This, Again

Zara chunky open cardigan
Cardigan, Zara (thrifted); pants, American Eagle; scarf, Winners; boots, Frye; bag, Marc Jacobs

This is basically The Minuteglass-inspired version of this outfit. Very warm, very comfortable. Call it Northern Alberta casual glam. Of course, I also wore a coat because this is Northern Alberta, and I’m not completely reckless.

Zara chunky open cardigan
coat, Calvin Klein
Zara chunky open cardigan
looks cute from the back too

I enjoyed this look a ton (thanks, Cassie!), and wore it a couple of times over the holidays. I liked it so much, I’m going to try tweaking it for the (Friday casual) office. Stay tuned!

Zara chunky open cardigan
oof, that hair

Iris Love

Tibi iris ikat faux wrap dress
Dress, Tibi (via eBay); tights, Target; boots, Frye; coat, MaxMara; bag, MbMJ
Tibi iris ikat faux wrap dress
missing the (big, chunky, cozy) scarf – in the name of fashun blogging

Yeah, those boots again. This was a date night outfit, so I basically just threw together a bunch of things I love. As a bonus, the Tibi dress has a healthy dose of sexiness to it, which made it very apropos. TMI? Sowwy.

Tiffany Paloma blue topaz necklace
mah joolz (earrings, Swarovski; necklace, Tiffany)
Tibi iris ikat faux wrap dress
see, the tights were blue … and everything looked less all-the-colours-of-the-rainbow

As you can see in the picture above, my tights really were blue – and not purple – and looked less random in real life. Shooting outfits at dusk (4pm, sob!) is always tricky. I took a chance on (matching) blue tights because my default black ones wouldn’t have worked with this outfit. In fact, I’m not sure how I feel about pairing this dress with black, period. I love its print, but it may prove a little difficult. What would you guys suggest?

Tibi iris ikat faux wrap dress
date night, baby!

Fancy Casual

J. Crew snowcat boy shirt
Shirt, J. Crew (via consignment); vest, Old Navy; pants, American Eagle; boots, Josef Seibel; bag, MbMJ

I might as well rename this blog Fifty Shades of Casual at this point, and call it a day. I’m all out of cute post titles, but you get the gist: it’s all casual, all the time. Or at least until next week. In the meantime, enjoy (?) my umpteenth iteration of fancy lumberjack. It’s fancy because I wore a necklace … you probably can’t see. But it’s there, I promise:

J. Crew snowcat boy shirt
crouching snowcat (print), hidden gemstones

I like this shirt a lot but, damn, that is one busy print.

(If one of you guys makes an 101 Dalmatians joke, we will no longer be friends.)

J. Crew snowcat boy shirt
the early-2000s called, they want their memes back. also, their jokes.