Details: St. John top, Nanette Lepore jacket (both thrifted), Babaton skirt (Poshmark)
Thoughts: I still love this St. John top so much – I adore the boldness of the trompe l’oeil chain design. It’s a thin knit (which St. John does so well) so it has a nice weight to it without being too heavy/thick. This blazer has been something of a revelation; in some ways, it’s pretty traditional — what, in my mind, I call an “office blazer” — so something I have not been gravitating towards lately, but for some reason, this has been such an outfit-maker for me lately. I think it’s the pattern and the colours (purple and chartreuse though they don’t photograph clearly as such), which make it unexpectedly funky.
Details Club Monaco turtleneck (retail), Ralph Lauren tank top, Zara blazer, H&M pants, Brave belt (all thrifted), Louise et Cie shoes (retail)
Thoughts: This is a pretty standard Historian outfit formula, and I don’t have much else to add — it works for me every time. I’m thrilled to have found this vintage RL knit tank top because, under a blazer, it looks just like the sweater vests that I have been coveting for months.
Details: Polo Ralph Lauren dress (gifted), Zara top, Holding Horses tunic worn open, Nine West shoes (all thrifted), selfmade necklace
Thoughts: A friend of mine gifted me this RL dress because she knows how much I love the brand. I had been waiting for the right outfit inspiration and feeling a bit stumped until I thrifted this plaid tunic. The colours and contrasting plaid seemed like a fortuitous combination, and so they are. This was such an easy, comfortable (but still fun!) outfit for WFH for a day when I didn’t feel like “dressing up”.
Details: Oak & Fort shirt, Ralph Lauren skirt (both thrifted), Gap vest (Poshmark), Zara shoes (retail), Warren Steven Scott earrings
Thoughts: In contrast, here is a “dressed up” version of my WFH outfit. Effort-wise (and comfort-wise), it’s not really any different, but it feels dressed up to me. I couldn’t resist this vest: patchwork plaid? Yes, please. Since one of the patches is Blackwatch plaid, I had to try it with my favourite RL skirt. Am I an honorary Scot yet? đŸ˜‰
Details: Wilfred shirt, Everlane sweater, Gap skirt, Avec Les Filles jacket, Office London shoes (all thrifted), Warren Steven Scott earrings
Thoughts: I’m sure you can see why I picked up this skirt — the colours and pattern, of course. Luckily, I am still in my “mini skirt experimentation” phase and, also luckily, it’s going well. I think I’ve found the key (for me) to mini skirt outfits: tights. They don’t have to be black (although black works well here) as long as they are opaque. I just don’t like the bare leg look on me — the proportions look wrong in my eyes, as if the vertical line is being chopped up at the wrong place(s). Somehow, opaque tights solve that problem!
Details: Suncoo blouse, no label cardigan, Jenni Max skirt (all thrifted), Rafael Alfandary necklace (consignment), J. Crew shoes (retail)
Thoughts: There is a flavour of Edwardian schoolteacher to this outfit, and I’m not mad about it. We can call it academichic of another era, right? I love the colour of this velvet skirt; it’s a sort of mousey greige with silvery highlights — very unusual and cool. I do wish there wasn’t a zipper in the front, as it adds bulk where none is required; if it weren’t for that, I think I would wear this skirt a lot more often.
Could the Jenni Max skirt be worn backwards to put the zipper at the back (possibly under the cardigan)?
That is a very good suggestion! I recently tried that with a similar skirt and it worked. I have to try it with this one too!