The title of the post is a misnomer insofar as it might lead you to expect a post about festive style. It is not. It’s a post about what I wore during my week off from work between Christmas and New Year, which time was blessedly short on super festive occasions. I’m not a Grinch, but I like my holidays a tad more low key. With a few exceptions, most of my outfits were along the lines of this supa casual look. In fact, I ended up wearing this particular combo *twice* over the holidays. Loose, relaxed, forgiving. I am very gung-ho about sampling the season’s culinary delights, after all.
I wore this grey Joe Fresh tube dress quite a lot earlier in the year, but less so recently. I blame that on the weather and the footwear dilemma. To wit, the dress doesn’t work with knee-high boots (I’ve tried, and they bulge weirdly under the dress) and I was reluctantly to try it with ankle boots, which are the only other option available at this time of year. It turns out, however, that it works fairly well with ankle boots, without making me look like a stump. Since it’s a good piece to layer under my many casual sweaters, this is an outfit formula I may need to revisit in the future.
Cute! I’m never that coordinated on vacation.
By the way, I was wondering if you had any interest in doing a post about the brands you’ve found to be best and worst quality while thrifting. You’ve snagged some really high-end stuff and I’d love to hear which brands you feel live up to the hype. I’d really like to invest in better clothing but it feels like the quality of most of the mid-range stuff, like J.Crew, has gone to hell. I’m not even sure where to look to get well-made clothing anymore.
Comfy and stylish – the unicorn of outfits. 🙂
Looks like a very comfy outfit! I also like a casual dress topped with a sweater look on the weekends.
One of my faves, for sure!
Ooh I love this outfit!