Totally lacking in inspiration (and you will remember that my wedding dress has been shown on this blog before), I present to you my everyday (well, yesterday) outfit.
The basic version.
(With an unmade bed in the background. Sorry).
Yes, I do the skirt over the pants thing quite often. (Because my knees are 42 years old and thus not bared terribly often). This one isn’t a dress or skirt though, it’s a bum wrap. Yes, you heard. It’s Italian, felted wool, tres posh and was in the $20 bin at a local boutique, still bearing its $149.00 price tag. (It’s a rectangle of boiled wool, with three darts in it, no hemming anywhere in sight, and held together with a kilt pin. Would you pay 149 bucks for it? Me either.)
The hippie version.
If I change the shoes and add a tie-dye bag, I fit in nicely in my new neighbourhood. There is a plethora of women wearing Birkenstocks and organically grown caftans in this area.
The basic outdoor version.
Or I can put the funky op shop shoes back on, add a jacket, witty brooch and pretty scarf from the $2 shop and I look perfectly presentable dropping off a bundle of work at the office after taking the children to school, putting the bins out and walking the dog.
I even wore my hair OUT today. Which I haven’t done since March 3rd.
22 comments:
See, you dress like a tall woman. I'm 5'4" and could never wear those outfits.
(Do you have email? You asked me a question about my whereabouts and I vaguely replied in the comments but am not sure if you would have read it).
Gosh, you are SO CUTE, woman.
I could never do the skirt-over-pants thing. I am always afraid people will laugh and point at me. Which they might be doing anyway...because everyone is only concerned with ME.
Look at you! You are one stylin' mama!
damn.
one cannot have a large bum and wear that bum-wrap, of this I am sure.
I am going to STARE at these photos.
Love your style.
I need to get a style. I wear plain shirts and jeans. That's all. It is totally boring.
Caftans? Really?
i want your look! I don't want to dress like French women, I want your look! Which is way to hip and cool! Okay i am putting everythign of mine on sale, I'll send you the money and you will buy for me, okay?
Very cool. Or as a dear nephew of mine would say.
"Cruisy, very cruisy"
ONEHUNDREDANDFORTYNINEDOLLARS! Are they bleedin' bonkers?
Nothing like a designer bargain!!!!!
I have always wanted to try the skirt over the trousers look....though always felt too short!! You do it so very well!!!
42? You look 32!
you are always so cool!
birks are for hippies? i guess that's why i'm never out of them.
i love your shoes - 1st shot! you always have the coolest shoes. and i do the skirt/dress thing over pants too.
If a donned that bum wrap, it would be living in the next County. But it is STYLIN' on you.
I am jealous of women who can Put Together a look from tag sale finds. Me? I go to Nordstrom's and say "Sure, what the heck; it's on sale!" And still look not quite right. I want to just dress out of the TitleNine catalogue - where I live, you could go to the opera in such apparel. When I have more than one hour at a crack boy-free, I will go back to shopping Marshalls and upscale resale. You truly give me hope!
I noticed your hair was out before I got to the end of your post, so my comment is now yesterday's news. You're emerging... 2/3 of your face including both your eyes is/are exposed! Hello there my friend!
hmm. wv=annmuglp Tres Harry Potter
hi Suse! I LOVE the show and tell outfit idea. You've got several different great looks going on there, without having to change much at all!
Michele sent me today
I echo the comments of the other admiring bloggers before me -- you have an enviable chic quality, which seems to stem from the fact that you trust your own likes and dislikes, what you find quirky and appealing, what you find comfortable, and all of that adds up to a very unique style.
I wish I had "style" more than anything, because it's such a different thing than being "trendy" or "fashionable" -- people who are "stylish" have their own way about them, they wear their clothes instead of the other way around, and they always always always look elegant, effortless and unconcerned.
It seems to me that you have all of those things going for you and I am deeply envious!
But admiring, too.
Suse - you are rockin' it. I'm pulling up a chair next to Blackbird and am just STARING at these shots.
Yadza!
i love the skirt over the pants look. Can't wear it myself, being short AND stocky (yes, I get all the luck) but it looks great on you.
But what's the brooch on the coat? That looks cute!
Very chic!
I adore the jacket and scarf one--it makes the pants look like different pants--I had to double check. And the bag--nice!
Unmade bed is better than dirty dishes, which is what I almost had in mine...
I'm glad that we can all be connected, even though you're preparing for fall as we on the Northern Hemisphere are getting ready for spring (which has sprung!)
Very chic!
I adore the jacket and scarf one--it makes the pants look like different pants--I had to double check. And the bag--nice!
Unmade bed is better than dirty dishes, which is what I almost had in mine...
I'm glad that we can all be connected, even though you're preparing for fall as we on the Northern Hemisphere are getting ready for spring (which has sprung!)
love that you can pull off the skirt-over-pants. i always look like i forgot what i was going to wear and just ended up with everything. you look very hip. (no pun intended.)
And yet you look incredibly put-together. How do you do it?!
love love love skirts over pants. Never quite caught on in America, unfortunately.
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