What to Wear This Very Second
Have you got a fashion emergency? Want the answer in cartoon? Check out What to Wear This Very Second.
Jeepers!
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DIY: Knee-length Board Shorts
In one of my most-googled posts ever, Modest Swimwear, I described my dream swimsuit. It remains a dream. Remember these board shorts? Only $6.99 American, plus $18.95 shipping and handling!
So … a couple of weeks ago, at our church’s family camp, I got a wild hair and made my own. You see, I have one ancient swimsuit. It’s one-piece, with a modest neckline, but I’d love to replace it because it doesn’t fit great. It does, however, match with EVERYTHING “swim” I own: my Reef flip-flops and my short swimshorts. I even had a pair of matching cargo capris in board short fabric. Had. That is, until I ran over to the camp kitchen, borrowed a pair of scissors, and made myself a very “hack” pair of knee-length board shorts.
Hehee. It works for me.
BTW, I got those capris from a daughter for $1, the usual going price when an item moves wardrobes within our family. For more on how we taught the ladies to budget for their own wardrobes see this old post: Crazy Budgeting Mama.
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Now I Get It
Back here I was complaining about how, when going out to dinner around here, the other diners dress as if they were going to the club. The athletic club, I mean.
But now I get it. They aren’t on their way to work out, they’re on their way home!
This past Saturday, my husband and I had business in a little logging town an hour or so away. I was wearing khaki capris, ivory flats, and a uniform polo with a shirt tucked in under for coverage. Well, it was hot when we left at 3 and, of course, I had brought my Chacos. After obtaining my husband’s permission, I whipped off my uniform shirt and I was dressed for the beach.
Unfortunately we didn’t find anywhere we wanted to eat at the “beach”, so there I was, at that same restaurant, dressed in heather gray men’s A-shirt, capris, and Chacos, with my wind-blown hair and little make-up. Now I get it.
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When to Make an Exception
You have probably heard the expression “You have to know the rules to know when to break them”. Here, from the comments on my post Growing Up Your Wardrobe Painlessly, is a great example:
Wendy said…
Hear! Hear!Disclaimer: I own one “message shirt” — a long sleeved hoodie promoting Manolo’s shoe blog.
If you do wear a message tee do it purposefully, and for a fun reason.
And, unless you’re trying to increase the space between you and your peers, never wear your bad attitude on your shirt.
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Grow Up Your Wardrobe Painlessly
picture via Nordstrom
Occasionally I will come across someone who dresses as if it didn’t matter, but really isn’t happy about it. To which person I desire to say: Biff the message tees! Replace them with something pretty like this lovely ($88) marc by marc jacobs tee.
Finding everyday clothing that functions without looking frumpy, or just plain sloppy, is a worthy goal, if for no other reason than to raise your husband’s esteem. Simple, stylish tee-shirts can be found at all price points. Upgrade your winter wardrobe with sweaters that fit and function like tees.
It works for me. Can’t you just see me in this shirt?
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Carnivale of Couture: From Summer to Fall
Coquette brings the question of the week:
As we look ahead to Fall season next month, what is one item of clothing you will miss in your Summer wardrobe and what is one item you are coveting for Fall?
Great question! The answer to the first part is easy, but I confess I need to go shopping to answer the second. I shall return!
Okay, I’m back.
The summer item I’ll miss is the wedge sandals. They’re easy, comfortable, and straddle the functional and stylish aspects of my fashion personality perfectly, for only $30 American. Oh, and did I mention that my husband found them? Warm fuzzies about him too!
But, on my budget, I can’t be too specific in my coveting. After shopping this morning, I realize I am craving something in this soft, silvery-blue teal corduroy for fall . Shopko had a blazer in a gorgeous shade; Nordstrom Rack had a lighter version of the same.
My recommendation to all you lovely people who are shopping for a fall blazer: go to your favorite place to shop and buy one in the teal, cyan, or muted blue that suits your coloring.
Me? I’ll probably just wear the pants I used for this picture.
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Swimming in the Deep Blue SEA
I really love you guys …
This, specifically the Holland Abilities Codes, is something I’ve wanted to blog about for a long time.
A year and a half or so ago, I went through a number of personality profile type assessments, with a rather disturbing outcome. Previously I have mentioned being uncomfortable with the fact that people tend to see me differently from how I see myself.
When I took the very comprehensive PLACE ministries course, a lightbulb kinda came on for me. I had never previously heard of the abilities codes; mine is SEA. What that means, in detail, is that I’m equally well-suited to working in social and enterprising environments, followed closely by artistic. Frankly, people, I may be hard-wired to do this blog.
But, until I stumbled into the blogosphere, I think it had been wearing on me. Where in our churches and communities is there a place for a person who won’t stop talking about what to wear?
Did I mention that I really love you guys?
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“Boyfriend Shirt”
Okay, so this really isn’t an example of the boyfriend shirt formula, his white shirt over skinny jeans, but the belt has my husband’s name on the back of it. Does that count?
Random things I want to share about this outfit:
- The shoes, which you have seen many times before, I wore because I always wear heels if I will primarily be sitting. Amy gets why.
- The jeans are my “good” jeans for fall; my fall trousers, if you will. This is a better photo than the previous one, which was a little dark.
- This is another example of the white t-shirt and jeans formula.
- The pink shirt is an old Talbots dress shirt in a size bigger than I normally wear. Currently it serves as an apron.
Wearing this to a Saturday morning informal training event, I never felt inappropriately dressed. Now that I see the picture, however, I would cuff the sleeves up one more time. Fits my Type 8 silhouette better.
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Choosing Where to Shop
Choosing where to shop, these days what more important topic is there?
Recently I said this in comments:
Shopping these days is so overwhelming that going to the right place is half the battle. In thinking about where you go, the stores that most often carry your size is a great way to narrow things down, then style personality, then
price.
The reason I’m thinking about this: I have a couple of friends, one IF, one RLF, who will be going shopping soon, both at largish malls, for some fall SAHM basics. I’d love to get reader input about where the most efficient shopping is.
- Size: For me, being able to get standard misses sizes, but small, is critical (I have unusually narrow shoulders). Both of my friends need - oh how can I say this delicately? - more generously sized tops. We all have our figure issues, why bother shopping where you will only be frustrated?
- Style personality: Are there stores where you consistently find nothing, where the sales staff doesn’t even look at you, or where you feel uncomfortable? It’s probably because of style personality. I’ll let you in on one of mine: Christopher & Banks. But I totally recommend shopping there IF you sit further back on the “fashion train”.
- Price: If you are going to buy just a bare-bones wardrobe, and you can afford it, I just wouldn’t worry as much about this. Assuming you are a Frugal Mom, or at least a sensible person who calls herself a tightwad, you aren’t likely to get yourself in too much trouble going to the mall once.
Back at this old post I revealed where I would go. What are your go-to mall shops, and why?
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Got Saddlebags?
Honestly, the reason I am posting this is simply because it is after 6 pm and I haven’t posted anything new since Friday. I have another, longer, more involved post I am working on. But it’s not necessarily more useful.
Maybe I am the only one who needs this reminder, but I do need it. See the curve of the hip on this skirt? If my clothes look like that, I look normal. If they are straight through the hip, or too tight, I look like a pair of gigantic bulging thighs.
Just the image you needed, right? Good thing it’s after dinner.
