Usually the success of an
outfit is all about one’s creativity.
For example, the potential “meh,” ensemble featured above was one that I
constructed almost entirely out of secondhand items. I remember literally gasping upon finding this four dollar Banana Republic blazer at St. Vinnys. “Certainly I can do something with this,” I
thought while mentally redefining my hippie themed summer into a nautical one.
Upon further exploration I became befuddled
by my beautiful blue blazer. While I
found this purchase to be a total no-brainer, I couldn’t quite wrap my head
around the idea of how I was going to translate such a, “preppy,” piece into
boho beachwear. Basically, how was I
going to make this jacket not look like just another day at my desk?
Not that I haven’t enjoyed wearing this item
to work. In fact, most of my favorite articles of clothing are ones that I can dull down to wear professionally. The reason being my classic excuse that, “Hey, I
bought this for work!” However, on
my days off I tend to, “let my hair down,”…a little. I like to jazz up my wardrobe a titch…get a tad edgy…let my freak flag fly. Unfortunately,
sometimes letting ones’, “freak flag fly,” simply makes an individual look
like a freak.
In the end, I decided to resolve the
conundrum I couldn’t wrap my head around with yet another one of my head wraps. Honestly, hats and head wraps have become my
answer for every, “bleh,” outfit.
I truly believe the key to curing most boring ensembles lies in
accessories. I certainly think this philosophy
proved true in the above pictures. Not
only do I want to give myself creativity points for styling this outfit, I would
like to toot my own horn for making the actual head wrap I’m wearing. A while back I had been fumbling through my
closet, shamefully looking at a bunch of cast off clothing I would never wear
again. Just as I was starting to feel the extreme guilt of hoarding take over I realized I could convert that too young tube
top into a pretty bad ass head scarf.
Bony back be damned!
That rather spendy shirt I never felt confident wearing was finally
going to pay off!
I’m also proud to report my craftiness did
not stop there. Not only did I create a
rather nice hair accessory out of a top that initially made me look like a
skeleton, my creativity allowed me to finally scrape together enough dough for the Cult Gaia bag I’ve been eyeing for over a year now. It took me forever to decide on a color and
when this breathtaking lapis beauty finally arrived in the mail I instantly knew
what jacket it was destined to debut with.
I left the house that day feeling like a million bucks…while carrying exactly no cash…which one could easily observe by looking through the gaps of my rather translucent handbag. Despite the fact that I
have been shamefully spending all of my money on funky purses lately, I believe a truly creative
woman can justify this kind of frivolous behavior.
I mean, if these photographs don’t prove how damn cool the Ark Bag is
then…
-r.
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