Category: Daily Outfit

Purpling

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There were purple stripes in the scarf, so I figured why not throw in some purple tights too? I’m just purpling like there’s no tomorrow. Funny story about purpling: My freshman year of college, I lived on a co-ed floor. Boys on one side and girls on the other, separate bathrooms, but it was all one hallway. In our very first floor meeting, the RA explained that once upon a time, the boys’ bathroom was painted blue and the girls’ was pink. The only rule? No “purpling.”

Obviously, the rule was meant to prevent any debauchery that may ensue from combining two sets of raging teenage hormones in a shower stall.  I guess I might have taken the “no purpling” rule a little too seriously when I married one of the other girls from my floor, though…

similar Scarf* // Dress // similar Shirt* // similar Tights // Boots (on sale in brown) // similar Watch (got mine at Target recently – not online) // Glasses // Lips “Plushest Punch”

*Scarf and shirt provided courtesy of H&M.

Big & Little

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At this point it’s been said a million times but good advice bears repeating: A great outfit is about the right balance of shapes. If you wear baggy on top, wear fitted on the bottom (and vice versa). I used to think that was just something style experts say when they can’t think of anything else (and that could be true too), but I’ve found it to be true. If I had worn boyfriend jeans with this tunic and jacket, I would’ve looked like an Olsen twin, and if I had worn a tight top with these leggings I would’ve looked like a skank. (This is why no one hires me as a style expert. Saying “Remember to balance” is more helpful than saying “Don’t be an Olsen or a skank.”)

I decided to try extending the whole balancing logic and paired a dainty bracelet with an oversized watch. Pretty cute, right? Well I found out pretty quickly that the dainty bracelet just gets stuck underneath the oversized watch over and over. I spent most of the school day adjusting my accessories. I might not have absorbed much from class, but I did learn an important lesson about bracelets. So I’m going to call it a win.

similar Shirt* // similar Jacket // similar Leggings // Watch* // similar Boots (on sale) // Bracelet*

*Shirt purchased with gift card provided courtesy of H&M; watch provided courtesy of Timex; bracelet provided courtesy of Asos