Once More, With Color

Posted: February 13, 2019 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black chelsea boots, black-and-white floral scarf, gray coat, maroon jeans, red, white, white cableknit sweater | Leave a comment

I realized I’ve been wearing far too much gray lately, so here is another attempt to add a pop of color that is not an accessory. To be honest, the outfit is kind of meh (if I had to go through my archive to see if I’ve worn it before, it’s definitely too predictable), but it was the last week before the Lunar New Year holiday, I was up to my eyeballs in work I had to finish and New Year preparations, so this is the best I could do. Baby steps.

Where Did Time Go?

Posted: January 17, 2018 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black heeled boots, black-and-white floral scarf, blue, blue wide-leg jeans, brooch, gray, gray tweed blazer, white | 1 Comment

Oops, sorry for the tardy post. I kept reminding myself to write up the post when I had time and scheduled it, but I never had time, and before I knew it, it was already Wednesday and past the time my posts usually go live. Usually I would write all the posts during the weekend and just schedule them for the week, but as I said, work has been so busy lately that my weekends were spent catching up on other works and errands I didn’t do during the week, and blogging is never very high on my to-do list.

Oh well. Next week I’m going wrap up all the end-of-semester work and head into the new semester, so things should calm down by then. In the meantime, here’s something a bit different because I don’t want it to look like I wear that brown tweed blazer all the time. I occasionally wear my other tweed blazer too.

Marble As White As Milk

Posted: January 16, 2017 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: black-and-white floral scarf, style imitating art, white, white cableknit sweater, white jeans, white sneakers | 3 Comments

I had to admit, when I picked the sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini as this week’s SIA inspiration, I didn’t know what my outfit would be. I just had some vague ideas about an all-white or all-gray outfit, but that’s about it. Then, I watched the episode about Bernini on Simon Schama’s Power of Art again (amazing series, you guys should really check it out) and was particularly struck by “Apollo and Daphne“, so I decided to use it as the basis for my outfit. My jeans and sweater mimic the texture of the skin and the hair of the two figures, while my leaf-printed scarf is a nod to Daphne’s leafy fingers. The only part I’m not happy with are my white sneakers – they’re too sporty and don’t really go with the look. I should’ve just worn my brown boots and not worried about maintaining the white theme.

Sweater: Atmosphere, Jeans: local shop, Sneakers: hand-me-down, Scarf: gift

Last Outfit Post Of 2016

Posted: December 27, 2016 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black brocade boots, black jeans, black-and-white floral scarf, white, white cableknit sweater | 2 Comments

I was debating whether to post this outfit or not. Let’s face it, the blogosphere is pretty much dead in the week between Christmas and New Year, and the outfit itself is not that interesting. But then I decided to stick to the schedule anyway, because this is the only outfit I have left in my 2016 folder. So here’s a black-and-white look to close out the year.

I’ll the back later this week with the book reviews and the year in review post, as usual.

Sweater: Atmosphere, Jeans: local shop, Boots: Betts, Scarf: gift

Black & White Trees

Posted: January 25, 2016 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: black, black oxfords, black-and-white floral scarf, blue, brooch, gray, gray coat, gray sweatshirt, navy skinny jeans, style imitating art | 5 Comments

I hope that all my East Coast readers are safe and sound. We’ve been having a pretty severe cold snap too (it was in the 40’s!!! There was snow in the mountains! That kind of temperature is probably nothing for you guys, but it’s positively arctic for our tropical climate), so stay warm everybody!

Anyway, this was taken last week, when it was still warm enough for me to take photos outside. It’s for SIA, inspired by Ansel Adams’ “Aspens, Northern New Mexico”. Since I already wore an outfit that would be perfect for SIA by accident, I had to scramble to find something that doesn’t look too similar. In the end, though, I took the same approach – gray sweater/sweatshirt, gray coat, black shoes. Sadly my black jeans are in the wash, but I think these dark navy jeans would do too. Add on top of that a black-and-white scarf, gray socks, and a silver leaf brooch, and we have a not-too-shabby interpretation of the photo, if I do say so myself.

Remember to drop by Jess’ blog to see more interpretations of this photo.