Midnight Blue
Posted: June 5, 2017 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, brooch, navy dress, red, red slingbacks, style imitating art 4 Comments
This week’s SIA is pretty easy for me. The two stand-out colors are blue and red, so I immediately knew I’d wear this navy dress with my red heels. The accessory required a bit more thoughts, though. Sadly I don’t have any brooch or pendant in the shape of a rooster or a violin-playing goat, but then I noticed that the lady in the painting has a heart shape on her top (is it her actual heart? You never know with Chagall), so I added my heart-shaped brooch.
I wore this to my students’ thesis defence last week (their thesis projects are feature film scripts, but they still have to present it in front of a committee). This was my first year as a thesis adviser – that may sound important, but honestly the work isn’t that different from what I do in my freelance script reading job. People ask for your advice, you tell them what they’re doing wrong, and then they don’t listen to you. I’m not surprised, really. One of the first things they teach you in screenwriting class is how to take criticism, but almost nobody knows how to do it.
Don’t forget to stop by Jen’s blog to see other interpretations of this painting!
More Of The Same
Posted: May 19, 2017 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: blue, bracelet, distressed boyfriend jeans, red, red slingbacks, white, white short sleeve shirt 1 Comment
This is pretty much a more casual version of my outfit on Wednesday – same shoes, another white button-up shirt but looser and with short sleeves, and distressed boyfriend jeans instead of black ankle pants. I saw a similar outfit on my favorite Japanese style blog and thought I’d give it a try. Of course, it looks much more effortless on the website than on me, but I’ve long given up on looking effortless. Effortless on me would just look sloppy, like I literally make no effort, so, no.
One Step Back
Posted: May 17, 2017 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: black, black khaki pants, brooch, red, red slingbacks, white, white button-up 1 Comment
My schedule has calmed down a bit, mostly because I’ve had to turn down a couple of freelance projects – I really can’t take on any more work now. I won’t say that I’m a workaholic, though I do feel uncomfortable whenever I am not working on something – even if it’s just a blog post – or reading something or watching something for school (mindless TV doesn’t count). My mind can’t stand being idle. But sometimes it can be overloaded like it did the past two weeks, and sometimes I would find myself doing something mindless just to give it a break. That’s why I decided to cut back a bit on my freelancing.
And, with my mind free to think about something else other than scripts and stories for once, I’m beginning to reintroduce colors and patterns into my outfits. I still can’t spare more than five minutes to think about what I’m going to wear and the outfits are still going to be very basic (like here), but at least they wouldn’t look so… blank anymore.
I’m One With The Force
Posted: May 4, 2017 Filed under: Clothes | Tags: blue, gray, gray elbow-patch cardigan, navy pants, necklace, red, red kitten heels, white, white eyelet top 1 Comment
Happy Star Wars day! Anybody pumped for The Last Jedi? I’m always kinda disappointed that I only got into Star Wars after I already moved home, so I can’t discuss it with my film buff friends. Sure, we talk on Tumblr and Facebook, but it’s not the same. I may work at a film school, but my co-workers are hopeless when it comes to pop culture. When it comes to things like sci-fi and superheroes, I always end up talking to my students.
Anyway, the outfit is unrelated, but it looks like I’m channeling R2-D2 with my white, blue, and a touch of red. I’m also wearing my “Moon of Yavin” necklace (that’s what I’m calling it anyway), so I guess you can say my outfit is celebrating Star Wars too.
Top & Heels: Mango, Cardigan: Zara, Pants & Necklace: local shop
Patchwork
Posted: April 24, 2017 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: belt, blue, brooch, navy pants, red, red slingbacks, white, white silk blouse 3 Comments
I thought I would struggle a bit with this week’s SIA, inspired by the Korean jogabok wrapping cloth, because it’s so colorful and I don’t have anything like that in my closet. But then I noticed there are white and blue squares in the cloth, and I have just the right piece for it. Then I added some pink and red accents with my belt and shoes, and my bow brooch as the last touch, to mimic the bow in the middle of the cloth – and I’m done. It was way easier than I expected.
Top: Mango, Pants & Heels: local shops, Belt: thrifted, Brooch: vintage
Don’t forget to check out Jen’s blog tomorrow for other looks inspired by this piece!
Tattooed Cats
Posted: April 10, 2017 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: black, brooch, gray, gray pants, herringbone jacket, red, red kitten heels, style imitating art, white, white striped top 3 Comments
One of the things I love about SIA is that it inspires me to put together outfits that I’d never come up with otherwise. Takes this outfit, for example – I would never decide to pair these particular items together, but now that I did, I was quite happy with it. It has a vaguely 80’s feel (I think it’s the combination of the high-waisted pants and the shoulder pads on my jacket), but I like it. And of course, it’s perfect for this week’s SIA, inspired by the Monmon Cats painting of Kuazaki Horitomo.
I wanted to get my cats in the photos – they happen to look quite similar to the two cats in the painting, one is a tabby and the other a tortoiseshell – but when I took these photos, they were having breakfast so I didn’t want to interrupt them. At least the cat on my jacket is not running anywhere 🙂
The full round-up will be posted tomorrow, so remember to drop by!
Top: Mango, Pants: Topshop, Jacket: tailor, Heels: Zara, Brooch: local shop
Rosy And Sparkly
Posted: March 27, 2017 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: black, black embellished sweatshirt, cream khaki pants, red, red kitten heels, style imitating art, white 3 Comments
For this week’s SIA, inspired by a roses-and-sequins painting of the growArts program, I had decided to bring out my trusty rose-printed tunic. However, the weather turned cold suddenly (the last cold snap of the season, I believe), so I had to go with a looser interpretation. In the end, though, I’m quite happy with the outfit – it has most of the colors of the painting, and the embellishments on my sweatshirt bring just the right touch of sparkles. I also managed to take pictures with some pink roses in the background, so the roses are represented as well.
Don’t forget to check out Erin’s blog to see other outfits inspired by this!
Sweatshirt: Zalora, Pants: Mango, Heels: Zara
