What I Actually Wore #0062

Serial #: 0062
Date: 03/03/2012
Weather: 19°
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

It was a chick flick party, and our hostess suggested comfort clothes. It was also a Saturday night, and I saw no reason to wear tracksuit pants, or, as they are charmingly and colloquially called, trackydacks. (Actually, I couldn’t even if I wanted to – no such item has a place in my wardrobe.) I decided to go for spiritual comfort – something that was cute and fun for a Saturday evening, but not up to the nines. Fives maybe.

This denim skirt is currently the only one I own. I bought it second hand, and I like it because it’s not cut like a traditional straight denim skirt – it has pleats under the waistband, and the section at the bottom is gathered to create a slight puff. It’s also pin-striped: vertical stripes in the main part of the skirt, and horizontal at the base. Designer brand details!

Also from the Salvos is the Schiaparelli wool/silk knit. The front panel is silk chiffon, and it features a darling pussy bow. The label was cut out. Pin-striped grey stockings match the skirt and keep me warm on this early autumn night, and I deliberately picked red shoes to clash with the top. I love breaking stupid fashion colour rules.

Just in case my friend doesn’t like it as cosy as I do, I brought along a very warm cardigan: a long knit that is a little large (the dangers of online shopping) but wraps around to keep me nice and toasty.

The outfit is not complete without jewellery: I wear grey pearl hoop earrings, my mabé pearl ring and my silver bauble bracelet.

As expected my friends all exclaim that I’m over-dressed for the party!

Items:

Top: from the Salvos
Cardigan: Sparrow for Anthropologie 
Skirt: Lover
Earrings: Baku
Bracelet: eBay
Rings: NGV giftshop
Watch: Kenneth Cole
Stockings: Voodoo
Shoes: Zoe Wittner