Tuesday, March 8, 2011

How I wore it: stymied

Today was supposed to be a low-key day. My husband doesn't work Tuesdays; I was gonna watch 'Glee' and Andrew Zimmern going to Greece. It was going to be awesome. However, an uncontrollable addiction to 'Angry Birds' (SERIOUSLY) and a concert including a new piece of my husband's happened. And I had to put on clothes.

However, I had NO CLUE as to what to put on. It was one of the few times I really just stood in my closet open-mouthed, trying to figure out what to put together.

In the end, though, I went with some basics and liked the finished result:


My black dress was fairly screaming to me from the hanger. I decided to make my standout color burgundy and went to town. Burgundy sweater, red necklace and bracelet, and burgundy boots, to which I did something new. I don't like it when a skirt hem covers part of the boot, so I folded down my knee-high red Fryes for a slightly pirate-y effect. The angle of the camera slightly squattified the effect, so take my word for it when I tell you that there was more leg visible between dress hem and folded up boot top. [By the way: I LOVE how the Fryes look folded - fun, no?]

In the end, of course, I missed both 'Glee' and 'Bizarre World.' But I had a fun time with my husband at a cool concert and felt pretty. It was a winner.

Burgundy cardigan: gift from my mom, via Lord and Taylor, remixed
Patterned modesty top: Express, remixed
Black dress: Gap, remixed
Grey tights: Gap, remixed
Boots: Frye Shriley OTKs in Burnt Red, gift from my husband, via endless.com, remixed

12 comments:

  1. This look is fantastic! You look very sleek...and now I want to try folding over my Frye's.

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  2. Ditto on Katie's comment! How fun. You looked lovely.

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  3. I love the look of the boots folded over! Very nice! Can't go wrong with a simple dress and fun boots :)

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  4. Thanks, Terri! I was hesitant to fold over my boots before (although that was part of their added attraction when I was first thinking of buying them) because I thought it might detract from the boot's drama. I'm happy to say that I changed my mind!

    Katie and Angela, Mr. Chalkdust (Chalkdust and Zeus, as Allison once suggested?) is indeed a composer. He's a very big deal. ;)

    Thanks, Allison! While I was stymied in the beginning, I liked how everything turned out.

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  5. Love what you did with those great boots!!

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  6. Literally, the main reason I am hesitant to get a smartphone is the potentially crippling addiction to Angry Birds.

    Also, I love this outfit!

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  7. Clare, my husband and I haven't done anything productive in two days. We just discovered 'Angry Birds' the night before last, God help us...

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  8. I'm getting back to this kinda late, but now my curiosity as a musician is piqued - will we be getting any more hints about your husband's work? I understand if no, that would definitely peel back some of the anonymity. In any case, I think that's AWESOME! :D

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  9. Hi Angela! I don't know if "hints" is the right word, but, yes my husband is an avant garde composer (with classical instruments) and a theory professor in a conservatory. And he's awesome.

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  10. Ah, a composer of new music - how cool. You two are certainly an artistic couple! I love it. I am starting to teach theory to private students, having only taught voice and piano up until now, but I really enjoy it! I just read your most recent post, and hope the concert weekend is going well.

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