Hi peops! Here we go, time to start the documentation of my outfits for Me-Made-June '11, or as my boss has decided it should be called: Making-More-of-an-effort-June.
Day 1:
- Beignet skirt
- stripey long-sleeved T-shirt
- Saint cardigan
- pants
- coat
This outfit was pretty comfy and it felt good to be rocking a more vibrant look than I probably would have scraped together!
Day 2:
- high-waisted shorts
- stripey boat neck T-shirt
- pants
- coat to and from work
- refashioned green cardi when it was chilly
You know me, I'm not the kind of lady to avoid a challenge. I'm the kind that
invents the challenges, no?! That's the kind of thought process I was trying to adopt when I realised in the morning of Day 2 that it was going to be sunny and warm enough to put on some of my shorts and fulfill half of my
self-inflicted short-wearing challenge. I wore them with my most opaque (
opaquest?) tights and my leopard coat which covers my bum on the way to work. But actually during the day I felt really comfortable in them. When I caught a glimpse of myself in them, they made me smile, and the didn't really feel much different from wearing a really short skirt. By the end of the day when it was really warm, I felt confident enough to walk home
without wearing my bum-covering coat! In public! I think I'm converted. Though I don't think I would have felt as ok as I did if I hadn't had the opaque tights on. Maybe flesh tights or no tights are the next frontier I need to cross? Watch this space...
Day 3
- black sailor trousers
- mustard jersey top
- swallow detail 50's jacket
- pants
After two days of having my belly squished wearing tights, I wanted to rock a pair of trousers. Day 3, I took the opportunity to wear my black sailor trousers with my
new mustard jersey top, a well-worn favourite garment with newbie on its maiden voyage. The slinky quality of the fabric felt lovely, particularly as it turned into a really warm day. I would have felt more comfortable if it was 3-4cms longer. As my boss suggested, I could add a contrast band of something to the hem, but I don't think that would look very good, but I think it'll work really well tucked into my high-waisted black Jenny skirt, though I will still try it out with the massive flower mini skirt that I initially hoped it would work with.
I love this jacket though. I made this ages ago, even before I started this blog in fact. It's made from cotton mix sateen, though somehow it's got really soft so it can be used as a kind of cardi rather than strictly in a jacket-sense
Here's one more pic as I take on the
flickr group's mini-challenge of spinning for our documentation photo. I think the point was to wear a full skirt to make a lovely twirling shape, but I wasn't going to let my lack of full-skirts prevent me rising to a challenge!
7 comments:
Yay i'm glad the shorts made an appearance. I'd love to wear those high waisted shorts, but my thighs are the biggest part of me so it's a no go. You can totally pull off this look though. I dare you to wear them without tights at some point this month, you know you want to :o)
Thank you again for hosting this challenge, Zoe. It's gotten me excited about blogging again! Glad to see you look like you're enjoying yourself as well. :)
Bless you for rocking mixed patterns on shorts day. I don't think I'd be confident enough to do that. One of these days I hope to join one of the me-made- months, though since I've only just finished my first beta skirt, that might be some time in the future. Keep stylin'!
The shorts are awesome, I desperately want to make some now! If you're likely to wear the top tucked in anyway, perhaps you could add a band at the hem just so you could tuck it into lower-waisted things and have it be fairly secure (ie the band would be under the skirt/trousers and thus it wouldn't matter what it looks like)?
hey fantastic! Love those shorts!!
Yay for the highwaisted shorts Zo! Go for it! You look like a babe all the time!
Everyone sure has been rockin' the Beignets during MMJ! I gotta make one of those!
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