feeling a bit elfish (but whatever) sweater vest

i am wearing trousers, a sweater vest and a coat by grizas via kaliyana. i am also wearing the alpen top, delphi scarf and tokyo hat by kaliyana. my boots are the noon boot (closed collection) by trippen.

from now on i will take one moment at a time tunic

i am wearing the alpen top, the studio tunic, the modena top and the cool pant by kaliyana. my boots are the noon boot (box collection) by trippen.

slang dress

the other day, for the first time, i heard the expression/phrase "friday junior". i quickly learned that it meant "thursday". how long has thursday been referred to as friday junior? when i looked up the expression/phrase "friday junior" in the urban dictionary on the interwebs, i learned a new expression/phrase: "hump day", meaning "wednesday". now, for a long time, i have been referring to wednesday as "the hump". but all the time that i have been doing so, i had no idea that "hump day" was official slang. it never ceases to amaze me how truly out of touch i am at times.

i am wearing the alpen top, the ono dress, the tunnel skirt, the delphi scarf and the left bank jacket by kaliyana. my boots are the rider boot (closed collection) by trippen.

a dress by many names dress

recently, i went to see wicked ... for the third time. the second time that i saw wicked was about two years ago. oddly, on my third occasion seeing wicked, i was able to recall exactly what i wore on that second time seeing wicked. i don't always remember what i wear at particular times, but sometimes i do. sometimes they are happy recollections. other times, they are cringe-when-i-remember recollections. i once told a male boss of mine (while discussing the upcoming nuptials of his daughter) that i might find it difficult to have a traditional wedding, with the traditional white wedding dress, because i would be unable to settle on the dress. upon seeing his puzzled expression, i explained further. given all the mistakes i make with everyday clothes, the odds would be pretty good that i would make a mistake with the wedding dress (which would be so beyond what i am used to shopping for). if that occurred, i would forever have to live with having been married in a dress that was just wrong. not to mention having to look at pictures of myself in that just wrong dress. no, i just couldn't do it. i did not want a cringe-when-i-remember-it recollection of my wedding. his response to this explanation was ... probably predictable. "It's just a dress," he said. Years later, reflecting on this conversation, I thought, "How strange. I can easily commit to an individual. But committing to "the dress", well, that I still find a challenge." (p.s. i still like what i wore to see wicked the second time.)

i am wearing the alpen top, the ono dress, the tunnel skirt and the delphi scarf by kaliyana. my boots are the rider boot (closed collection) by trippen.

let's get comfortable dress

i am wearing the alpen top, the modena dress, the milan skirt and the delphi scarf by kaliyana. my boots are the rider boot (closed collection) by trippen. 

a black, black day top

there are situations that i have to face that i know (or suspect) will be unpleasant. i give more thought to what i will wear when facing those situations than i give to what i will wear at any other time. why? because i feel i have to allow for the possibility that i will associate the clothes that i wear with the feeling of unpleasantness (should it manifest itself) and that i will never want to wear the clothes again for fear of triggering a memory of the situation and its unpleasantness. so the clothes have to be disposable ones. sometimes, i will choose old clothes that i no longer care for to wear to face an unpleasant (or potentially unpleasant) situation. other times, i will actually buy new clothes that are inexpensive to wear to face an unpleasant (or potentially unpleasant) situation -- h & m serves me well for this purpose. i am happy when the situation that i have to face that i suspect will be unpleasant turns out not to be so unpleasant and i come to love the clothes that i wore to face the situation (maybe there is some association going on there). i am unhappy when unpleasantness is unexpected, i don't prepare for it and i come to hate previously liked clothes.

i am wearing the alpen top, the pelican top, the ball skirt, the long tight pant and the aha jacket by kaliyana. my boots are the onion boot (closed collection) by trippen.

whenever i wear dots i think of morse code dress, top and leggings

when i change my style, the last thing to fall into place is outerwear. i think that i am entering my third year of sporting a lagenlook-inspired-by-japanese-minimalist-fashion style. i started working on the outerwear part of my look last year. this year, i really want to nail it down.

i am wearing the alpen top, the l/s honolulu dress, the pelican top, the aha jacket and the long tight pant by kaliyana. my boots are the onion boot (closed collection) by trippen.