weeks 31 and 32 new looks: adopting multiple colour palettes

amber was my chosen colour palette for rundholz dip 126. i tried to get all the pieces that i coveted in that colour palette. with some pieces, i was not able to do that, for a variety of reasons, including that they did not come in that colour palette, the pieces sold out completely in that colour palette and the pieces were no longer available in my size in that colour palette. so i opted to get them in the linen colour palette. to date, having two colour palettes per season was really an afterthought based on circumstances. i did not go into a season thinking i would have two colour palettes and what they would be. i picked one colour palette for the season before the buying began. a second colour palette was selected during the buying phase for the express purpose of allowing me to buy coveted pieces unavailable to me in the first colour palette. picking that second colour palette "on the spot" (so to speak) has not always been easy. so based on my experience this season (and i think the immediately preceding season), looking ahead to buying for the upcoming fall/winter season, i am definitely thinking ahead of the buying experience of what my two colour palettes for the season will be.

i am wearing rundholz dip 126 (all clothes and footwear, except the shoes in the last photo). the shoes in the last photo are rundholz 117.

weeks 29 and 30 new looks: what is harder for me?

lately, i have been thinking about whether the style that i have now settled into makes it more difficult for me to get dressed. for some, it may be more difficult to put together an outfit of multiple layers, more so if the layers are of different colours or prints or textures. for me, i think it is more difficult to be minimalist and monochromatic. if i put on just one piece of clothing, say a dress, the silhouette of the dress, how it falls on my body, the features of the dress, all these things are so much more visible to me and it feels like i have less to play with to satisfy myself of my look. the same holds true if i put on two or three pieces of clothing all of the same colour (and more so if they are of the same fabric). if there is less for my eye to look at, there seems to be more pressure to make sure that the only thing the eye can look at really pleases me. 

i am wearing rundholz dip 126.

weeks 27 and 28 new looks: there she is

these are mostly rundholz dip looks that i wore recently. a couple are looks that i wore earlier in the season.

i am wearing rundholz dip 126.

weeks 18 to 20 new looks: first impressions and considered impressions

i wanted a new colour palette this spring/summer. one that i had not worn much of (if at all), particularly in spring/summer. so, from the rundholz dip colour palettes available for spring /summer, i was excited to pick amber as my main colour palette. two months into the season, i would be lying if i said that i am not questioning my choice. on some days i have felt heavy and weighed down wearing the amber clothes. but maybe it isn't the colour palette. maybe it is something else. about the clothes. for example, it could be the embellishments on the clothes -- the lace, the puffed sleeves, the bell sleeves (with ties to gather them). or maybe it is something about me. something going on with me that i am just projecting onto the clothes. for example, i am in a transition period with hairstyles. i never do well with transition hairstyles. i know i am in transition and that seems to impact how i feel about how i present. i do not feel as is i am presenting authentically. whatever may be going on, i will just keep moving forward and doing my best. just clothes after all.

i am wearing rundholz dip 126.

weeks 17 and 18 new looks: corporate camouflage

a couple of looks that i wore to the office recently.  because the walls of the majority of the office space are "beige", and if i stood against any particular wall i could blend in with it in these outfits, i started saying that i was wearing corporate camouflage.

i am wearing rundholz dip 126.

weeks 15 and 16 new looks: brown, grey or purple?

rundholz calls the colour that i am wearing here amber. some have said it is brown(ish). others have said it is grey(ish). and still others have said it is purple(ish). i have chosen to see the colour as brown(ish). the puffed sleeve jacket and the trousers that i am wearing with it are from the rundholz dip denim group. i did not see pieces from this group in the amber colour way at any of my go-to retailers during the presale period, so i thought the group was not produced in the colour way. i had chosen amber as my colour way for this season, but i never thought that i would be able to get anything from the denim group in my preferred colour way. i was very pleased (to put it mildly) when it turned out my assumption was a wrong one -- and i was able to get some amber pieces from the denim group.

i am wearing rundholz dip 125 (all clothes) and rundholz dip 125 (high tops).

weeks 13 and 14 new looks: excited

i am really excited about the rundholz dip 126 collection. 2026 marks the tenth year that i have been collecting rundholz dip clothing. i purchased my first rundholz dip outfit in summer 2014 -- forever grateful to the very special woman who introduced me to the label (and numbers among my style icons). 2017 was the first year that i started collecting. the 126 collection seems very fresh -- different from before. there is a romantic feel to it. it may be that collections that preceded my experience with the label showed some of this, so it isn't new. but to me (with close to fifteen years of interacting with the label), i am seeing something different. and it is really resonating with me. i may be in big trouble.

i am wearing rundholz dip 126 (jacket and trousers) and rundholz dip 125 (hightops)*.

*pending the arriving of rundholz dip 126 hightops.