After a morning spent planting hellebores in the rain, I was chilled to the bone and more than OK with relaxing in warm, comfy clothes at home. It wasn't how I'd planned to spend my birthday, but I can't complain about an evening spent canoodling with my sweetie.
Instead, I have pictures of today's outfit, taken by the ever-talented Jen Kiaba!
Purple twist v-neck: Velvet, Marshalls
Brown layering tee: LnA, thrifted, remixed
Brown bling bow belt: Betsey Johnson, TJMaxx
Jeans: Victoria's Secret, pegged by me
Boots: John Fluevog "The LA: Silverlake
Citrine toggle necklace: street fair vendor at FIT
Flower hair clip: homemade
Jen and I are collaborating as a photographer/stylist duo on head shots, engagement portraits, and other photographic work. Today, we were doing a head shot session. I knew I'd be helping to carry equipment and set up shots, but still wanted to show off my chops as a serious Fashionable Person. Thus, these boots. I built the entire outfit around them, from the ground up.
These are my answer to the vertiginous wedge ankle boot: cf. Nubby Twiglet's and Audi's Jeffery Campbell Clinics and Sal's Alice + Olivia for Payless Buckled Booties. As I spend more time blogging, and looking at other wonderful fashion blogs, I'm starting to feel like a bunch of us are working from the same Platonic ideal of a closet. Rather than the cliched rage of a party-goer who finds another attendee is wearing the same dress, I find this cheering and uplifting. Offbeat as my sense of style is, it's shared by some other wonderfully stylish ladies!
Who else is on your style wavelength? Do you like finding commonalities in dress, or do you prefer to be completely original?
Who else is on your style wavelength? Do you like finding commonalities in dress, or do you prefer to be completely original?
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Well happy birthday Miss lady! I missed this post!
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