Posts tagged ‘personal style’
Come Together
Here’s a fun little fact about this outfit: the skirt I’m wearing is actually extremely high-waisted (as in it sits right below my bra) and also comes with suspenders. All good things, but not something I want all the time. This is where the enjoyed but mostly hated crop top comes in.
I got this shirt back in December and have been trying to figure out how to wear it! Yes, it’s a basic, long-sleeve tee with an awesome wolf graphic at first sight, but it also happens to be on the shorter, upper-navel side of the spectrum and has a boat neck which is difficult to layer if you’ve got some rhymes-with-cubes.
In another tale where two unexpected pieces find themselves a perfect match, my once outlandish high-waisted suspender skirt and my navel-bearing wolf top come together to create an understated, simple, and casual look. Just toss in an oversize jacket, pair of booties and a smidge of color on your lips (I chose e.l.f. Conditioning Lip Balm in Romantic Rouge), and boom! you’re ready to go!
{ Free People Coat, Elizabeth & James Shirt c/o, Morphine Generation Skirt, Zara Boots, Proenza Schouler Bag, Hue Tights, Essie Ballet Slippers Nail Polish }
// photos by Emily Malan
Keeping it Basic
Hello! I haven’t forgotten about you! My sincere apologies for yesterday’s absence, I’m about belly button deep in fashion week. Anywho, here’s a neutral outfit I put together last week after the color explosion of last Monday’s outfit. A pretty standard, pre-fashion week look for me: skinny jeans, cozy sweater, and a pair of brogues, but I added a smidge of pizazz with the baubley necklace hidden behind my in-need-of-trim locks. The necklace weighs about 4,000 pounds, so any sort of comfort you see in this outfit was overthrown by the weight of the gold member fastened around my neck, which probably has something to do with the squishy face I’m making in the above photo.
More posts to come, but for now I have to get ready for the second to last day of fat-chin week. Yes, fat-chin (thank you Brad Goreski) because I don’t eat for hours upon hours and then suddenly find myself famished and hitting up the pastries backstage like a hungry hippo.
Shows on the agenda today: Nanette Lepore, J. Mendel, Marchesa, and Proenza! Woop woop! Hasta luego muchachas!
{ Bomber Jacket from Barcelona c. 2005 (similar here), Reiss Sweater, J.Brand Jeans c/o, Topshop Brogues, Mulberry Bag, Necklace and Bracelet from unknown boutiques }
// photos by Emily Malan
Laundry Day
I call this outfit Laundry Day because all of my everyday staples were in the wash and this is what I came up with. Laundry day mornings are significantly more difficult than normal mornings because you’re forced to dress outside of your comfort zone. This can result in some seriously atrocious outfits (I’m looking at you crop-top + leggings disaster), but it can also create some prettaaay prettaaay prettaaaay (any other Larry David fans out there?) great outfits as well.
I had completely forgotten about these Theyskens’ Theory jeans until they toppled on top of me while I was grabbing for one of my way too many pairs of black jeans the other morning. I was also finally forced to forgo my go to sweaters and silk blouses and reintroduce a spring tank top that was at one point a recurring star in my daily outfit rotations. Isn’t it funny how an article of clothing that you swore you’d never stop wearing ultimately finds its way to the very back of your closet? I always kind of feel bad for those pieces but I guess clothes don’t have feelings; and it’s a good thing they don’t because I throw way too many of them on the floor on laundry days…
{ Searle Coat, Banana Republic Blazer, Rag & Bone Tank Top, Theyskens’ Theory Jeans, Zara Boots & Bag, Melania Trump Watch, Tom Binns Bracelets, Haute Hippie Necklace }
// photos by Emily Malan
Orange You Glad
I’ve taken my obsession with monochromatic dressing to the next level with outfits composed of pieces derived from a similar color palette. Dressing in related color tones that aren’t so matchy matchy is an easy way to look not so standard while still wearing pretty standard pieces. Here you see me all oranged up, resembling some kind of fall foliage or cherry tomato mixture, but note this my friends: I’m still wearing my usual silky blouse + skinny jeans combo. Ain’t nothin fancy shmancy about that! This is what we call attainable fashion people, attainable fashion. Also note that dressing in a tomato-based color palette allows you to eat and spill as many tomato-based meals as you like without winding up looking like a Jackson Pollock. Major plus for those of you who are clumsy like me or use your outfits as a napkin.
{ Silence + Noise Blouse (similar here), Rag & Bone Jeans , Marc Jacobs Coat, Proenza Schouler Heels, Mulberry Bag }
//photos by Phil Evers
Style Icon: Emmanuelle Alt
In anticipation of Fashion Week I figured this month’s “Style Icon” should be a front row/street style blog frequent who gives me some serious closet envy, otherwise known as Emmanuelle Alt. Damn can that lady wear a pair of skinny jeans and a blazer like nobodies business; but let’s make it our business right now.
Along with the fact that her style is sleek simplicity at its finest and that Balmain may or may not be made specifically for her, it amazes me that she can essentially throw together the same outfit day-in-and-day-out and still make it look different, interesting, and for lack of a better word, sexy! Ya, I said it, Emmanuelle Alt is sexy.
We all know how much I love a good blazer and pair of sausage casings skinny jeans, and I gotta say it’s refreshing to know that it’s a go-to for someone as impactful in the fashion industry as Emmanuelle Alt. So for all those mornings next week when I throw a fashion fit on “not having anything to wear,” I take comfort in knowing that my daily uniform is totally acceptable for Fashion Week – since the sidewalks are equally as followed as the runways.
