wash jeans and all-black Converse high-tops with everything.
