Looks like rain
This is day eight of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 , Day 6, and Day 7.
Good afternoon fair readers, I hope you all have been having a great day!
Well…I knew it was bound to happen eventually, and it did. I think because I was having such good luck I became complacent, and so it snuck up on me when I was least expecting it. Though I suppose it is possible that it was the introduction of the jacket.
Grey jacket= Grey skies, That sounds logical right? Yes. I definitely think it is my jacket’s fault.
Regardless, may I introduce to you ‘Grey Jacket’ accompanied by ‘Grey Skies’, with special guest, ‘Crappy Auto Flash’ in today’s production of the OOTD:
Outfit Details: Dress- Tucker for Target, Jacket- XXI, Cardigan- Old Navy, Shoes- Target, Necklace- Erickson Beamon for Target, Bag- Fake Chanel, Gifted from a Dexter's Reg.
This pic is too cute to let a little thing like a weird flash halo keep it from getting published! On Opes: Dress- Baby Gap, Diaper- Sunbaby and gifted from Labri and Bauer, Necklace- Tweetbaby designs
Ok, I guess they aren’t that bad. Calliope certainly is cute, and the orange does look quite vivid on the dull background, but I must selfishly say that the lighting is doing nothing for my make-up, hair, or skin tone. Oh well, C’est La Vie!
As for the outfit, you can see our favorite LOD (little orange dress) has made another appearance, though it is hiding under many layers. Oh those layers. Really Lucky?! I guess it is a good thing it was cloudy today because if it was sunny, those layers would’ve been unbearable. And no I didn’t cheat, I wore them <most> of the day, and I was fairly comfortable too because a good chunk of that was spent in Target, and they have excellent A.C. ;D
To be honest when I first saw what today entailed I was a little concerned that I wouldn’t like it, but actually on an aesthetic level I rather like what is going on. Lucky’s Day 8 features a boxy utilitarian khaki jacket, which is not something I own or would be naturally drawn to, and so I improvised. I took my trusty grey safari jacket (seriously, I’m pretty sure the whole world has seen me wear it at least once, I wear it all the time) and made it boxy-ish by tying its belt in the back.
I guess creative belting is my thing
Pretty inventive huh?! The result is a little bit more feminine than what Lucky did, and I like it better. I also think the 3/4 sleeves and scrunched cardigan gives it a touch of 80′s Miami-Vice-awesomeness. I mean really, who couldn’t use some of that- Not this gal!
Actually, I think my Miami metaphor works pretty well to explain the accessories too: We have a crazy 50′s-kitsch Carmen Miranda inspired necklace, and we have a wonderfully in-your-face fake Chanel bag. Both I think would be comfortable hanging out at South Beach. I guess I should mention that I couldn’t stand to wear my platforms 3 days in a row and so I cheated and substituted for the booties again even though they are getting worn tomorrow (is cheating more popular down there or am I stretching my metaphor too far?)
No animals were harmed in the making of this fake Chanel
Check out the charms on this baby
Perhaps the accessories are a little over the top, but I like them. I think they add a fun factor to offset the boring black cardigan. And actually the bag was a gift from a regular at Dexter’s, and it worked fantastic as a laptop bag when I was going to UCF. Me and my fakey fit right in with the 18-21 year old set. So Kim if you are reading this, thanks for the bag! I’ve had a lot of fun using it. Maybe one day I’ll buy the real thing, though as a pescatarian I don’t know how I get around the morality factor. And lets face it, Andrew and I have one child with plans for more, we’ll NEVER have any luxury money ever. ha! But a girl can dream can’t she?
Day 8 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of Wear: 6. Personal Excitement Factor: 6. Miami Vice-ness: 8.
How about you arm-chair quarterbacks? Was I crazy to actually wear the layers? Do you like the attention getting accessories? Which LOD look do you prefer, today or Day 4?
I look forward to getting your feedback!
Someone is playing with my camera cable, time to stop taking pictures!
P.S. Nico has posted about her first week on the challenge. Go check it out!
