stripey stripes skirt and jacket

so i am starting to think that wearing long skirts in the winter isn't the best idea in the world. due to the fact that leggings (or tights) under the long skirts are required, resulting in the drape of the long skirt being interfered with by movement -- like walking. unless, of course, the long skirts one is wearing are fully lined. none of the long skirts that i have are fully lined. (i know what you are thinking: half or full slips. but those have a ton of problems on their own -- in my humble opinion.) so i am starting to think i should wear more and more (or, perhaps, nothing but) "keep it streamlined on the bottom" outfits. like the outfit in my last post.

i am wearing the alpen top, the modena jacket, the 3d skirt and the long tight pant by kaliyana (all a/w helsinki collection). my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

new boots

no, this isn't a case of deja vu (i am referring here to the title of the post). these are my other new trippen boots. worn with what is probably the most minimalist kaliyana outfit that i have worn in a while (maybe since summer?).

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection) and the l/s honolulu dress (a/w 2013) by kaliyana. my boots are the rider boot (closed collection) by trippen.

new boots

here there are: one of the two new pairs of trippens that i succumbed to a little while ago. this pair has the new sole that i am testing out. so far i can say this about this new collection: so light. i can barely feel them on my feet. the fit is smaller than the other collections that i wear (the closed, box and happy collections), so i had to size up (one whole size). (fortunately, larger numbers don't bother me. my priority is good fit. the size is just a number.)

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), the pelican top (a/w 2013), the sarouel pant (s/s corfu collection) and the honolulu skirt (a/w 2013) by kaliyana. my boots are the force boot (splitt collection) by trippen.

on the side of night jacket and skirt

this is one of my favourite retail times of the year: post winter holidays sales time. this year, unlike some past years, i am just looking. why? because i only want more of what i am wearing here: the label that i have come to love so much that i don't want to wear anything else. but looking at other clothes is still as much fun now that i am not buying them as it was when i was buying them. i like to know what is out there.

i am wearing the outside shirt (s/s barcelona collection), the forever jacket (a/w helsinki collection), the 3d skirt (a/w 2013) and the tight pant (s/s sorrento collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen. my necklace is by k'ien.

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.