TOUGHEN UP

It's all good and well to bathe in your feelings every so often. But like most things, there will come a time when enough is enough. I feel like I'm entering a new phase of my life where every morning I'll need a steaming hot cup of 'toughen up'. I need to keep moving forward, pressing on, and over coming any challenge that makes its way into my day. And what says 'bring it on' more than a pair of leather, combat boots, and a bold, monochrome print. 

Wearing: Cameo t-shirt, Sabo Skirt shorts, Equip necklace, and Roc boots

Photos by Annisa

OPEN LETTER

Finally an outfit that isn't shorts and a t-shirt... though it is a t-shirt dress. I think that's enough to satisfy the outfit diversity quota I have on this blog. You, however, are free to disagree. In addition, it's floral (yay, no more monochrome). Floral prints are something that I adore, and I have quite a lot of in my wardrobe. And yet despite the warm weather, floral hasn't made a large appearance on the blog. And so consider this an open letter, an open apology to all the floral in my closet- "I'm sorry for not wearing you more, for not featuring you more this past summer. Although sometimes it may not seem like it, I love you just as much as black and white." (Okay... that last part may be a little lie.)

Wearing: Cameo dress, Sportsgirl bag, and Michael Kors watch.

Photos by Annisa

TO THE NINES

By now I feel like you already know that baggy t-shirts- especially the sport luxe kind- are my 'thing'. But, of course, I have a fear of commitment... to one style that is. And so I try to take out some of the 'sport' and make it a bit more 'luxe'. Today that meant pairing a varsity t-shirt with a pair of structured (and textured... darn photos don't show that) shorts, and feminising it with a statement necklace. It might not be quite 'dressed to the nines,' but it's a winner for me.

Wearing: Finders Keepers top, Asos shorts, Adorne necklace, and Jeffrey Campbell boots.

Photos by Annisa