If you guessed I'd be basing today's outfit off of Scent of Triumph, give yourself a hand. It really was the obvious choice though. It's the only book I read last month that I really liked and the 1940s fashions described throughout were truly inspiring.
And they provided the perfect context in which to wear my 40s-inspired wiggle dress:
I love that this dress has the classic "wiggle" shape, but the print is completely modern:
Now, I think a true wiggle dress would be quite a bit more fitted, but this one suits me and my need to work in an office.
I think been it’s pretty well-documented how much I love
this thrifted shark tee:
Tee: Thrifted Skirt: ASOS Boots: Splendid
Or maybe I just yell how much I love it whenever anyone gives it the side-eye. Does yelling count as documentation? Probably not, or my life would be the most well-documented ever!
Yelling versus actual, legitimate documentation aside, the other day I showed my affection by pairing the tee with some “love”
earrings:
Old Navy earrings
In addition to the earrings, I also paired the tee with a
skirt quilted in a scalloped pattern:
Heh.I just realized
that this outfit has an unintentional under-the-sea theme what with the shark
tee and the fish-scale like skirt.I
think unintentional under-the-sea themed outfits are best, don’t you?
As I mentioned on Saturday, I only finished one book in July, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy:
It was a pretty good book and I thought it made for an easy Literary Stylings. I mean, it's one book, it's about spies; just dress like a spy, right?
Well, the truth of the matter is that it's too damned hot to dress like a spy. I mean, can you imagine wearing a trench with a turned up collar and a fedora in August? Ugh. No.
And then I remembered my sleeveless trench and, et voila, problem solved:
Even these sleeveless layers were pretty warm, but I liked the color combination of the navy, rust and gray:
Although, now that I think about it, I guess I could maybe have gone the Tailor-of-Panama-spy route and worn something like a guayabera & a Panama hat. But, no, that's a different John Le Carre book and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy takes place in London, not the tropics.
So, really a trench coat (and rust heels) were my only choice:
What about you, Reader Friends? What did you read in July? And did it spark any outfit ideas? If so, please share your looks below:
