Equestrian

Posted: February 13, 2023 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: brooch, brown, brown lace-up boots, brown tweed blazer, brown waistcoat, gray, gray plaid wool baggy pants, style imitating art, white, white button-up | 3 Comments

Here’s my outfit for this week’s SIA. It’s pretty much a no-brainer for me – I settled on the waistcoat, the blazer, and the boots immediately, while the trousers took some thinking. In the end, I went with this pair to add some colors and patterns to the outfit (also because I don’t have any gray pants that exactly match my waistcoat or blazer, and that set my eyes twitching). Funnily enough, it was the brooch that took me the longest to decide, because I had to choose whether to go with a flower brooch (to match the boutonniere) or a dog brooch (for the dog, duh). In the end, I went with the dog brooch, because I wanted to interpret the entire painting instead of just the lady’s outfit. And the dog brooch is more fun anyway. Don’t forget to send me your outfits if you haven’t, and please come back on Wednesday to see what everyone else wore!

Snow Shadows

Posted: December 13, 2021 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: beige, beige patterned vest, blue, blue striped button-up, brown, brown baggy wool pants, brown lace-up boots, brown tweed blazer, style imitating art | 3 Comments

Here’s my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by Tom Thomson’s “Snow Shadows“. I knew I’d wear this striped button-up to reflect the blue shadows in the painting, and the rest of the outfit came together quite quickly. This is my first foray into styling sweater vests, which I’ve never worn before, having always thought of them as rather frumpy. But I quite like it styled in a menswear-inspired way like this, and it adds some much-needed pattern and texture (not to mention warmth) to the outfit, to reflect the texture of the painting.

Don’t forget to drop by Terri’s blog on Wednesday to see how everybody interprets this week’s inspiration. This is also the last SIA challenge of the year – we’re taking a break during the holidays – so see you after the New Year! (I’ll post a round-up of my favorite SIA challenges the week after next.)

Back To The Start

Posted: May 7, 2021 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black lace-up boots, brown, brown plaid midi skirt, brown tweed blazer, mustard cardigan, suspenders, white short sleeve shirt, yellow | 1 Comment

It’s funny how my style is coming back full circle to the vintage-inspired looks of the blog’s early days. Luckily, trends are coming back, too – it’s now all cottagecore and dark academia, which are just different versions of twee (not that my style was ever that twee.) I was looking at my archive and found this outfit, which I’d be happy to wear today (yes, including the big collar, which is trendy again). So here I recreated the outfit with what I have now, and added some current touches – blazer and suspenders. The suspenders are bit much, but the skirt is slightly large for me and the suspenders are the best way to hold it up, plus they added a dark academia/menswear touch to the outfit, so I’m not complaining.

Counting Lesson

Posted: February 8, 2021 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: beige short-sleeve sweater, black, black baggy pants, black oxfords, brooch, brown, brown tweed blazer, collar, red, socks, style imitating art, white | 5 Comments

For this week’s SIA, inspired by Albert Huie’s “Counting Lesson”, I knew I’d want to wear something with polka dots, but I haven’t worn polka dots in so long – it’s all about stripes and plaid for me now; polka dots just seem too twee for some reason – that I don’t quite know what I would wear. Luckily, I remember these polka dot socks that I bought earlier this year and never got around to wearing yet.

For the rest of the outfit, I wanted to mimic the colors and textures in the painting – the wall and the curtain behind the girl, and the chair she’s sitting in – so I went with this blazer and sweater. The bow of my trousers’ belt is a nod to the bow on the girl’s dress, and I also added a lace collar to mimic her Peter Pan collar, and topped it off with a red brooch to mimic her red bow. Overall, I’m happy with the outfit because it feels more “me” while still reflecting the inspiration, rather than being a direct copy of the inspiration without reflecting my style.

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?