New Year's Eve: What I'll Be Wearing

Note: Please excuse the mess! I had a ceiling leak over Christmas and things are shoved and piled in places they wouldn't normally be!

I usually find New Year's Eve pretty underwhelming, so I try not to make too much of it. I am going to a party, but I won't be wearing heels or sequins or ruffles. That stuff just makes me feel fussy and uncomfortable. Instead I'll be wearing an outfit that makes me feel most like myself: lots of comfort and a bit of chic if I do say so. The best way to start a new year, I say.

Jacket: Muji
Top: Anthropologie
Jeans: J Brand Blue Label Skinny in Shadow wash
Boots: Seychelles

Easy Peasy DIY

The band at the bottom of this American Apparel top has been driving me nuts since I bought it a few months ago. It just seemed to be constricting what could be a cute flowy shape. So this morning I picked up a pair of scissors and snip, snip, snipped it off. I didn't mark or pin. I just cut just above the seam. And, yep, it's uneven, but I like it that way. I am, after all, a child of the 80s : ).

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do to make something work for you.

Me and My Shadows

I figured my recent shopping excursion called for an outfit post:

Sweater: Anthropologie
T-shirt: J. Crew
Jeans: J Brand Shadow Blue Label Skinny
Shoes: Ciao Bella

Not so summery summer outfit

Belated outfit post. I believe I wore this last Tuesday. It was a rainy, yucky day, so I had to pull out my trusty Seychelles. On a normal summer day, I would replace the boots with sandals and probably lose the leggings.

Dress: J Crew
Cardigan: Mossimo for Target
Leggings: FootTraffic
Boots: Seychelles

Inspired by...

Inspired by this and this, this outfit eventually found its way into my life.

I actually didn't buy these pieces with the intention of recreating either of these looks. I bought each piece separately over the course of a month or so and for varying reasons. I bought the pants because they were the only potentially flattering pair Anthropologie was selling at the moment. I bought the tank to wear under a suit for my recent business trip. I bought the shoes after seeing this outfit. And I bought the jacket last week just because I thought it was lovely, but I actually had no idea what I would wear it with. But when it came time to get dressed yesterday morning, the seed that was planted by Emily and Garance came back to guide me. That's sort of how it goes with me. A seed is planted, I gravitate to certain pieces with that seed in the back of my mind, and, somehow, over time and with a bit of trial and error, it all comes together.

Jacket: Muji
Tank: J Crew
Pants: Idra (from Anthropologie)
Shoes: Seychelles