Luggage Bar Code Sunset

Posted: June 30, 2014 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: belt, black, black multi striped top, black polka dot pleated skirt, style imitating art, yellow, yellow flats | 6 Comments

Here’s my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by Douglas Coupland’s “Luggage Bar Code Sunset No.4”. Pretty self-explanatory, right? Stripes, polka dot, yellow, red. Check, check, check, and check. The only thing I’m missing is the blue of the polka dots, but I’m trying to cut down on colors to no more than three per outfit (ha, maybe I should start a Color Anonymous or something), plus the red and yellow are more prominent anyway.

Sorry my post is so short, but I really have to get back to my translation of Ender’s Game. I’ve been neglecting it all through the last few months of the semester, I’m supposed to turn it in soon and I still have 150 pages to go. So check Jess’ blog for other interpretations of the painting, and bye!

Top: local shop, Skirt: thrifted, Belt: borrowed from my mom, Flats: eBay

This Is The End

Posted: March 7, 2014 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black blazer, black polka dot pleated skirt, brooch, brown riding boots, navy striped top, tights, yellow | 3 Comments

No, no, it’s not a “goodbye to the blog” post or anything like that. It’s just that as I was looking at these pictures, I finally admitted that my style has really changed. A year or so before, this outfit would’ve seemed like a good idea to me, but now I find it… a bit much. Isn’t it? Between the pattern mixing and the color tights, it seems too twee, too overwrought somehow. And this is nowhere near the most twee (tweest?) thing I’ve worn. I like the jacket with the brooch, but that’s about it.

So I think this is the end of my attempt at twee, girly outfits. They’re not me. Not anymore. Things probably won’t change so much on the blog because I have been going toward that simpler direction anyway, but now that I’ve accepted that, I will be more comfortable posting more minimalist outfits without thinking that my style is getting more boring.

Shirt: Zara, Skirt: thrifted, Tights: Target, Boots: Aldo, Jacket: borrowed from my mom, Brooch: vintage

Lazy

Posted: July 19, 2013 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black polka dot pleated skirt, pink, pink polka dot top, wingtip oxfords | 7 Comments

Sometimes I forget that I have a tried-and-true outfit formula: A-line or full skirt with a long-sleeved tee or button-down, with flats or low heels. A loose top and sneakers or sandals if I want to keep it casual. Sure the silhouette gets repetitive, but I have enough skirts and tops to mix it up. I really should write this formula down and stick the note inside my closet to save myself from standing there, in front of hangers full of clothes, mouth agape like an eejit thinking “I don’t have anything to wear.” It always works for me, even on days like today when I’m too lazy to put on a belt or any accessory – in my defense, I think the outfit is busy enough.

Shirt: Old Navy, Skirt: thrifted, Oxfords: Me Too (thrifted via Buffalo Exchange)

On Accessories

Posted: May 30, 2013 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: belt, black, black polka dot pleated skirt, blue, blue striped top, necklace, red flats | 7 Comments

The next theme in the We Love Target link-up is accessories, which stumped me for a second because the only Target accessories I have are scarves, which… no. Just no. But then I remembered this belt from a Target skirt – it counts, right? Accessorizing, or more exactly, jewelry, is the one area of my style I haven’t quite figured out yet. The brooch/pin is my staple, sure, but most of the time I feel an outfit doesn’t even need any jewelry to begin with. Except for this one. This one needs a necklace.

Shirt: H&M, Skirt: thrifted, Belt: Target, Flats: Caprice, Necklace: my sister’s

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Black And Blue

Posted: January 22, 2013 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: belt, black, black polka dot pleated skirt, black slouchy boots, blue, chambray shirt, necklace, tights | 1 Comment

The weather has been kind of warm these past few days, which means I can reduce my layers by half. I could also finally wear this outfit that I came up with a while ago but thought would have to wait until spring. It’s one of many outfits involving a chambray shirt that I’m inspired to try. I’m having a bit of a chambray moment, actually – I thrifted this shirt a while ago when chambray first became trendy, but it seems I didn’t “discover” it until now. I may even have to get a new shirt. This one is nice and all, but it’s a little loose-fitting (it may be a boy’s shirt) and reminds me of what the prisoners wear in The Shawshank Redemption, especially when I button it up all the way like this. On the plus side, I might have figured out my next Halloween costume.