Silver Blaze
Posted: October 28, 2022 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black-and-silver oxfords, blue, navy button-up, navy plaid waistcoat, navy wide-leg pants, tie Leave a comment
Look, I’m out of ideas for post titles and there are silver flowers on my tie and silver on my shoes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes was on TV, OK? Anyway, here’s my continuing experiment with ties and waistcoats. I like the idea in general – and I’m definitely getting better at tying ties – but this waistcoat is too short and my pants are not high-waist enough, so the proportion looks a bit off. I wanted to stick to the navy color scheme so the tie can really shine though, and my paper-bag pants looked even more off with the waistcoat. Well, that’s why it was an experiment.
Galaxy Quest
Posted: December 17, 2021 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black galaxy sweater, black-and-silver oxfords, gray, gray pleated velvet skirt Leave a comment
I bought a bunch of these pleated velvet skirts last season but never got around to wearing them all. You may think that it’ll teach me not to buy multiples in different colors, but of course this year I made the same mistake again, with a different item (you’ll see.) Ah well. At least that means I will always have replacements handy.
Not much to say about the outfit itself – I just took the silver from the skirt and built the outfit around that. Since my sweater features the galaxy, I couldn’t help titling the post after one of my favorite movies of all time. I use it in my teaching at least once a year, and my friends from film school and I still constantly quote it at each other.
Yin Yang Fish
Posted: August 20, 2021 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black tee, black-and-silver oxfords, brooch, white, white striped culottes Leave a comment
This is my typical “at home” outfit these days – a pair of culottes (preferably with an elastic waist) and a T-shirt. However, it’s not very blog-worthy, so I tucked in my shirt, put on some real shoes, and added a pin for the photos, keeping the black-and-white theme. It was raining that day, so I figured my yin-yang fish pin would be appropriate. It is one of a pair of “yin-yang” pins that my sister gave me a while ago – one of cats, which I wore once back in the winter, and one of fish – and I may wear them together one of these days. Should be a fun look, right, cats and fish?
New Skirt
Posted: June 11, 2021 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black-and-silver oxfords, blue, blue button-up, navy gingham skirt Leave a comment
Last season, I bought a bunch of spring/summer skirts but haven’t gotten around to wearing them until now. Usually, I don’t wear skirts much in the summer, because between the waistbands and the bike shorts, it gets too hot, but this year the summer has been milder than usual, so here we are. I mean, they all have pockets, so I’m going to wear them more often.
This skirt is pretty basic, so the outfit didn’t require a lot of thinking. Mostly it was just a case of “Oh it’s raining, I’d better wear my water-proof shoes”, and “Hey, I haven’t worn this doggy button-up in a while, I bet it’ll go with the skirt.” It’s good that almost everything in my closet goes together now, so I can pretty much just throw things on.
The Black Queen
Posted: April 9, 2021 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: belt, black, black houndstooth skirt, black turtleneck, black-and-silver oxfords Leave a comment
It’s rare these days that I’d wear an outfit without a brooch or a pin, but I kinda liked the minimalism of this outfit and didn’t want to spoil it with any other accessory. It’s inspired by the costumes of The Queen’s Gambit – another show from last year (other than Normal People) that I watched purely for the fashion. I mean, I know nothing about chess, and just like with Normal People, I find the main character’s tendency to self-destruct irritating and unbelievable, rather than sympathetic. But, like I said, the costumes are fabulous. Beth Harmon never wears anything exactly like this in the series, but the houndstooth skirt is kind of similar to her many chess-themed costumes, so I thought this would be a nice nod.
14 Shades Of Grey 