What I Wore: Stripes and Spots
I honestly don’t know how I feel about this outfit. What do you guys think?
Maroon v-neck from Target
Olive spotted tank from Target
Skirt from the thrift store
Shoes from Vans
Tagged: mauve
What I Wore: Mauve Maven
Wool Coat from H&M via the thrift store
Maroon shirt from the thrift store
Maroon sweater vest from Target
Miniskirt from Forever 31
Black leggings from Target
Maroon socks from Sock Dreams (review here)
Doc Martins are handed down from Cheryl
Globe charm necklace from Ben’s sister, Mara of Tangible Thing on Etsy
What I Wore: Skirt Cape
I got this linen dress from Cheryl, of the handed down Doc Martins. It’s a shift style that just looks strange on my body shape. Shift dresses flatten out my boobs and put emphasis on my gut, which is missing the requisite ass meat to balance it’s sadly hanging equation. Despite these things, I love this dress. It’s so comfortable, I adore a nice soft linen, it’s such a perfect color (it’s slightly more burnt-orangey than it appears in the pictures), and even though it under-emphasizes my chest, I love the little wrappy thing the neckline does.
I keep trying to think of ways to not look like I’m smuggling half an inner tube around under my awesome linen dress. Today I tried the skirt cape. I kind of like it. I hadn’t realized how straight up and down I look until after the pictures were taken, and I think there’s an argument for wearing the skirt cape higher up next time I employ this method. But overall, I feel like this was a really fun outfit. Yeah, I went against every fat girl rule ever and completely washed out my “curves” by choosing these lines, but I enjoy the squareness, so fuck fat girl rules.
Fun with skirt cape.
Spinning!
Dizzy from spinning!
Awesome linen dress from Cheryl
Slate blue T from The Gap
Skirt cape from a Tibetan shop in Old Town Pasadena
Socks from Target
Doc Martins from Cheryl
What I Wore: I Hate Winter
I love this outfit, it was super comfy and super cute and I got a ton of compliments on it. It also happened that yesterday, the day I wore this, was one of the first days since the beginning of October that I didn’t feel like shit, I was almost afraid to be happy, I’ve had bronchitis this whole time and it’s finally letting up.
Positivity aside, I have to say that I hate winter. I love clothes, but I don’t really like the sensation of wearing clothes, especially wearing a lot of clothes. Tights (the universal girl solution to cold weather) irritate me and, if I wear them more than one day in a row, they give me a urinary tract infection. Because of this outfit, I realized that long johns also do this. Which is a shame, because I spent $60 on long johns thinking that I would be able to get around the UTI issue if the undergarment was baggier. No such luck.
So now I’m back where I started, leaving for Oregon in 3 weeks, with the same cold skirt collection that I always bring. And I refuse to wear pants because in addition to the UTI problem, they make me nauseous. Do any of you readers experience this problem? People who actually live in cold climates, guide me! Being a life-long Los Angeles resident has really not prepared me in any way for the cold. I’m actually thinking of making some winter petticoats for myself out of flannel. What do you guys think?
Hat from the Tibet and Nepal Warehouse in Old Town Pasadena
Scarf from Macy’s in Portland, Or
Green long-sleeved shirt from The Gap
Marron pocket-T from Target
Blue ribbed tank from Target
Belt from Target
Tan underskirt from Target
Plaid overskirt from a thrift store, owned since 8th grade
Blue Polartech long johns from REI
Blue stripey socks from Target
Red Dansko Clogs from REI
What I Wore: Beet Soup (back-up)
Surprise! This is a post I saved as draft for a day I wasn’t feeling it.
Marina’s Note: I have at least 3 outfits that I haven’t posted yet, and are going to be converted into back-up days. It’s not like I’m not taking outfit pictures, I am, but the process of putting them online is beyond me at the moment. Sorry guys.
Black tank from The Gap
Coral long sleeved shirt from Target
Maroon undershirt from Old Navy
Eyelet lace skirt from the thrift store
Wraparound skirt from a Tibetan shop in Pasadena, Ca, Socks from Target
Low-Top Docs handed down from my friend Cheryl
What I Wore: Sauce
This was taken right after I got home. I was hugging Ben, and had face buried in his shirt where I discovered that he smelled exactly like this gross vinegar butter sauce he puts on his pasta. So I told him he smelled like sauce and he took my picture.
Sweater vest from Target
Shirt from the Salvation Army
Wrap around skirts from a Tibetan handcraft store in Pasadena
Low-profile socks from Target
Docs are handed down from Cheryl
