What I Actually Wore #0133

Serial #: 0133
Date: 17/07/2013
Weather: 18°C / 64°F
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

When I was young, a teenager, I hated brown. I think because it stumped me: I didn’t know what to wear with it except more brown, and that was dreary beyond everything, I believed. One day I had an epiphany about the colour, and learned that pink looked wonderful with brown – as do many hues, brown working somewhat like a neutral shade. It’s a good base to build an outfit on.

The skirt I chose to wear with this wool Kookaï knit has a herringbone weave, which is deceptive because one is accustomed to that weave in wool fibre, but this Catalan skirt is actually linen – the day was mild enough to wear it. I bought it as part of a suit many years ago while on holiday in Spain.

Sweet accessories introduce interest into the rest of the outfit: a caramel wool fedora, a necklace made of rectangular beads of cocoa seed, chocolate over-the-knee wool/silk/cashmere blend socks and licorice patent mary-jane heels. (Tasty!) Over the top I wore my vintage 60s black velvet coat. I highly recommend the socks by this French label – so soft and comfortable! I wore them so much I wore them out.

Amazingly, I still own and wear all these items, although the socks are heavily darned in the toes and the knit has a few moth holes in it too. It is currently in my darning pile, damn those flying menaces! The knit is such a great colour, I can’t bear to part with it. I actually thought I was not too bad at darning until I Googled it recently and saw some jaw-droppingly intricate examples that put my clumsy efforts to shame. Still, I always say a darn, even an inept or imperfect one, is an improvement on a hole!

Items:

Tee: Kookaï
Skirt: Celia Vela
Socks: Philippe Matignon
Hat: David Jones
Earrings: hand made
Necklace: second hand from the Salvos
Ring: souvenir
Shoes: BCBG

Photos: September 2013