I love weird print tees, and wacky zany print blouses. I love ruffles and full skirts and all things frilly. I LOVE western shirts and dark jeans. I wait with baited breath for winter when I can put on a scarf and a sweater. I wear things that make me happy, and maybe that's why it outwardly appears as if I have some semblance of style, when really that's not the case at all.
I just purchased two petticoats to go under some of my vintage dresses. I love a twirly full skirt paired with a ridiculously high, high heel that makes me so tall I can peer over the heads of most people. I sometimes like a modern dress that I can't afford, so I search and find one similar in my price range. I love finding a treasure in a thrift store, which is getting harder and harder now that the "cool" kids who teased me in high school for wearing old used clothes, have decided that vintage is in.
I find that I don't care what someone is wearing, but am drawn to people who are obviously wearing something because it is inherently THEM. I can see a dress on one woman and think, "That looks odd" and the same dress on another woman and think it's gorgeous. It's more in someone trying to pull something off because someone told them they should, rather than wearing what they truly love.
I just saw a fabulous young lady yesterday in a skirt, cardigan, and red glasses and yelled out, "You are too damn cute little lady!" and she got the biggest smile on her face. That's the most important thing to remember. When you see someone who looks great, tell them. Even if you don't know them. Tell someone they are cute today!
If I see a man in a western shirt it doesn't really matter what he looks like, I immediatley love him.
Here's a picture of a shirt I have that I really like. Maybe I should've just made a whole post about western shirts.
I love that you yell out when people look cute. It takes nothing to make someones day! The lack of vintage in thrift stores now makes me sad!
ReplyDeleteI think it's just that there were normal sized women but they wore their clothes out! A lot of the tiny dresses available if you check old catalogs are actually teen dresses so I figure maybe the girl out grew it before she wore it out. I got rid of most of my vintage but I had two closets full and none were tiny!
ReplyDeleteHow'd the drive go?
That makes sense.
ReplyDeleteThe drive down was hideous. It took 50 minutes to get from here and Berkeley, then 50 minutes to get from Berkeley to his place in Oakland, which is like 8 miles. I was driving like 6 miles per hour.
But the drive back went without a hitch. And it was made even easier 'cause halfway home I got a text that said, "I want you to come back." It was totally worth the shitty traffic on the way there. I'm writing a really barfworthy sappy post about it for Monday.
Oh, and I LOVE your new picture. Joan is so my girl crush of death. I just want to hang out with Christina Hendricks and make her my best buddy. I adore her.
ReplyDeleteI would look like a nerd in a western shirt on Maui....
ReplyDeleteHm.
But love the shirt. Would of worn it in California....
xoxo
I think my western shirt with the flowers on the shoulders would look great in Maui!
ReplyDeleteYou know where the men looked amazing in western shirts though? Austin, TX. They were everywhere. I was in man heaven there. :)
Everyone has their own style. Some people can pull off certain looks better than others. I admire many different styles, but know that I could never pull them off. That being said, I'm sure that their compliments are genuine and that you look amazing!!
ReplyDeleteI would venture to say most people do not have their own style. They wear what a magazine or their friends tell them to wear, and that's when you look awkward.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jax. I sometimes look pretty keen. But sometimes I'm wearnig something crazy and someone will compliment me and I'm like, "That had way more to do with my disposition than my outfit."
Just the other day I found myself thinking that my coworker looked great, but didn't say anything. Then I thought, why in the world didn't I tell her? So I went back over and told her she looked fabulous. Compliments are definitely not something to be held back! Although, you do have to be careful, because I also told a male coworker one day that he looked really good in the shirt he was wearing, and he thought I was flirting with him, which I totally wasn't.
ReplyDeleteGood on you for going back and complimenting your coworker! :)
ReplyDeleteI compliment men and women. I know my intention isn't too flirt, so it really doesn't matter what they think. Now, if they make a face that makes me think I've made them uncomfortable sometimes I'll say something like, "That wasn't a flirtation. Sometimes a compliment is just a compliment." But if they continue to react that way I just stop complimenting them. I don't believe in complimenting people who don't take compliments well. And to me, assuming I'm hitting on you just because I say you look great in a tie one day, is taking a compliment badly.
I had an older coworker tell me he really loved the dress I was wearing one day and I looked really cheery. I knew he meant what he said and took it so. I said a hearty, "Thanks!" He wasn't flirting. I just don't usually wear super bright dresses to work so he noticed it and wanted to let me know. It was really nice.
that is a cute shirt...and i am totally on board with this blog...it is obvious when someone is wearing what they WANT to wear, because they wear it better than when they wear something because...it's in style? i've never given a rats ass about what's in style, and thrift stores are the bomb diggity...and i'm a total denim whore, can't get enought of it...i'd wear a denim evening gown and denim underwear, if i can ever find those two things...rock your swirly skirts and the converse! and yea, it is most definitely about YOU wearing what you like!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. A persons personality can go a long way to carrying off an outfit.
ReplyDelete@KSRL,
ReplyDeleteI knew that we bonded on this fact that moment I saw you in that amazing denim dress that you look so awesome in. You pull off what you love. It's quite simple.
@Kelli,
It's true. Even I find myself liking a piece then I wear it once and feel uncomfortable in it, so I gift it. I don't want anything in my closet I don't feel good wearing.