The Reason To Dress
Definitely not the best reason to dress on this particular occasion last week, I had to take my son to the hospital. It was just a check up visit, you may remember a few weeks ago I posted about being grateful. The hospital isn’t that far and since I think that sometimes it takes me more time to drive than to walk we took a nice half hour stroll there.
I noticed that there was a great park close to the hospital, so even though our appointment was at one o’clock we showed up at 11 and played for an hour then had lunch together.
What I Wore
I needed inspiration on this particular day. Every now and then I go back and look at the Fall/Winter 2013 collections that were on the runways almost a year ago to get inspiration directly from the designers.
Sometimes it is too easy to pick up a magazine or search for Fall / Winter trends, and get a synthetic “trend” list based on buying 10 items. Well, what if I don’t want ten items? Especially if these ten items are only going to be “in” this season and then they will forever sit in my small closet, occupying space and making me regret that I didn’t save that money for a big important purchase like a coat, boots or a purse?
At some point I came across these photos from the Miu Miu Fall Winter 2013 collection. The models don’t seem like the most inviting characters in the world, if they were waitresses in a restaurant I don’t know how many tips they’d get, but I love what they are wearing. Long, zip knit sweaters over a long large pleated skirt with a cinched in waist.
I wore a Suzy Shier knit, zip sweater, with a large collar and underneath a turtleneck and a great thrift find! A few years back at a Value Village I found a beautifully made pleated wool skirt by an Irish brand called Bryan Tucker. I cinched in the sweater with a long, double looping zebra belt and wore comfortable “Born” brand suede boots.
Does anyone else look at the runways styles to rework what they already have in their closet? Send me your pictures!!
This outfit is linked up with Karly Kim’s Totally Posted Tuesdays, The Pleated Poppy’s WIWW, The Transatlantic Blonde’s WIWW, Kiwi Women’s Style Wardrobe Wednesday, My Girlish Whims, Because Shana Said So, Perfectly Coutured, Her and Nicole, Everyday Fashion and Finance, The Life of the Party and Get Your Pretty On