Summer Scarf

This outfit ended up looking more casual than I imagined it would. Lesson: jackets do not make everything dressier, especially bright pink skinny pants.

This is the first day in a long time that I haven't worn earrings to work. It wasn't deliberate. I spent so much time fussing with the scarf that I just completely forgot to put on a pair of earrings.

Jacket: Toy Box

Pink Cami: Old Navy

Pants: Wet Seal

Scarf: Wet Seal (free!)

Necklace: World Market

Clutch: vintage

Shoes: Nine West

Sprout

This has been my favorite court suit this summer. This is the first time, though, that I've worn it with all green.

As I was putting on the suit today, it reminded me of a substitute teacher that I used to have in high school. She was short with a blond bob and a shrill voice, and she always wore a suit this color. The same suit. Every time. She also ALWAYS yelled at people, sent more than one student to the principal's office per class and threatened to expel lots of students, usually for no reason. My class took to calling her a military-inspired nickname. My brother is a few years younger than me, and when his class started having this same substitute teacher regularly, they started calling her "Sprout," after the Jolly Green Giant's sidekick. I don't know if the Jolly Green Giant actually had a sidekick, or if my brother's class made that up. At any rate, wearing this suit as part of a monochrome outfit reminded me of her.

The only reason I wore the Celtic Cross necklace today is because I always used to wear it with this cami and a pair of jeans when I was in law school, so nostalgia prompted me to put it on with the cami again this morning. I must say, I think it fits well with the green color scheme.

Suit Jacket: H&M

Pants: H&M

Sheer Blouse: Worthington (thrifted)

Cami: Victoria's Secret

Hoop Earrings: gift

Celtic Cross necklace: from St.-Martin-in-the-Fields in London

Shoes: Lifestride

Apricot

Blouse: Moda International

Skirt: Express

Vest: vintage

Shoes: Lifestride

Silver Hoop Earrings: gift

Headband with Big Bow: H&M

Vests and Lace

This shirt is getting retired after today. I love the lace in front and the sleeve shape, but it's starting to get a bit yellow. The elastic in the sleeves is so worn and stretched that I had to use "hollywood magic" tape to keep it from falling off my shoulders. The tape is left over from a play where I never left the stage once from the beginning to the end. I started out in a leotard (which served as a bathing suit in the opening scene) and then I went through several outfit changes on stage, often stripping down to the leotard between outfits. The tape was a lifesaver to keep the leotard properly adjusted.

I'm not sure why I keep wearing this suit. There's a jacket too (not pictured). I like the jacket and I love the vest, but the pants always look a little crinkly to me and they're a very wide cut, which isn't too flattering on me. And yet I keep wearing them. I think I just really like the vest, and I enjoy the fact that the whole vest-jacket-pants combo matches like a proper suit ('cause it is a proper suit).

I've had the faux pearls since I was a kid. I haven't worn them in years. They're from the early 80's, so I think they can properly be termed "vintage," but I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that something I got new in my lifetime can be considered vintage.

Vest: H&M

Pants: H&M

White Sheer Top: Wet Seal

Pink Cami: ??

Pink Faux Pearls: vintage

Earrings: vintage

Shoes: Ann Taylor LOFT (thrifted)

Black and White and Grey

I wore this to work yesterday. In the evening, I went to a small dinner party. Or, I thought it was going to be a small dinner party. Turned out, there were over 20 people. There was even entertainment - a classical guitarist!





Jacket: Bebe
Ribbed Tank: Victoria's Secret
White Jeans: Delia's
Shoes: Etienne Aigner
Necklace: vintage
Black Hoop Earrings: Aldo
Bracelet: ???

May I Approach the Bench?

I attended court this morning, for the first time since I've starting posting pictures here. Thus, the more conservative attire.

The sweater used to have a cute little black bow (teeny, teeny tiny) right in the front of it, but after a couple of wears (and a wash) the bow started to fray, so I cut it off.

Suit Jacket: Express
Skirt: Express
Sweater: Behnaz Sarafpour for Target
Necklace: vintage
Silver Hoop Earrings: gift
Shoes: Ann Taylor LOFT (thrifted)

Red and Orange

What I wore to Book Club Monday evening.

Orange Top: from a vender at Covent Garden market

White Cami: Wet Seal

Pants: Wet Seal

Necklace: my grandmother's old house key, on a chain

Peace Sign Earrings: World Market

Shoes: Etienne Aigner