Pink Dome
Posted: September 24, 2018 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, blue oxfords, brooch, navy skinny jeans, pink, pink button-up, style imitating art, white, white eyelet top 4 Comments
This week’s inspiration for SIA – the dome of the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri – is gorgeous, but I had no idea how I could interpret it in an outfit. When I’m stuck in SIA, I would usually look at the piece’s color scheme as a starting point. In this case, I picked out pink, white, and blue as the main colors, so I knew I would wear this pink button-up and the blue oxfords. Luckily, the weather was cool enough that I could layer the button-up over my white eyelet top (it did get warmer at noon, but still), and I added my gold brooch to mimic the intriciate gold decorations on the dome. Then I finished the outfit with jeans because… well, they went well with the rest. Sometimes you just have to forget the inspiration and choose what looks good.
Remember to stop by Daenel’s blog on Wednesday to see other outfits inspired by this beautiful dome!
Tiny Glasses
Posted: September 14, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black pumps, brooch, cream khaki pants, pink, pink gingham button-up, white 2 Comments
I’ve noticed that I haven’t worn a lot of jewelry lately. One reason is that not a lot of my summer clothes go well with brooches, which is my jewelry of choice, but a bigger reason is that I’ve been feeling burned out on jewelry. I don’t buy them anymore, and I tend to focus mostly on the silhouette and proportion of my outfits instead of accessories. I’m sure when the weather cools down and I wear more layers, I would start wearing jewelry more, but for now, I’m keeping it simple. But that doesn’t mean I’m not having fun with it too – like with this eyeglasses brooch. Usually I would wear it horizontally like a normal brooch, but this time I decided to wear it like how you would put glasses into your pocket.
Flower Embroidery
Posted: August 31, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black loafers, gray, gray wide-leg pants, pink, pink embroidered top 2 Comments
I just got this new top and pants (along with the dress I wore for SIA, and the same-fabric top) in an end-of-summer sale. I saw them on the mannequin together and decided to get both. As a rule, I try to avoid copying exactly the store’s lookbook or catalogue when styling my outfits – I don’t know why, I guess I’m influenced by Tom and Lorenzo’s aversion to “copying the runway” – but these two go so well with each other that I didn’t mind.
P/S: Don’t let the sun in this set of photos fool you, it’s actually been raining non-stop here for the last three days – these were taken last week.
Pink Gingham Shirt
Posted: June 15, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black sandals, blue, navy pants, pink, pink gingham button-up Leave a comment
I’ve been staring at this post for half an hour, not knowing what to name it, before deciding, “To hell with it, I’m just going to label it by whatever I’m wearing.” Sometimes, when it’s the end of the week and your mind is giving up on you, that’s all you can do. You want evidence for how gone my mind is? I initially typed that sentence as “its the end of the week and you’re mind is giving up”. I think that counts as a mini stroke.
Is it me, or does this outfit looks kind of 1950’s/1960’s? If the pants had a higher waist, I wouldn’t look out of place as a Mad Men extra (back when Don and Betty are still married and living in Ossining, of course.)
Poppy #2
Posted: June 6, 2018 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: black, black pumps, green, green plaid pants, peach tee, pink, style imitating art 1 Comment
This is outfit #2 for SIA, inspired by this illustration of a Memorial Day poppy. It’s actually my original outfit, but I wasn’t too happy with it when I put it together. The pants are OK, but I don’t have any bright orange piece in my closet that can match the poppy in the illustration and I had to make do with this peach T-shirt. I figure the design on the shirt can also be a nod to the swirling lines of the poppy itself. It may not be the perfect SIA outfit, but it’s still a pretty good outfit on its own, so I decided to give it a chance.
Grumpy Bird
Posted: June 1, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black loafers, blue, brooch, navy skinny jeans, pink, pink button-up 2 Comments
This outfit is not very blog-worthy, I know – I tried making it more interesting with the half-tuck, but I can’t do “trendy” touches like that; they just look sloppy on me. No, the real interest of the outfit is my brooch. It’s a present from my sister, and normally I don’t wear brooches with button-up shirts (except for maybe the ocassional small pin on the collar), but I had to wear it this time because the bird’s expression matches my mood so well. Just look how grumpy it is!
I’m grumpy too, because even though May is over, I’m still not done with school – next week I have to sit in on the thesis committee for the screenwriting students. Well, at least I’m not on the receiving end. I may have finished grad school 7 years ago (gods, has it really been that long?!) but I can still remember how nerve-wrecking those meetings can be.
Button Up, Button Down
Posted: May 25, 2018 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black loafers, blue, navy button-front skirt, pink, pink button-up 3 Comments
Quiz time: what do you call this shirt? A button-up, button-down, or oxford shirt? I always call it a button-up, and apparently, there is a difference between a button-up and a button-down – a button-down is one with two buttons on the collar, holding it down, and usually those are only featured on men’s shirts. Interestingly enough, in Vietnam this type of shirt is translated literally to “German-collar shirt”. I don’t know why. I believe this turned-down collar is invented by a French tailor, so I have no idea what German has to do with it, but that’s language for you. And this is the point where I’ve typed the word “collar” so many times that it’s lost all meaning.
Anyway, I actually bought these two things together and even tried them on together at the store, but I didn’t think about pairing them until now. I thought the two rows of buttons would be too much, but they actually go quite well together, right?
