Today's Hits, Yesterday's Favorites

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

TWO outfits today! What a fun experiment. I got a passel of new readers yesterday, so I'm just riding that high and feeling like I can do whatever the heck I want. And today, what I want is to show what I wore today AND yesterday. I also want to dance.

Today:

(Told you I wanted to dance.)

Blue and white striped sweater: Heritage brand, $0.56 (thrifted at Junk In My Trunk in Spanish Fork, Utah)
Red ruffly tank: Forever 21 brand, $6 (secondhand at Uptown Cheapskate in SLC)
Necklace: made it myself
Leather belt: literally found it on the ground
Wide-leg jeans: Old Navy, $25 (on sale)
Brown heels: Nine West brand, $1 (secondhand at Provo yard sale)

This is me embracing my goofy side. My husband and I have been on a cleaning blitz over the last few days, and while I was organizing my closet (it looks great, by the way) and listening to Flight of the Conchords via iPod, I thought, "Hey, I'll set up the camera and take outfit pictures whilst I dance! It'll be quirky and adorable." These are the results; judge for yourself.

I'm kind of branching out from one of my personal style rules, which is to emphasize my long torso as much as possible. I almost never tuck tops into jeans, but it was the vibe I liked today.


Yesterday:

Green scarf: Van Heusen, $7 (with employee discount a few years ago)
Necklace: gift from my mom (pretty sure she made it, that crafty lady!)
Grey sweater-vest: made from an Old Navy sweater, which I bought for roughly $20
White sweater: Van Heusen, $12 (with employee discount a few years ago)
Pink pants: Necessary Objects brand, $0.56 (thrifted at Junk In My Trunk in Spanish Fork, Utah)
Brown loafers: Cole Haan brand, $2 (thrifted at a Salvation Army in Chicago)

These pink pants - oh, these pink pants. Aside from my very expensive (and totally worth it) Guess jeans, I think these pants may fit me better than any other pants I've ever owned, which is especially great considering that I didn't try them on before buying. They're also inordinately comfortable and fill my Kendi Everyday-inspired wish for pink/red pants to wear with boots. Huzzah.

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4 comments:

  1. S.January 11, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Thanks for checking out my blog, and for your kind note! It's nice meeting you, and I look forward to learning more about your style! I'm interested in the ways you've embraced and celebrated your long torso: as a long-torsoed, shorter-legged gal, I've tended to shy away from looks like this, but I love some of these, which give you a really long, lean line!

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  2. Sara K.S. HanksJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Thanks, S.! I have to confess: shortly after taking those pictures, I untucked. Just couldn't stay away from my comfort zone, I guess. But for the nano-seconds that I kept the top half tucked, I liked the look.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    I have some pink pants myself. The fella always scuffs when I wear them - probably because I never know what to wear up top. I like what you wore. Maybe I'll steal it?
    Also, I love the first outfit. The stripes under the bright sweater? Yes, please!
    The Auspicious Life

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  4. Sara K.S. HanksJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    Thanks, Linda! Yeah, casual pants that aren't white, blue, black, or gray are kind of hard to work with, at least for me. I'll have to play around a bit to see what works, because no WAY I'm letting these babies languish at the back of my closet. I want to wear them as much as possible, at least through what remains of winter! I hope to see your pink pants make an appearance in the near-ish future.

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