Proportion, Proportion
Posted: January 4, 2019 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: blue, blue skinny jeans, brooch, brown, brown chelsea boots, brown wool jacket, white, white eyelet button-up 3 Comments
In my “Year in Reviews: Outfit” post, I mentioned that I’ve been focusing on the proportions in my outfits instead of colors and patterns. But that was after I put together this outfit – it has been freezing around here, so I’ve been posting old outfits from the last weeks of 2018.This outfit is an example of… what I shouldn’t have done. It was good in my imagination, but the proportion looked a little awkward in real life somehow. Maybe if the blazer was longer, it would look better. Well, you live and learn, right?
Dressed Up
Posted: December 21, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: blue, blue pleated dress, brooch, brown, brown heeled loafers, cream lace cardigan, white 1 Comment
Last week our school celebrated its 38th birthday, so I had to dress up a bit with this dress from my sister – she bought it for herself but it doesn’t fit and non-returnable, so she passed it on to me. I like the outfit, but to be honest, it feels a little dated to me. It’s been such a long time since I wore something like this – in fact, I wore a very similar outfit way back when the blog first started, in 2011 (gosh! Such a long time ago!) – that it doesn’t really feel like “me” anymore.
Anyway, this dressy outfit seems like an appropriate one to close out the year. In the next two weeks, I’m going to post a series of yearly reviews, so stay tuned!
Empire Inspired
Posted: December 17, 2018 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: black, black ankle boots, brown, brown striped sweatshirt, mustard jeans, style imitating art, white, white button-up, yellow 3 Comments
For this week’s SIA, I took the inspiration from both of the Empire-style dresses in the photo. My mustard jeans are to mimic the yellow dress, my white shirt and striped sweatshirt are to mimic the white dress with the striped spencer jacket (I know, the stripes and dots are green, but I don’t have anything green-striped), and finally, my boots are to mimic the embroidered shoes and the paisley shawl (the appliques on my sweatshirt are a nod to the paisley too). When I first put this together, I was afraid that the pieces are a bit too random, but they ended up going together pretty well, even if I do say so myself.
Don’t forget to check Daenel’s blog on Wednesday for the other interpretations of these lovely dresses. Also, this is the last SIA challenge of the year, as next week is Christmas and then there’s New Year (where did 2018 go?!), but we’ll be back the first Monday of January. See you then!
Fashion Outlaw
Posted: December 12, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black striped top, blue, brooch, brown, brown heeled oxfords, navy culottes 1 Comment
Somebody call the fashion police, I’m wearing black, navy and brown together! Breaking all the rules in this outfit! (It’s actually inspired by this outfit). Honestly though, I never understand that particular rule. Any colors can look good together as long as you get the combination and proportion right.
That being said, I do think that a navy-striped top would look better with this than black, but you can hardly tell, so it doesn’t really matter, right?
Modern Fashion Plate
Posted: November 19, 2018 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, brown, brown chelsea boots, gray, gray plaid blazer, navy skinny jeans, style imitating art, white striped top 3 Comments
This is my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by the 1886 fashion plate of Scandinavian magazine Freja. OK, I have to admit that I actually put this outfit together before Jen sent the inspiration, but this fit the inspiration so well that I decided to use it for SIA too. My plaid blazer and striped top (my “Edwardian shirt” may have been a better choice, but I’ve worn it a lot lately, so this would do too) mimic the white dress with plaid trims, while the pattern on my brown boots can be seen as an echo of the brown lace dress. I would love to be able to wear an actual 1880’s dress for this SIA, but this is a good, real-world interpretation of the inspiration, and I’m happy with it.
Don’t forget to check Jen’s blog on Wednesday for other outfits inspired by this fashion plate!
Glassed Up
Posted: November 5, 2018 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: beige v-neck sweater, brooch, brown, brown oxfords, green, green linen pants, style imitating art 3 Comments
I don’t know if that post title makes sense or not. I’m just trying to find a play on the word “glass”, since this outfit is inspired by the blown glass flasks picked by Daenel, and I already titled a post “Glassy” (terrible, terrible pun totally intended), so this is the best I could do.
Anyway, on to the outfit. I used the main colors of the flasks as the jumping-off point, hence the green pants and brown oxfords. There is yellow too, but that shade of greenish yellow would look horrible on me, so I opted for my tan sweater instead. The sweater also has a texture that mimics the pattern of the flasks, so win-win. And finally, I topped it off with my glass brooch, and voilà! All done. I’m pretty happy with this outfit, as it is a good interpretation of the inspiration (if I do say so myself) but still works well on its own.
Don’t forget to check out Daenel’s blog on Wednesday to see the other outfits inspired by these cool flasks!
Cleopatra
Posted: October 8, 2018 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, brown, brown heeled oxfords, maroon jeans, navy print blouse, red, style imitating art 5 Comments
This week’s SIA, inspired by the poster for the 1917, Theda Bara-starring film “Cleopatra”, is a difficult one for me. It has mostly autumnal colors – rust, orange, gold, etc. – and the weather where I am is not cool enough for those yet. There are a lot of patterns too. After some thinking, I decided to go with this printed top – the busiest thing I have in my closet, and these jeans and heels to mimic some of the colors in the poster. The result may not be as close to the inspiration piece as I’d like, but it’s a perfectly functional outfit, and I’d take that over some forced attempt to mimic the inspiration exactly.
Don’t forget to check out Jen’s blog on Wednesday for the full round-up of other oufits inspired by this kickass poster!
