“Do Your Palms Ever Itch?”

Posted: January 10, 2024 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: beige, beige short-sleeve sweater, belt, canvas monk shoes, green, green plaid wool culottes, mustard jacket, yellow | Leave a comment

I have a go-to outfit formula I call “Audrey Horne cosplay”, which consists of a knitted top, plaid skirt, and two-toned shoes (blazer optional). True, my skirt is actually a pair of culottes, but you get the idea. It’s simple and it gets the job done while still managing to look put-together. I should’ve added a brooch too, but Audrey Horne never wears brooches, does she?

Cameo Shirt

Posted: December 15, 2023 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: beige, belt, brown, brown plaid blazer, brown tassel loafers, mustard baggy corduroy pants, striped linen button-up, yellow | Leave a comment

This shirt is another hand-me-down from my sister, which is so my style that I’m surprised I’d let her have it for so long. I mean, the stripes, the linen fabric, even the lace applique, it’s exactly something I would’ve bought for myself. I’m almost sorry (almost!) that I had to wear a blazer with it and cover up the applique, but I’m looking forward to the warmer months when I can wear it on its own.

1940s Polka Dot

Posted: December 13, 2023 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: beige, beige polka dot dress, beige tweed jacket, belt, brooch, brown, brown spectator shoes | Leave a comment

Here’s another one of my sister’s hand-me-downs (when I told you she gave me almost a suitcase’s worth of clothes, I meant it!), and it’s more my style, so I’m sticking with the 1940s styling as usual. It’s too bad that these dresses are always made of polyester; I would love to wear something like this in the summer (minus the blazer), but with our tropical climate and my commute to work, that would be the equivalent of a hot yoga session, so… no thanks.

Purple Rain

Posted: November 24, 2023 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: belt, blue, blue purple print dress, navy blazer, pink, pink woven heels, purple | Leave a comment

I just got a bunch of hand-me-down dresses from my sister. Her style is more feminine than mine, so some of these dresses are quite frou-frou (as you will see in future posts), but sometimes I may feel like wearing something easy, like just throwing a dress on, and I can always make them more “me” by layering them with a blazer or pairing them with my more masculine shoes, so I welcome the variety (plus, free clothes! How can I say no to that?)

At The Risk Of The Sun

Posted: September 25, 2023 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: belt, black, black gingham ruffle blouse, brown, brown tassel loafers, gray, silver velvet pleated skirt, style imitating art | 2 Comments

This post title works in two ways, because it’s not only the title of the Yves Tanguy surrealist painting that is the inspiration for this week’s SIA challenge, but I was also risking the sun in this outfit – it was far too warm for a velvet skirt, but the metallic is such a perfect nod to the painting that I couldn’t think of anything else. Our office is always cold anyway, so it wasn’t that bad. I struggled a bit with the top, because the background of the painting isn’t pure white, but rather a grayish white, and I don’t have anything in that. In the end, I went with this gingham top to mimic the sharp shadows in the painting, while the ruffled collar is a nod to the softer curves of the structure. Finishing it off with some brown accessories, and voila. I’m quite happy with how it turned out.