Full-On Summer
I wore this outfit for Mother’s Day which, now that my kids are older, is an actual thing at my house. I got serenaded with a song, and got lots of hugs and art projects (which, to be fair, is also what I gave my mom this year), and it was pretty great. The weather didn’t hurt; it was a beautiful weekend, very much like the best of summer (here in Edmonton, anyway). Warm, sunny days that go on forever and make you feel like you’re living your very best life. Kinda like this (Bohemian) outfit, too.
Vaguely Mod, Vaguely New
I consider this an(other) outfit for the Bohemian, but I think it looks vaguely mod. I love this (thrifted) Marni top so very much, but it’s not necessarily an easy piece to mix up in different ways. In fact, it’s the opposite of versatile; it simply is, and the rest of the outfit has to arrange itself around it. I realize now that my reservation towards pieces like that stems from an old mindset; I used to be obsessed with the idea of endlessly remixing pieces so that I never wore the exact same outfit twice. I think that started partly as an exercise in creativity, and partly as blog fodder, but at some point in the last couple of years, it became divorced from my reality, so to speak. I have other outlets for creativity, and the kind of stuff I like to wear now is much more uniform-driven. While I enjoy wearing only very slightly different iterations of the same outfits all the time, I still used to worry about the impact of that on the blog. How silly of me! I think part of my past unhappiness with blogging came from the fact that I didn’t know what I really wanted out of it; on one hand, I knew I was supposed to strive to attract as much traffic as possible (which required having fresh “content”, i.e. outfits, all the time), but on the other hand, I didn’t care about monetizing, which begged several questions. Why did traffic really matter? Why did I feel the pressure to approach my dressing in a certain way? Ultimately, the whole point of this blog is to share my real-life experiences with style and clothing as a regular person.
TL;DR – look, a new outfit, sort of.
The Most Basic
I mean, right? It doesn’t get more basic than this blazer-jeans combo, but it’s also a fool-proof classic. I recently thrifted a couple of these boyfriend-style Club Monaco blazers recently – this striped version and one in a classic check print – which is a bit of a coincidence that makes me wonder (again) about the history of the clothes that wind up in my closet.
Looks great–I especially love that blazer & jeans combo!
I can relate with evaluating why you want to blog. I’ve decided that monetizing wasn’t something I wanted to do or could do for that matter. As a result, traffic didn’t matter either. So in the end it just comes down to dressing for myself and sharing the context of my outfits. I don’t think people actually get bored of seeing the same ol’ outfits. At least that’s what I learned from reading lots of style blogs myself. I learned that I actually like seeing the same things repeated over and over. It’s about being able to relate to what they are wearing in the real world, at least for me.
I think it depends. Some people like seeing things they can turn a around and buy – which means new stuff. Others like to see things for loose inspiration. I am never going to be eveything to everybody, so I’m choosing what feels like the best fit for me.
The blazer and jeans outfit is perfection. Also, the mother’s day outfit is cute! I love the skirt!
Thanks! It’s Floreat (Anthro).
I love the blazer and jean look. Also, your point about the blog resonated with me. I have been blogging for a lot less time than you and find myself feeling similarly sometimes – not wanting to post the same outfits over and over, when in reality a lot of my outfits repeat. I appreciate your look at your actual fashion life.
Thanks! I think repeating is perfectly natural – it’s only in the blogging world that constant new outfits are the “norm”. While I was figuring out my style, the constant experimentation was at least somewhat useful but now, meh … not as much.
I really love the Mother’s Day outfit! The whole combination is just so nice and breezy looking, and it makes the sleeve details really work. (I’m normally someone who isn’t fond of too many sleeve details, but the colors and putting it with that skirt, it all really works!)
It’s funny because they were both pieces I liked individually but knew would be tough to style. And then I had a stroke of inspiration and put them together and they are a perfect match!