Felt like editing this a little differently with this outfit post, or rather was increasingly dissatisfied with the photographs so I kept editing. When I like my photographs there is very little change from the in-camera shot to the one I put on the blog, but the more ambivalent I feel about my images the more editing they tend to get. Anyway, it works in an outfit that isn't much about color anyway. The outfit was built around my new basic tee from
Pickwick & Weller. I talked about them a couple of weeks ago and now I'm trying out one of their boutique-quality-without-the-price-tag tees for myself. It is a lovely, thick tee; mine's in black but if the white is anything like this one it won't have that annoying almost-sheer-to-actually-sheer quality that most of women's tees seem to have nowadays. I'm always a bit annoyed when I buy a shirt or dress that's so sheer I have to wear another shirt or dress (i.e. camisole or slip) underneath. Anyway, it doesn't seem to be a problem with this line and the new tee inspired me to wear something more casual…sort of. Casual is easier in summer--in summer it would just be this tee, skirt, and sandals but as you add layers in winter you start to look more pulled-together even though you just wanted something simple and faux-sporty.
Remember if you buy a
Pickwick & Weller tee then share your picture on Instgram with the hashtag #BeAStylist they'll refund you $15, so you effectively get your tee at cost. Definitely check them out if you're looking for more basics and shirts that won't fall apart after a few months.
P.S. If you're interested in seeing the outfit in color, I'm posting outtakes on
Instagram.
Outfit details:
Marais USA loafers
Rebecca Minkoff backpack
I'm in the middle of driving to Kansas for a family visit. I scheduled a few posts in advance to save some of my stress while traveling only to find last night in a brief respite after nine hours of driving I intended to use towards answering e-mails, that today's post had mysteriously disappeared. Quite strange and it meant no rest for the weary but a re-upload, organize of pictures, and re-finding of appropriate links for clothes--all on an incredibly slow internet connection that made everything take twice as long as it normally would. Traveling is so fun, no? Anyways, sorry there isn't much to report here other than a list of grievances but it's frustrating to work really hard other evenings to get things done in advance only to have to re-do everything when you're short on time and patience. Let's hope I have better luck with my afternoon posts and tomorrow's as well!
