Plato of Fashion

The return of the only shoes I wear, at least according to my blog.

Sorry about not posting regularly and not having an outfit post in over two weeks. I told you in my first post that I was going to be a really awful blogger - no shame there. To be honest, I've just been really busy with 18 credits of university courses, midterms and papers, and topped off with an average of 20 hours of work a week. I know there are tons of people out there who have less time, but blogging is not my full-time job (yet); I haven't been able to steal Rumi Neely's life, ok?

As soon as I finished my African Politics midterm, I felt like throwing my fist in the air and walking with the kind of swag you'd find in a John Hughes film. It almost makes me wish I had worn plaid and a leather arm band today. I rocked that midterm so hard, so I told myself I'd find the time to make an outfit post as soon as I'd get home. 

So here goes outfit post:

Topshop sweater, Levi's jeans, Aldo Qualheim boots

The clothes I've been gravitating towards have been comfortable fall pieces: oversized sweaters, ankle boots, and lots of slim-fitting bottoms. Most days, I would throw on a massive knit scarf or load up on layers, but today I thought to keep things simple. If any outfit can sum up my philosophy on Fashion (I'm like the Plato of fashion over here), it would be this one. My philosophy on fashion is not to take it seriously; there's no need to take too much of an effort getting dressed and lastly, wear what's comfortable. Comfort is my numero uno necessity; that's why I've given up on strapless shit because flat-chested girls like me will never be comfortable in a tube top (if you have any tricks that don't involve duct tape, let me know through the comments). There are far more important things out there for me to spend a ton of time ruminating on what goes with what and what this blogger says about this trend. I prefer to enjoy fashion and not really think about it - kind of like a cheeseburger. 

Comfort for me is throwing on a loose sweater, pulling on a pair of trusty dark denim, and wearing comfortable shoes. Normally, I would go for flat shoes but these ones are quite easy to walk in and they make me taller so it all balances out in the end. Wood heels are really frakking noisy though.

Love, self-declared Plato of Fashion. But now that I think about it, I might be more of a Descartes. 

 

I hope my face didn't scare you there.

Freeport, Maine

A few pictures from our brief stopover in Freeport, Maine. A small town with big, capitalist feel. 

Studying in a Coffee Shop

Old Navy parka, Heritage 21 striped sweater, Uniqlo leggings, Aldo Qualheim boots

What I'm wearing right now as I'm typing this blog post. I just arrived home from a whole evening of reading up on Colonial Latin America to prepare for a paper due on Thursday. I smell like Starbucks (more than ever). My brain can't decide between accepting the effects of caffeine and getting more work done or resisting the urge to change into my XL frosh week shirt and curling up under my warm duvet.

I'm a contortionist, apparently.

In the battle between school (when the work isn't due in the next eight hours) and sleep, sleep always wins.

Sweet dreams, invisible ones.

NYFW Collages: Pastels

Lela Rose

Ralph Lauren

3.1 Phillip Lim

Jill Stuart

The Confused Look

See the little bits of ombre in my hair?

What I wore on Thursday to school and to my friend, Sam's, birthday dinner. We had the usual Thursday-night tradition of having wings at Your Father's Moustache; then we headed down to Seahorse Tavern to watch and dance to The Mellotones. It was a really gloomy day (bad day to wear suede, but I was so stoked on wearing them), but nothing good company can't fix.

And just for the sake of recording really sappy moments in my life, I just want to share something with my lovely readers (cue crickets). We were walking to the car when I realized I had to cross about six feet of wet grass to get to the passenger side. Normally, I wouldn't care about getting my shoes wet and muddy because leather and canvas are pretty low-maintenance. But these were new, suede shoes! Forgive me, just this once, for being a prissy princess. I guess Dan noticed my hesitation, which was really me trying to figure out some ninja-like way to get across without slamming my face into the car door. He was about to pick me up bridal style and carry me across, which would have been such a swoon-worthy moment in a Ryan Gosling movie, but a really embarrassing one in real life. Instead, I jumped on his back (I'm gonna be your backpack!) and he carried me to the car. It pays to have a boy best friend (BBF - ha) who's super practical when it comes to fashion that he chooses to wear military boots 300 days of the year just because he thinks it's practical to have shoes rugged enough to kick someone's face in. We couldn't be any more different, but that's why we get along so well.

My first official picture with braces.

Forever 21 shirt, Polo by Ralph Lauren sweater, DIY Levi's cut-offs, Aldo Qualheim boots, H&M bracelet, Michael Kors watch

These Aldo Qualheim boots must have been inspired by the much-coveted Isabel Marant Dicker boots.