Difficult To Style
Posted: May 19, 2023 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: blue, blue linen skirt, brooch, brown, maroon heeled oxfords, plaid fold collar blouse, purple Leave a comment
I have a few pieces in my closet that I always want to wear more, but they are a little difficult to style. Take this blouse, for example. I love the fold-down collar and the plaid, but the fit is sort of awkward, and I keep trying to pair it with different bottoms, but none of them really strikes me as the right silhouette. This outfit may be my favorite so far, since the long skirt helps to balance out the looser fit of the blouse, but it’s still not quite right. I guess I’ll just have to keep experimenting.
Back To School, Pandemic Style
Posted: August 26, 2022 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: belt, black, blue, brown and navy heeled oxfords, mask, multi color plaid dress, pink, purple Leave a comment
As I mentioned in my post on Wednesday, school has started again this week, and it’s the first time I taught a class in-person again in about… gosh, I don’t even remember how long. A year? Technically, the latter half of the last semester was in-person too, but I just kept teaching online because, as I teach writing, it’s actually easier for me to teach online than in person. But there is no escaping it now, and just in time for a new wave of COVID too (yay…) Everybody keeps saying that the new variants are not as serious, but I’m taking no chances and sticking to my face masks (almost literally) for now.
Feeding In The Light
Posted: July 25, 2022 Filed under: Life | Tags: brooch, green, green cut-out heels, multi color plaid dress, purple, style imitating art, yellow, yellow midi skirt 2 Comments
Here’s my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by “Feeding in the Light” by Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead. When I saw this painting, I immediately knew I’d wear my yellow skirt. It’s the brightest item in my closet, and yellow is a major part of the painting. For the rest of it, I struggled a bit, but then I remembered my colorful plaid dress – the colors are a bit darker than those in the painting, but they’re pretty close – so I decided to wear it as a top. I then paired them with my green vintage shoes, because the tassels look a bit like the green creature in the painting (an octopus), and added my crab brooches to go with the marine theme. The result is definitely not something I’d wear normally, but that’s the fun of SIA, and I’m happy with it.
Don’t forget to drop by Shelbee’s blog on Wednesday to see what everybody wears!
Cows In Landscape
Posted: September 20, 2021 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: beige clogs, belt, blue, brown, multi color plaid dress, necklace, pink, purple, style imitating art Leave a comment
This week’s SIA, inspired by Gunta Stölzl‘s tapestry “Cows in Landscape”, is truly a challenge and a half. If it was during the cooler months, I could try some layering and some sweaters/socks to reflect the colors and texture of the piece, but since it’s still pretty warm, I had to resort to mimicking the colors instead. In the end, I chose this dress because there are some stripey bits at the corners of the tapestry that remind me of this plaid, and to add some textures and colors, I paired it with my braided belt and clogs. Finally, for a nod at the title, I wore my cow necklace too, though my cow is a far cry from the cows in the tapestry. But hey, I’m nothing if not committed.
Don’t forget to check Terri’s blog on Wednesday to see other outfits inspired by this tapestry. I can’t wait to see what everybody came up with!
Simultaneous Dress
Posted: May 17, 2021 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: belt, blue, blue oxfords, brooch, multi color plaid dress, purple, style imitating art 4 Comments
We’re still working from home, so I’m strictly in a T-shirt-and-pajama-bottom capsule wardrobe these days (with the occasional button-up when I have an online class to teach). As you can imagine, this puts a damper on my options for SIA outfits. Luckily, while looking through my backlogged posts, I found this outfit. It’s not an exact match to this week’s inspiration, Sonia Delaunay’s “Simultaneous Dresses“, the colorful plaid is a good nod to the colors and graphic patterns in the painting, and my blue oxford shoes are a good match to the blue background as well. So all in all, I’m happy with it.
Don’t forget to check Terri’s blog on Wednesday to see other outfits inspired by this painting!
14 Shades Of Grey 