Two Pleats in a Row

'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' - that's my motto. Two pleated dresses, two days in a row. Now what is odd, as you'll learn about me: I'm wearing black. I rarely wear black, let alone all black. Perhaps my big hair clouded my judgement (no pun intended). 

Anywho, here I am, in rare form: dressed in black.

Earrings: Thrifted

Necklace: TJMaxx

Bracelet: Ross

Peplum Top: Loehmanns

Dress: Thrifted

Stilettos: Nine West

Handbag: Brahmin

These shoes are a fav of mine. Although they are super pointy, the width is wide enough across the front brim that they are comfy. I'd love to have a few pairs, in cobalt blue, yellow, and fuschia. Fun, fun, and more fun. 

Well, the countdown continues to Friday! Whoo hoo!

What I Wore: Mellow Yellow

 

Blazer: Jones New York
Dress: Worthington
Shoes: Calvin Klein
Handbag: Coach
Jewelry: Nordstrom & Thrifted
Sunnies: Betsey Johnson

 

“Every Single Woman in America Is Now Curvy”

If curvy can mean anything we want it to — on a scale of size 2 to size 22 — then our reductive thinking on the subject of bodies and beauty standards hasn’t actually changed. The ubiquity of “curvy” is just a gloss of body acceptance, not actual body acceptance. Once you start looking for it, for every positive article about celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes, there’s an equally negative one; though we’re celebrating new shapes and sizes, it all adds up to zero.

What are your thoughts on Lauren Ban’s article? 

Little Known Fact: Our Sizing System

During 1939 and 1940, about 15,000 American women participated in a national survey conducted by the National Bureau of Home Economics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was the first large-scale scientific study of women’s body measurements ever recorded. The purpose of the survey was to discover key measurements of the female body - that is the important measurements from which other measurements could best be predicted - and then to propose a sizing system based on this discovery.

What I Wore: Workflow

Vintage dress (50s)

Cole Haan belt

Nine West baby jane pumps

Coach handbag

Seize the Moment

We were on our way to a reception, and I decided to seize the moment. It felt good to do the unordinary and then to feel extraordinary! I bought this vintage dress at a thrift store in my hometown, Detroit. I love the color and the flow of the fabric. Why were all the best clothes made back in the day?!

Over to you: What do you do to step outside your box and feel fab?