Skewl Lewks

Dottir Jewelry

I got this sweet shirt at the Minneapolis Vintage Market from Old Gem Vintage. She drew me in with all of the gorgeous white silk and linen items that she had but I didn't walk away with any silk. I did, however, buy this shirt because it was so familiar yet so different at the same time. This 70s men's button up is so reminiscent of my past. I rocked a lot of these shirts in high school and college, but I've never seen a print like this before. The scales skewed my look toward academic. The only accessory I'm missing is an armload of books.

I Breathe Sparkles

I took a friend shopping to buy business casual basics for a new job. We went to Nu Look Consignment and found a lot of great classic pieces for her to mix and match. 

I, on the other hand, found these shiny genie pants and a sheer, gold sequin top (not pictured) for $20.00

Overall, I'd say it was a successful trip.

It's All About the Shoes

This is one of the best outfits I've worn in awhile. I love the color scheme and this 1940s meets 1980s silhouette is so very me. But most of all I love these shoes. They're the perfect color to compliment my wardrobe and they're incredibly comfortable. I've been wearing them almost non-stop since I bought them this winter. I long for another pair in black, just so that I never have to wear another pair of shoes again. 

OH MY GOD I LOVE THESE SHOES! 

They even look good tucked under skinny cut pants.

I always get a lot of compliments on this dress when I wear it, but I don't wear it very often. I wonder why. Probably because I never used to have these shoes.

Apparent Denim Shortage

Necklace - The Artifakt

What is it with pants these days? Why are they all so short? I went on the Levi's website the other day looking for some nice, high-waisted flares and all I found was this.

What even is this? 

Is there some sort of denim shortage that I'm unaware of?

Despite my ranting, I really like this outfit with short pants. However, I might like it better with full-length pants. 

I've been struggling for awhile with how to wear this dress and I think I nailed it on the head with this outfit. Keeping it simple with a collarless shirt, minimal jewelry, and oxfords allowed the interesting detailing of this dress to be the main focus. I know it's hard to see the details in this drawing, but the dress is made out of heavy suiting material, cut like a wrap dress, with oversized front pockets and a large sash around the waist. It's really quite nice.

I assure you that this outfit was cute in person. This drawing is hideous. 

I was wearing navy blue tights with ivory, open-weave sweater tights over them and it was subtle and lovely; not crazy as indicated by this drawing. 

Ode to Experimentation

The following outfits are experimental. While I love experimenting with clothes, it hardly ever results in a perfect outfit. Here are a few examples of what I consider to be flubs:

Dottir

I've had this sweater dress hanging in my closet for over a year now and this is the first time I've worn it. I find the design of this dress to be a little baffling. It's a heavy knit, turtle neck mini dress with cap sleeves. In what climate is this appropriate? I also find the bright orange color to be a little overbearing. Yeah, you heard me right. Overbearing.

I decided to try it out by layering the dress over my trusty, long-sleeved slip dress, some sweater tights and leg warmers. This worked out ok to keep me warm, but I think I overdid it with the colors. If I wear this dress again, I might swap in gray tights for the blue to tone it down a little. 

Lula

Here's another dress that I'm wearing for the first time. I like it a lot layered with this vest, but next time I should rethink the tights and shoes. These red tights were old, with busted out elastic and I spent the entire day pulling them up to my waist where they belong. They are now in the trash, so I have no choice but to wear different tights the next time I try this outfit. As for sandals in January...I don't know, we all make mistakes.

Jovy Rockey

How many turtlenecks are too many turtlenecks? I think the answer might be two.

What's the Point?

I sat down to work on this blog post full of outfits from 2 months ago and I found the whole process to be excruciating. I just didn't want to do it. The thought of lugging my laptop, keyboard and mouse (it's a whole embarrassing setup) down to the scanner in the basement made my stomach turn and the thought that I was going to post outfits from November when it's almost February made me feel like a huge slacker.

I ended up taking photos of the sketches with my phone and I'm posting them even though they're old because I like these outfits and I wanted to share them.

The moral of the story is that I don't care anymore, but I still care so much.

It's confusing being me.

When the Victoria Bekham for Target line came out last Spring, I nearly crapped my pants with excitement. How could I resist all of those bright candy colors, bold floral designs and boxy 60s silhouettes? After trying on everything I could get my hands on, I went home with one black dress. First of all, everything was huge. I normally wear a large and found I was swimming in a medium. It was exhausting trying everything on multiple times because I couldn't figure out what size I should be wearing. I also thought that most items were overpriced for what they were: novelty/showy items that I'll probably wear once. I'm glad that I only bought the one dress because I love it and have worn it several times, in multiple seasons and I even incorporated it into a Halloween costume. 

No, I am not wearing that dress in this drawing, but I am wearing one of those boxy 60s inspired blouses that I chose not to buy at full price from Target. I found it at Everyday People this Fall and was not surprised how quickly these items were showing up in thrift shops. It's a very spring/summer top, so to make it more appropriate for Fall I wore it with school pride. This is pretty much the look I was rocking this Fall. Bright school/team colors worn with preppy flair. Rah rah, sis boom bah!

Dottir

I wore this sweater a lot this fall. I love it's full-on 80s appeal and that bright green color really fit in with my Fall 2017 look.

Dottir

Olive on olive. Boy, do I love olive...with gold. Oh yeah...

Ah hah! Another thrifted Victoria Bekham for Target shirt! I didn't buy this one for full price because I'm not really into collarless shirts. I have worn it successfully collarless, as it is, but I'm also a professional when it comes to layering, so many times you'll see me rocking it with another collared shirt underneath, like so.

Daily Comic: September 17th 2017