weeks 27 and 28: 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.  

week 12 new looks: the last for (not of) autumn/winter 2025

one last rundholz dip outfit from 225 for autumn/winter 2025. every season there are a few "left over" outfits when i switch over to wearing clothes from the next season -- outfits that i purchased for the first season but that i didn't get around to wearing before the start of the next season. there is really only one reason for this. the outfits didn't come together at the right time in the season. usually they are most appropriate for transitioning into the season (because of the weight of the fabric). but i didn't get them in time for that transition. either they were pre-orders that came when the season was already in full swing or i purchased them during the end of season sale. these "left over" outfits often become the first archive looks that i wear when the season next comes around. all that said, with this outfit, i bid a fond farewell to rundholz dip 225 and an enthusiastic welcome to rundholz dip (and rundholz) 126.

i am wearing rundholz dip 225 (all clothes) and rundholz 225 (boots).

weeks 9 to 11 new looks: turns out it was just a dalliance

i didn't write much about the flamingo pieces that i acquired. i just wore them. maybe i should have paid attention to that. in any event, as the autumn/winter clothing season began its march towards another end, i realized that my thing with flamingo was a dalliance. so ending the autumn/winter clothing season with crab. once again, i am promising myself not to entertain such wardrobe dalliances. here is the question though: going into something with clothes, how can i tell whether i am walking into a mere dalliance or some experimentation that might lead to some new enduring look.

i am wearing rundholz 2025 (boots) and rundholz dip 2025 (all clothing).