Friday Clothes - Day to night

Opaque

 Another day, and some more thoughts about tights.  I think I say this every time I post about this dress, but I love this dress.  It's simple, it's easy, it has polka dots!  But it is also incredibly short.  To be anywhere near office appropriate, it has to be worn with opaque tights.  If I did not wear dark colored or opaque tights with this dress it would be way to much thigh for the office.  Yes, even paired with flats. This is one of the things I begrudgingly like about tights - they can make skirts and dresses that would otherwise be too short to wear to the office suddenly office appropriate. So today I went for my wine colored tights.  I also added one of my mother's vintage necklaces (that my father made way back in the 70s) to have fun with the neckline and play around with my different accessory options with this dress.

Dress - Express Tights - The Gap Shoes - Manolo's via Maribel  Necklace - Hand Made vintage aand borrowed

Teacher for a Day!

So today is a fun one because I am presenting my thesis to a class of Masters students so I am teaching to people my own age! I wanted to look good, classy, and fun so I combined some comfy items, cashmere sweater, with my funky patterned pants.

The scarf is a great one I got at H&M last summer, it is so light but is great for layering!

About Tights and Me

In my office I am known for my bright tight collection.  The funny thing is for most of my life I refused to wear tights.  Luckily I was born and raised in Northern California so this was not such a problem.  To this day I hate how tights ride down, bunch up, or get twisted.  Honestly I would much rather not wear them than wear them.  Having said this, I luckily joined the work force when funky brightly colored tights came into fashion.  So even though I have come to accept the fact of tights in my life and most days I don't mind wearing them anymore.  I do like the extra component that give many of my outfits for the most part, but I stand by my earlier statement that I wish I didn't have to wear them.  The awesome red pair that I wore today were a birthday gift from one of my besties.  Although they are a bold red, I still dare to wear them to the office from time to time.  Today I paired them with some of my favorite neutrals and a scarf that I borrowed from my mother!

Tights - Gifted Dress - Target  Sweater - The Gap Shoes - Manolo Blahnik via Maribel Scarf - Borrowed from my Marm

Wednesday Colors and Prints

Hello all!

It is finally sunny again and it is time to bring out the big fashion guns, which to me is brights and patterns. Notice that every piece I am wearing is either brightly colored or patterned. This attests that one can never have too much color or pattern!