Bits and Pieces: Fair Isle and Flare

Holy Charlie's Angels outfit of the day! I almost felt like giving my hair a feathery flip just to complete the look, but decided against it and threw on a fedora instead.  Flare leg jeans, discuss.  I can take them in small doses and with a high heel but I do tend to prefer a skinny leg silhouette most of the time.  However, the one good thing about flare leg jeans is the length normally associated with them gives this gal (topping the charts at a vertigo-inducing height of 5'4") the look of legs that go on for days.  Truth be told my legs are the shortest part of me and my torso tends to stretch out for days but I do enjoy an outfit that can switch it up for me.  And of course there is that hat. That. Hat.  I do love a wide brimmed fedora - I gotta say, but not enough of a brim that it flops which is a little too much for me (but I guess I should never say never, eh?). Something so Carmen San Diego about it and I dig it. Throw on a cape to mirror the bell on the jeans and I have an outfit fit for, well, someone other than myself that's for sure.  But what is fashion if not for experimentation every once in awhile.  There is always another day for pencil skirts, and silk blouses and skinny pants.  Today was for flare and Fair Isle and fun for that matter.  It felt good to be dressed in an outfit so different from my typical silhouette - what has 2013 done to me already??!! Boundaries and limitations be damned! Well kinda.

Cape - Club Monaco | Sweater - Opening Ceremony | Tank - Club Monaco | Jeans - Gap (similar here) | Scarf - Club Monaco | Gloves - Saks Fifth Avenue | Fedora - Gap | Ankle Boots - Gucci (similar here and here)

Bits and Pieces: Dressed Up in Shorts

I know what you all are thinking - is she in shorts, AGAIN?  Yes, yes I am.  I have had prior deliberations on my affinity for shorts a few posts ago, wondering how to pull off polished in a non-pants, non-skirt fabrication, but my pride abounds with this above look.  A silky textured short and a peplum-like silhouette courtesy of a blousy tank and belt, made for a perfect "casual Friday" look this past week.  Paired with my new shoe crush as discussed here, I feel the pointy toe and patent leather dresses it up a smidge so that my "casual Friday" edges slightly towards - still maintaining my weekly office attire dignity.  The ballerina like hair do? Courtesy of a non-wash day, and my hesitant foray into the world of dry shampoo.  And what would an outfit post in the summer time be without my ever trusted, pasty, pale, alabaster skin.  (Throwing in alabaster makes me feel better about my inability to tan - like I'm some disney princess)  This whole shorts thing is starting to grow on me.  I suppose almost any fashion choice can be styled to reach your desired comfort and polish level - except overalls.  And crocs.  And  clear lucite, stripper heels.  You are on your own with those. 

Tank - Kenneth Cole | Belt - Ann Taylor | Shorts - GAP | Shoes - Jean Michel Cazabat