222. Shop my past, mustard motif, holiday/birthday looks in sequins, mesh, & falling on my bum
Sequin sweater from ages ago, thrifted plaid sailor shorts, Uniqlo mustard stockings with crazy runs, & my mom’s new Gucci riding boots.
I’m selling my past. Kidding, but I’m selling some of my favorite clothes from the past. Like these plaid, sailor button up shorts that I wore all the time in San Francisco with cowboy boots & my 70′s sweaters. I’m wearing them here with my sequin bow sweater that my mom bought me and I wore all the time with little plaid skirts in college.
Duffle coat & cracked silver boots from Shanghai.
Once, I wore it with this blue toggle coat to the campus cafe and I ran into my friend Tony & his friend Marie, who I later found out gave me one of the best/worst compliments I’ve ever received in my life. I won’t repeat it here, it’s not PG, and I’m not a gadabout.
(Shorts available here)
Yesterday, I wore these shorts with my mom’s new boots (how amazing is her taste?) and my favorite scarf that my friend Karan bought for me in India. I was inspired by recent menswear inspired outfits (oops, two ‘inspired’ in one sentence, now three) by the magnificent Kennedy Holmes, Maria at Lulu Letty, & Rhiannon at Liebemarlene to put together my own menswear inspired outfit (now four) but something felt weird. I think it was the cameltoe. Kidding. I think I’ll leave menswear inspired outfits to the tall, graceful (hi Kennedy), long-legged (hi Rhiannon) ladies who know how to put on make-up flawlessly (hi Maria), and I’ll keep counterbalancing my squalid face with dresses and skirts.
Also, new in the shop is a 50′s cardigan & two holiday/New Years dresses from my closet.
Sequins again. Dress available here.
50′s cream cardigan with gold buttons & braided trim & embroidered flowers available here. (Um, do you like my new backdrops? Rice cookers & messy bedroom. By the way, the green book at the top of the pile has an essay on queer cyborgs by Mimi from Threadbared!)
Betsey Johnson sparkle mesh dress available here.
My dad’s birthday is tomorrow, technically today now. Happy birthday, dad! I love you so much. We’re going to eat Malaysian food and see a show in Manhattan. Next week is my birthday, which is the same day as Christmas, which is the same day as my brother’s birthday.
A few birthdays’/Christmas’ ago, I believe when I turned 21, I wore this Betsey Johnson dress with a little H&M shrug. Neither my brother nor I really care about celebrations, least of all birthday celebrations. Although, I can’t tell if my brother really doesn’t care or if it’s just not fun to be born into sharing a birthday with your sister (and also Christmas/Jesus.) Last year, we made our parents promise not to use the word birthday or do anything celebratory. They couldn’t even laugh at funny jokes because it was too ‘mirth-like’ for my brother. I’ll try not to be so severe this year as my cousin & her friend are coming & I got my mom the best Christmas gift & can’t wait for her to open it.
Built by Wendy ruffle sleeve top, thrifted velvet miniskirt, mustard tights oncemore, silver boots oncemore. (I’m selling a different velvet skirt here.)
In honor of my dad, who loved watching Looney Tunes with me and would talk like Porky Pig whenever I asked him to tell me a long story at bedtime–That’s all folks!
love, Jenny
(Oh right and I fell down the stairs today. Good job me. And good job to my brother for laughing so uncontrollably for so long.)
aww you’re so sweet. and i think i might actually invest in red shoes
i’m jealous.
i adore those sailor button-up shorts with the mustard leggings and the bow sweater. and that blue toggle coat! and your last outfit is just fabulous. you have the most amazing pieces in your closet
Hooray for late night posts!!!!
Oh man, yours are always so filled with amazing stuff that I never know what to comment on, but 1. you could pull off a menswear outfit so much better than me, serious! You’d be adorable. 2. did you get that Built by Wendy blouse at the sample sale? I almost did a year ago but it was during the height of the recession and I was so scared to spend any money, but now I wish I had! 3. Poor thing, having a birthday on Christmas!!!! 4. You’re crazy for selling that sequin dress! I would buy it if there were a chance of looking 1/2 as cute as you do in it, but sadly there’s not! Oooh, I’m checking out that duffle coat though.
hey, your so so adorable! I love your clothes they are so cute and feminine, the new years eve dress…I’m like drooling over haha.
All your outfits are so sweet. I totally dig that blue coat.
good job letting go of these pieces, will be sure to check your shop next.