Classroom Style
Posted: August 19, 2014 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: belt, blue, blue bird-print button-up, navy skirt, necklace, red, red flats 6 Comments
Yesterday was my first day of teaching in the new school year, so I reached for my ever-trusty schoolmarm skirt. I almost paired it with a white button-up, but decided that it would be too “school girl” instead of “schoolmarm”, so I went with this shirt instead. One of my style resolution for this academic year is to dress more professionally. Yeah, we’re a liberal art school, but I find that by overdressing a bit, I can have more confidence to assert my authority in the classroom. And I’m going to need that authority this year – aside from my usual directing class, I’m taking on another graduating screenwriting class. The idea is that since they are graduating, I won’t have to work with them as much, and it would be easier on me as a new instructor. However, after one session, I have a feeling that I’m going to have to work extra hard with them to hopefully undo all the bad habits they’ve accumulated over the past three years. Fun times.
Shirt: Oasis (hand-me-down), Skirt: Banana Republic (thrifted), Belt: thrifted, Flats: Caprice, Necklace: Forever21
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
Posted: August 11, 2014 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: bracelet, floral tunic, plaid shorts, red flats, style imitating art 3 Comments
This is my interpretation of this week’s SIA inspiration, John William Waterhouse’s “Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May”. I’m not happy with it though. It definitely sounded better in my head. I thought these shorts would be a good idea because they mimic the dark background of the painting (the rose printed shirt is self-explanatory), but Bermuda shorts are not my friends. It’s just that I couldn’t think of any bottom to pair with this shirt that could work for the painting too. Oh well. Maybe by checking other outfits on Jess’ blog, I can get some idea?
Tunic: Handmade (store), Shorts: thrifted, Flats: Caprice, Bracelet: self-made
Bastille
Posted: July 14, 2014 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, navy skirt, red, red flats, style imitating art, white, white embroidered tunic 5 Comments
Any French reader out there? Happy Bastille Day! This is my interpretation of this week’s SIA inspiration, Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer”, and appropriately enough, the red-white-blue theme fits right in with Bastille Day. At first I considered wearing one of my white dresses with a blue scarf, but it’s too hot for that, so here’s what I did instead. The full round-up post will be live tomorrow, so remember to check back!
In other, totally unrelated news, yesterday I was shocked to learn that none of the students in my workshop has even heard of Babe (we were discussing films featuring animals), let alone seen it. None!!! They were all like, “We were born in 1998, how are we supposed to know about a film from 1995?” and I was like “But it’s a classic!” It was just like that scene in School of Rock when Jack Black lists off the name of rock bands and the kids just stare blankly back at him so he screams “Ah, what do they teach in this place?!”, you know? I know sometimes I make references that are way too obscure for the average Vietnamese high school/college students, but Babe is not exactly obscure, is it? And they’re supposed to be film buffs, that’s why they’re taking a filmmaking workshop! Kids these days, man…
Top: local shop, Skirt: Banana Republic (thrifted), Belt: thrifted, Flats: Caprice
The Birds And the Butterflies
Posted: June 10, 2014 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: blue, blue bird-print button-up, navy skinny jeans, necklace, red, red flats 3 Comments
I’m lucky to have a big sister with the same build, who always look put-together, but lives in a high-rise apartment with limited storage space, because that means lots of hand-me-downs that are almost new. I’ve talked a lot about how my style has changed since I moved home, and now I’m beginning to think that it’s because I got so many of my sister’s hand-me-downs. Or maybe my sister handed her stuff down to me because she saw that my style was changing. I don’t know. It’s kind of a “which comes first” question, isn’t it?
Shirt: Oasis, Jeans: Forever21, Flats: Caprice, Necklace: hand-me-down from my mom
Pretty Pleats
Posted: June 2, 2014 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: pink, pink midi skirt, red flats, style imitating art, white, white short sleeve shirt 2 Comments
I am so sorry for that cheesy title but it’s really too hot (today is 100 and heat index is 115 again) and my brain is too tired (finale week is just as tiring for the teacher as it is for the students, who knows) to come up with anything else. Anyway, this is my outfit for this week’s SIA. I let everybody pick their favorite floating sculpture by Peter Gentenaar, and for myself, I picked this one:
I mimicked the swirls of the sculpture with my pleats, and kept the rest of the outfit simple and monochromatic. Midi skirt + flats is not the best combo for my stumpy legs, but it gives the outfit an easy breezy look that I kinda like. One regret though: my mom has this bracelet made from pieces of seashells that would’ve been perfect (it looks like this, only more pinkish), but it’s nowhere to be found. But then again I doubt I would want anything against my wrist in this heat, so maybe it’s for the best.
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the round-up post to see the other interpretations. We have a lot of varieties this week, it’s going to be great!
Shirt: Zara, Skirt: hand-me-down, Flats: Caprice, Belt: borrowed from my mom
14 Shades Of Grey 
