sometimes no. 3

photo no. 1: the dress i am wearing here came from a store that sells clothing that doesn't usually excite me. (a friend suggested a way that i might curb my seemingly non-stop shopping: only go into stores that sell clothing that doesn't excite me. well i guess that didn't work! i always say that i can find something that i like pretty much everywhere.) i am also wearing an old preloved sweater vest. (i got some new preloved stuff recently. i don't usually go for any of the preloved spring/summer stuff. but the autumn/winter stuff, i usually buy at least one piece each year, going back to when i first discovered preloved some years ago.) my bottoms are by hue. (my collection of bottoms by hue keeps growing! everytime i see them in a new colour, i scoop them up. i recently got a faux leather pair!)

photo no. 5: i am wearing new chelsea boots by john fluevog. (the moment i put them on i realized why it is a good idea to replace old footwear, even if the old footwear still looks good: comfort, support, cushioning and bounce. all of which is nowhere to be seen ... or felt ... in old footwear. still, i am going to hang on to some of my old footwear. particularly my vintages vogs!)

photo no. 6: i am wearing a new shrunken pullover (zara) with one of my old little plaid dresses.

photo nos. 7 and 8: i am wearing a favourite outfit from last year: a gap shirt with an h&m tie; a wrap cardi from anthropologie; a golden pullover from club monaco; a bustle skirt by bunny and pear; hue trousers; and fluevogs.

photo nos. 9 to 13: the "i really, really want them" new sorels make it out of the closet ... in both their colours.

photo no. 14: i am wearing new star struck jeggings from h&m (not as comfortable as hue jeggings, but i couldn't resist -- i was struck by -- the star pattern). these jeggings bring to mind (at least to my mind) fireworks. with fireworks in my mind, i bid good-bye to 2013 and an "until we may meet again" to this type of dress.

wow dress

well it may have been the case that i wasn't "into" colour recently, but i really couldn't claim not being "into" colour on the day that i wore (or even on the day that i bought) this vibrant red dress. i must admit that buying this dress was pretty much a done deal. i love polka dots. i love this particular polka dot print. and, as far as colour goes, red is definitely a favourite colour of mine. and, of course, there was the interesting shape of the dress. not one thing (that i can think of) to speak of against buying the dress.

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), the l/s honolulu dress (with arm tubes) (a/w 2013), the pelican top (a/w 2013), the escape skirt (a/w nagano collection) and the square jacket (a/w reykjavik collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

eventually all things come to a head jacket

i knew that the "thing" that i had been wearing as a coat a few weeks ago i would start wearing as a jacket underneath a coat. i just didn't think it would happen so soon. i think that i am in for a long, cold winter.

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection) by kaliyana, a sweater dress by lauren vidal (a/w 2013) and trousers and a woollen jacket by grizas (a/w 2013). my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

sometimes no. 1

i have not always been "so into" clothing by kaliyana as i am now. but as much as i am "so into" clothing by kaliyana, i do sometimes wear other clothing. usually when i am not working. i want to share some of this "other me". the above are some non-kaliyana outfits that i wore this summer (seems appropriate to get this post up now that a parka is de rigueur.)

so weak coat

so ... does it really matter if i start wearing the puffy (down) coats so soon? there are (i hate to say it) lots and lots of sweaters just hanging out (or lying around) my closets, wardrobes and chests of drawers, anxious for the depths of winter to arrive so that they can serve their purpose. i will just layer up on sweaters in the depths of winter. weak, i know.

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection) by kaliyana, a sweater dress by lauren vidal (a/w 2013) and trousers by grizas (a/w 2013). my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen. my puffy (down) coat is black label (a/w 2013).

down blanket coat

winter is definitely signalling its impending arrival. on this particular morning, i wanted nothing more than to wrap myself in this down coat. but i thought it was too soon. if i started in on the down coats now, what would i have to turn to in the cold depths of winter? so i put the down coat back in the closet and opted for the unlined wool jacket instead.

i did not wear a black label (a/w 2013) down coat.

low volume skirt and tunic

this is one of my outfits that is low on volume. lately, i haven't been feeling like me unless my outfit has had lots and lots of volume. oddly, even though this outfit is low on volume, wearing it, i felt very much like me.

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), the mi-nu tank (a/w reykjavik collection), the mi-nu skirt (a/w reykjavik collection) and the square jacket (a/w helsinki collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

let's tally up top

i hereby declare the alpen top to be a very (very) versatile (or maybe "useful" is a better word) top. i think that, by now, i have gotten my money's worth out of it. (which is not (not) to say that i am going to be getting rid of it any time soon.)

i am wearing the alpen top, nagoya dress, amazing skirt and square jacket by kaliyana (a/w helsinki collection). my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

i saw it, i wanted it and now here it is ... dress

some time ago, i may have mentioned that i spotted, on the kaliyana website, a plaid dress. upon seeing it, i thought, "omg! plaid and kaliyana. two loves brought together. a dream come true." of course, the dress didn't materialize in the store right away. and i was told that it wasn't a kaliyana piece either. so it seemed like the dream might just be a dream. but then, a month or so later, there was the dress in the store. true, it wasn't a kaliyana piece. but, hanging there on the rack, it was gorgeous. although not technically the dream coming true, i still think of it as the dream coming true.

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), the vanessa top (a/w reykjavik collection), the square jacket (a/w reykjavik collection) and the 3-d skirt (a/w nagano collection) by kaliyana. my dress is by grizas. my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.