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A couple weeks ago, I was lucky enough to visit my bff Corey in Whitby. During our shopping trip, I found an awesome gingham blouse on sale at Old Navy. I knew right away that there would be so many ways I could wear it.
Here are three options I put together:
(Read more after the jump!)
During the spring and summer, I pretty much live in lace and/or mesh tights. It's been kind of a bummer that it's been way too cold to wear them for months now. Then I happened upon an article that suggested layering a pair of opaque tights under your mesh or lace ones to winterize them. Genius
[These and all other black tights pictured below from H&M. Floral lace tights from Next. Similar lace tights in black from Le Chateu]
I tried it for the fist time a couple weeks ago and was very pleased when my boss's super-stylish wife complimented me on my tights.
Although all of my examples use black tights, I think this would look great will pretty much any colour combination... so long as you don't use white as the base. I have a feeling that would just make it look like you have really pale legs...
[White crescent pattern tights from American Apparel]
[Pink geomesh tights from American Apparel]
Think you'll try out this idea? Send me pictures if you do!
My seventh grade teacher once told me that all good stories have to come full circle. I remembered that as I was getting dressed on Day 30 and decided to throw on the same cardigan that I wore on Day 1.
The unfortunate part about remembering this tidbit from seventh grade? I also remembered that he used to give out Jolly Ranchers as a reward, so I spent the rest of the day with a ridiculous craving for them. I wonder if he'd mail me some if I emailed this post to him to prove that one of his lessons has stuck with me for all these years...?
A couple days before I put together this outfit, I read that Diane Von Furstenberg considers animal print a neutral. I absolutely loved that idea, and wanted to combine this cardigan with a super-bright top... unfortunately, I hadn't included anything of the sort in my 30. Enter my plaid Paris scarf...
Sure, it might not entirely match, but I kind of liked the odd combination. Now that the 30 for 30 is done, I've been thinking up other fun things I can pair this cardigan with. Stay tuned...
First off, even though it looks like Cleo isn't wearing anything underneath the pink cardi, I promise you there's a black tank top there. I definitely did not wear this sans shirt. Apparently they front upon that at my place of work.
Most of Day 28 was spent working, but after work I got to go to the movies with friends. Because Karla and I are suckers for kids movies, we saw Gnomeo and Juliet. While it was no Tangled (seriously: best. kids movie. ever.), I still enjoyed myself. There's a particular scene with a meowing lawn-mower that I think we can all agree is hilarious. I mean, it was meowing, guys. And it's a lawn-mower. Oh man...
Scarves and long, flowing layers always make me think of Karen from Californication (see here and here for examples). I love how her style is a little 70's and a little boho, but she still always looks so polished and pulled-together. Plus, I wish I had her long wavy hair, and that sweet tattoo she has on her wrist. Total girl-crush.
P.S. I totally considered titling this post, "Hank, you smell like p--sy", but figured that without first saying it was a quote from the show, you guys might not want to open the link.
First off, the haphazard way I've dressed Cleo is completely intentional. I spent Day 26 hung over on my couch after recapturing my youth at Phils the night before. Unfortunately, I didn't account for the fact that I get way more hung over now than I used to when I was young. Damn. Anyway, this is my approximation of the way I was dressed when I hit up the Wendy's drive-thru for some hangover food.
You might be wondering about the large red shark in the background. He is a prize I won at Wonderland a few years back. My friend Marco really wanted to play ring toss, so I decided to try throwing a ring from his bucket. Somehow, despite a complete lack of hand-eye coordination, I managed to win. Unfortunately for Marco, Uggo (that's what we named the shark) was too big for me to carry (he's almost as tall as I am... which I guess isn't saying much), so Marco was stuck lugging him around the park.
Uggo has become a fixture of parties at my apartment (sometimes as a chair, other times as a dance partner), so it only seemed fitting that he show up in this hangover-related post.
I am ridiculously behind on posting these 30 for 30 outfits. What happened is that I got sick the last day of the challenge, and then missed a bunch of days of work while I was sprawled on the couch trying desperately to stop coughing. Now that I'm caught up at work (and now that my coughing has mostly subsided), I can get caught up on these blasted posts.
This was my outfit from Day 25. To be honest, I just really liked my outfit from the previous Friday, so I decided to repeat most of it, but switch up the top underneath so that I wasn't breaking the no-repeat rule. Sneeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaky.
This was my outfit for last Thursday (Day 24 of the challenge). Betwen the pink, the flowers print, and the flower embellishment on the cardigan, it was pretty darn girlie. I thought about putting on one of my wider belts to toughen the look up a bit, but since I've worn those to death throughout the challenge, I opted for a thin grey belt instead.
In other news today (actual today, not the day that I wore this outfit) was the final day of 30 for 30! I'm kind of surprised that I made it all the way through the challenge. Last week was particularly hard; I was so sick of every piece in my 30. In the next few days, I'll have to catch up on my pictures and posts so that I can do a brief recap.
This was my outfit for last Wednesday (Day 23). This probably isn't a combination I would have thought of before 30 for 30, but it was actually really comfortable. I'll definitely wear the tunic with the skirt again, but I might either pair it with a different cardigan or - if it's not a work day and it's warm out - go without the extra layer. As much as I love that green sweater, something just didn't feel right combining it with the other pieces.
Speaking of Wednesdays, it's now my favourite day of the week. Sure Friday's great and all, but recently Wednesday nights have marked my weekly date with three of my favourite people: Mere, Devon, and baby Karis.
And how could I not love these visits? Look how cute:
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