Thoughts From the Dirty City

Aside from piling, the week three tasks also included the following:

Style. Make a (preliminary) definition of your overall look(s).  The issues you’re trying to define are level of formality, basic silhouette(s), balance of color and pattern, what you expect of your tops and your bottoms when they play together. Think in terms of how to put together outfits for your typical weekly routine.

After seeing a few of the other gals involved in this round of WT’s use of polyvore.com, I decided to give it a whirl myself. I have to say, the site is a dangerous place to land when you have things that need doing. It is the pinnacle of internet distraction and time suckage.
In any case, it did come in very handy for this portion of the task as it allowed me to compile images of standard types of outfits I generally wear without having to bust out the camera again.

Me, everyday. I have lovingly dubbed it my “glittery bum on the road” look.

If I’m not at work…this is pretty much what I look like.
Super casual loose fitting jeans with a few barely coordinated often contrasting layers on top. Some pattern often comes into play, but I’m not super picky as long as it isn’t a large print. Also, it tends to get a little buried under another layer so it probably shouldn’t count.
Funky flats.
Too much sparkly black eye shadow and OPI nail polish. (ore on make up as week 4 unfolds)
Also a few pieces of bold jewelry. Usually a few rings and occasionally a necklace.
As a side note, the percentage of clothing in my closet with skulls on it is a bit silly.

The “Office Conservative” look

I am not a conservative person, but the office I work in is. So I generally try to stick to basics whenever possible. Figuring I can liven them up with other funkier pieces if I need to wear them outside the office.  I wear more black than I would like, but it’s easier that way. Large pieces of jewelry still make it into the mix though. Hey, I gotta bring at least a little bit of me to the party

Slightly Funky Office Conservative

Office look part 2: cause sometimes I get bored and just NEED to jazz it up a bit.

All in all, I would say my general style is casual eclectic, with a bit of funk. I’m working on adding a bit of softened girlitude to the mix though. More and more that sort of thing has been appealing to me. We will have to see how the two combine…

The remaining tasks:

Start securing your supply lines. Shopping is easier if you have reliable sources of flattering garments. My supply lines have completely fallen apart, and many of the shapes I want are available only from thrift these days. That’s great for the wallet, not so good for the time sink required to find clothes, especially as the recession means there’s more competition for the best thrift finds.

This one is easy, as my supply lines are bound to my highly limited budget these days. I stick to the basics: Target, TJ Maxx and Gabrial Brothers. Especially Gabs.

Glance at your undergarments. Thank goodness we mostly expect less of the lower undies than we do of the upper ones! If they pinch, create bulges, fall off, are falling apart, or are not sufficient to get you to the next laundry day, this is the time to do something about it.

I have a tendancy to ratate these out fairly regularly. Socks, shoes and underwear are among my favorite things to shop for so none are ever really in desperate need of attending to. Except for shoes…there can never be enough shoes in the closet. Not to be cliche, but it’s true. Shoes have a fairly long shelf life and are an easy peasy way of mixing up your wardrobe. Though they aren’t especially nice on the budget.

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