ten deep breaths skirt

i am wearing the focus top (a/w nagano collection), the 3d skirt (a/w nagano collection), the aha jacket (s/s barcelona collection), the tokyo hat (a/w nagano collection) and the circle scarf (a/w nagano collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the pluto boot (closed collection) by trippen.

first in/last out skirt and jacket

another instance of revisiting the beginning of this past autumn ... by wearing clothes that i wore then ...  but (until now) not since then ... so ... welcoming spring as i welcomed this past autumn.

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

sometimes no. 4

having entered the home stretch of winter, with no sign of the cold winter weather letting up, i can't overstate how tired i am of this winter. and being tired of this winter, i really feel the cold ... more than i normally would. and feeling the cold as much as i am, i want to wear nothing but layers of wool and plaid, my idea of perfect winter attire. so here i am indulging in some perfect winter attire (from years past).

photo no. 1: i am wearing an old navy shirt with an h&m tie, a jacket by susan harris design, a bustle skirt by bunny and pear and hue jeggings. my boots are the buxton boot (swordfish family) by john fluevog.

photo nos. 2 to 5: here i am wearing an outfit with enough layers to keep me warm in the coldest parts of the building where i work, just the number of layers necessary to keep me comfortably dressed in the most over-heated parts of the building where i work and everything in between: a gap shirt with an h&m tie, a woollen shrug and vest by paper people clothing, a jacket and skirt from h&m and hue jeggings. my boots are the surrealist pizza boot (swordfish family) by john fluevog.

photo nos. 6 and 7: i am wearing a shirt from urban outfitters with an h&m tie, a woollen shrug by paper people clothing, a vest by susan harris design, a skirt from h&m and hue jeggings. my boots are the malcolm boot (living family) by john fluevog.

photo nos. 8 and 9: sometimes i can wear the same piece of clothing numerous times before it attracts some comment (not, incidentally, that i wear the piece even once for the purposes of eliciting comments -- if you have been reading the blog for a while, even for a little while, you have probably picked up that i wear clothes for no other reason than to please myself and because i like them). case in point: this jacket. this outing of the jacket proved the jacket to be quite a conversation piece. particularly noteworthy were the crest on the front and the number on the back.

photo nos. 10 and 11: with the exception of the cardi, everything that i am wearing here is old. the cardi is from the most recent preloved a/w collection. i had no idea, when i was buying the cardi, that it would one of my last preloved purchases. preloved recently shut its retail doors, opting to go wholesale. just as i have decided to turn away from the mass market in favour of small-scale independent (and even local) designers. i wonder if it is true that when one door closes another door opens. i guess i will find out.

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.