Ladies Having Tea, Part II

Posted: March 1, 2023 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: belt, black, black heeled boots, black short-sleeve turtleneck, brooch, brown, brown checked blazer, brown embroidered wool skirt | 1 Comment

For my second outfit of this week’s SIA, I went with a looser interpretation. As I mentioned in my post on Monday, I wanted to incorporate this tea set brooch but it doesn’t quite work with my other outfit, so I put together something different for it. For this one, I took inspiration from the plaid wrapper of the lady on the left (hence my checked blazer.) The embroideries on my skirt are meant to reflect some of the intricate details in the painting as well, but really, it was all about the brooch.

To Belt Or Not To Belt

Posted: February 7, 2020 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: beige pleated skirt, belt, black, black heeled boots, brown, brown turtleneck, brown tweed blazer | 3 Comments

After my failed attempt to pair these tall boots with my wide-leg jeans, I moved on to a different pairing – with this skirt. This outfit looks much better, in my opinion, even though (or precisely because) I looked like an extra in Annie Hall. The only quibble I have is that I’m not sure which way looks better – belting the blazer or belting the skirt. Belting the skirt is more comfortable (I didn’t have to constantly adjust the bulk of the blazer around my waist), but belting the blazer is a trendier look. Which one do you prefer?

Trying New Things

Posted: January 31, 2020 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black heeled boots, black striped turtleneck, black wide-leg jeans, white, white cableknit sweater | 1 Comment

I’m still on Lunar New Year break, so this week and next week, I’m going to post a bunch of backlogged work outfits. This one consists of old pieces, but it actually features several new things for me – a new silhouette, a new way to layer (I’ve only ever layered turtlenecks under blazers, not sweaters), and a new way to wear these tall boots (there’s also another attempt at the half-tuck, but we won’t talk about that.) I’ve seen outfits with tall boots worn under wide-leg cropped pants and always wanted to try it. It looks OK, if I do say so myself; the only thing is that I don’t wear heels that often anymore, so these boots were absolutely killing me, but flat boots look weird with these pants. I guess I’m going to have to experiment a little bit more.

Dressing Up

Posted: February 14, 2018 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black heeled boots, black wool dress, brooch, gray coat, tights, white, white button-up | 2 Comments

I know last week I promised to try and post all the backlogged outfits if I could, but I don’t think that’s happening. Between preparations for the Lunar New Year and the upcoming trip and catching up on work so I can have a guilt-free vacation, I just don’t have the time for them. Plus I wanted to save those outfits for a rainy day, both literally and figuratively, when I don’t have anything to post. So, other than the usual SIA posts, the blog is going on vacation as well.

For the last outfit post of the Year of the Rooster, here is what I wore to the end-of-the-year party at work. Sure, it’s a bit Wednesday Addams-ish, but my style this winter has been very casual so far, so it’s great to have a chance to dress up.

P/S: Only after I scheduled this post that I realized, today is Valentine’s Day, isn’t it? Well, considering that I find Valentine’s Day a gross commercialization, it’s fitting that I’m posting a Wednesday Addams-inspired outfit today.

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.