Design and Style
clockwise from bottom left: Wet N Wild On a Trip, OPI Mermaid’s Tears, OPI Just Spotted the Lizard, China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, OPI Amazon…Amazoff, OPI Planks a Lot, Barry M Gelly in Satsuma, Nails Inc Swiss Cottage, Essie Naughty Nautical, Essie Braziliant, Wet N Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint, Deborah Lippmann Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Happy Easter!
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I love to be well dress’d Sir: and think it
No scandal to my understanding.
– George Etherege, Man of Mode. 1676.
There are bugs on the ground.
I gathered my hair into a topknot when I was messing around with different turban styles and liked it so much I decided to try it officially. I like it, though I think I liked the really (incredibly, horribly, could-not-be-worn-in-public) messy version better.
Oh, this is the bag I usually carry around, these days. A great thrift find that looks like a still-slightly-grubby re-purposed vintage leather football. I don’t necessarily like a bag to look pristine (then it doesn’t look casual), and I don’t want my daily bag to be something I have to suspend in a bubble of anxiety to keep it like new. Better for me to have something that, when it does incur wear, grows in character and interest.
At which point it begins to rain, and I am unimpressed.
Calvin Klein silk jumpsuit, Steve Madden realove heels, Zara scarf, Skagen watch, vintage LuckyBrand hobo bag. On the nails: OPI polish in Mermaid’s Tears.
These heels make me about 5’11”, and I feel that I take on Amazon-like proportions in them. The pale blush color extends this illusion further still. I like this very much.
I’ve mentioned before that I take heels with a grain of salt, valuing the absence of pain as I do*, but it cannot be denied that they create new lines and angles. When only a bit of standing or sitting is required, I can quite enjoy those lines, those angles.
*The amount of discomfort I’m willing to tolerate seems to depend on many factors.
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