Weekly Capsule 11.4: One Of The Guys

Posted: March 20, 2015 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Capsule, Clothes | Tags: black, black jeans, brown, brown loafers, capsule winter/spring 2015, gray, gray v-neck tee, necklace, white floral scarf | 1 Comment

Back in high school I used to shop in the men’s section all the time. Not only do they fit me better, they’re often made of sturdier fabric and the pockets are bigger as well. I can’t do that anymore, because if I wear actually men’s clothes now (not menswear-inspired clothes or boyfriend cut or whatever), I would look mannish instead of androgynous. But when I saw these v-neck T-shirts the other day, I thought I could get away with a size small, so I bought one – and love it. The fabric is so much thicker than the girl’s shirts, it absorbs sweat better, it won’t fall apart after just one wash, and it won’t show my bras. It’s the perfect v-neck tee I’ve been looking for. Maybe I’d come back and buy one in every color now.

T-shirt: Uniqlo, Jeans: Mango, Scarf: hand-me-down, Necklace: local shop, Loafers: Footglove

And yes, this is my attempt to make my outfits more springlike after one whole week dressing like it’s fall. Unfortunately the floral print on the scarf is kind of autumnal too… ah well, I tried:

Weekly Capsule 11.3: Journaling

Posted: March 19, 2015 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Capsule, Clothes | Tags: beige, black, black jeans, brown heeled oxfords, capsule winter/spring 2015, khaki blazer, necklace, white, white eyelet top | 4 Comments

I believe I’ve talked about my journals on the blog before – I kept a journal throughout middle school and high school, and a bit in college too, but from my junior year in college until grad school, script writing took over, and then I started the blog, which is a journal of sort, so I just stopped. I don’t think I’ll ever get back to it, because there is only so much of your day that is worth documenting. I kinda miss writing in an actual journal with pen and paper though. Mostly the only thing I write with pen and paper now is brainstorming for story ideas (which reads like the rambling of a madman and makes sense to nobody but myself.)

What I’ve been trying to do is start a dream journal. “Trying”, because there are only two entries so far. Sometimes I don’t remember my dreams, and sometimes they’re too tedious to even bother. I plan to use them for story ideas, you see, and a dream about forgetting my passport at home is not going to be that useful. I guess it’s true what Dylan Moran said, your dreams become more boring as you get older.

Top: Mango, Jeans: Mango, Blazer: hand-me-down, Heels & Necklace: local shops

Weekly Capsule 11.2: Plaid, Plaid, Plaid

Posted: March 18, 2015 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Capsule, Clothes | Tags: belt, brooch, brown, brown heeled oxfords, brown plaid shirt dress, capsule winter/spring 2015 | 5 Comments

In keeping with this week’s theme of dressing like it’s fall instead of spring (which I just made up), here I am in the most autumnal colors ever. To be fair, I had this dress made a while ago, but by the time the tailor was finished it’d gotten too cold. So if nothing else, at least I’m glad the weather is warming up enough for me to wear it now.

The tricky thing with this dress is, as amazingly comfy as it is, I can’t think of any other way to style it. I mean, I can layer it with a blazer or a thin cardigan now, but once the temperature gets into the 90’s, which is when I’m sure I’ll be wearing it the most, there is nothing else I can do with it. That’s the problem with dresses in the summer, right? They’re so easy to wear yet you get bored with them so easily because you can pretty much only change the look by switching out the shoes.

Dress: tailored, Belt: Forever21, Heels: local shop, Brooch: Etsy

Weekly Capsule 10.4: Skirt Edition

Posted: March 13, 2015 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Capsule, Clothes | Tags: belt, black, black heeled boots, black pleated skirt, capsule winter/spring 2015, gray, gray sweatshirt, mustard scarf, yellow | 3 Comments

Well, I said I was going to try these boots with skirt, so here we are. I… like them here better than in yesterday’s outfit, but now the rest of the outfit looks kind of frumpy, no? I don’t know. I guess I’m just in a cranky mood today because it’s been raining for too long, plus it’s that time of the year again when my script reading job gets super busy and my brain hurts from reading too much. I would want to say that it’s going to be better next week, but the weather is warming up, and for us that means terrible humidity (I’m talking about the-walls-are-sweating-the-floor-is-sweating-everything-is-sweating level of humidity here), so… no. It won’t be better.

Anyway, this was my last chance to try these boots before putting them away until next winter (again: warming up next week), but I haven’t decided if they’re a keeper yet. Thoughts?

Sweatshirt: Next, Skirt & Boots: hand-me-down, Scarf: Forever21, Belt: thrifted via Buffalo Exchange

And here are my looks this week (wow, you can really see the ground getting more and more rain-soaked as the week passed):

Weekly Capsule 10.3: High-heeled Boots

Posted: March 12, 2015 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Capsule, Clothes | Tags: black, black heeled boots, capsule winter/spring 2015, embroidered scarf, gray, gray sweatshirt, mustard jeans, yellow | Leave a comment

I almost didn’t take pictures today because it was rainy and miserable, as it has been the whole week, as it has always been at the beginning of spring here in Hanoi – you can just see how humid it is in the fogged up photos. But my sister just swapped me these boots, and I’d like to show them off. In hindsight though, the outfit is not great. I’m not used to wearing high-heeled boots, plus I just threw them on without thinking how well they go with the rest (other than the fact that they helped me avoid the mud), so the outfit feels a little awkward. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try them with a skirt to see if that works better.