White Jean Wear-Ability

White jeans have a very limited window of wear-ability for me.  I can't wear them if it's raining or has rained in the past two days as any bit of moisture on the road gets flipped onto white jeans when I ride.  I also can't wear them during the suggested period of Memorial Day to Labor Day because it's too frickin' hot to wear jeans, of any color, during those months.  So, basically, my white jeans only come out a couple of times a year; when it's dry, but not too hot.

Like today:

Tee: LOFT  Jeans, Scarf & Belt: Old Navy  Sandals: Banana Republic

For today's look I paired my white jeans with a citron tee and an adorable hummingbird scarf because, as an Oregonian, I consider it my birthright to put a bird, any bird, on darned near everything.

And it's always worth it.  Always.

Outside of the weather cooperating, white jeans are pretty wearable for me.  I am prone to staining them, but a little OxyClean will usually take care of whatever foodstuffs I've dropped in my lap.  However, I've realized that for a lot of women, white jeans aren't that wearable, and not just because they like to partake in really, really messy burritos.  (Oh, wait, is that just me?  Okay then.)  

If you struggle with wearing white jeans, please, allow me to offer some completely unsolicited advice on the subject.

Look for a looser fit.  Some people advocate sizing up and if that works for you, that's definitely one way to get a looser fit.  Personally, I just bypassed the super-tight jeans for the more forgiving fit.  These are still a skinny cut, but it doesn't take third-party assistance to pull them on.

Look for thicker fabric.  A lot of the discomfort about white jeans is that you feel like everyone is seeing your everything.  If you go with a thicker jeans, that's less of an issue.

Wear nude panties.  Not white (not ever white).  Not hot pink.  Nude.  Even if your jeans have a sturdier fabrication, nude panties are best.

Pair with whatever you like.  Once you find the perfect pair of white jeans, you can wear them with whatever you like.  Any color, any print, any thing you want.  This is probably the best thing about white jeans, so have fun with it.

What about you, Reader Friends?  Do you wear white jeans?  If not, will the advice of a notorious burrito-dropper like myself change your mind?

Happy Tuesday, All!

Gracey

Get the Look

Old Navy Sweetheart jeans

LOFT sunwashed tee

Similar scarf (here or here)

Similar nude sandals

Simplicity

It's about to get stupid hot here in Oregon.  In the high 70s today and then close to 90 later this week.  I know.  In Oregon.  In May.  It's ridiculous.

Anyway, given the upcoming heat, I thought it best to try to get my pants-wearing out of the way.  So, today, jeans:

I may risk pants tomorrow as well, but then it's tube tops and flip flops for the rest of the week.  I'm kidding, but only because flip flops aren't great for bike riding.  Otherwise, totally.

Today's outfit was great for a morning bike commute though; a breezy white shirt, relaxed jeans and my new favorite sandals:

Shirt: Gap  Jeans: Lucky  Sandals: Moorea Seal

Oh, and this necklace.  Again.  Because I am strangely unable to resist the lure of sounding like the world's largest house cat:

Jingly tassels for the win! (Also, not for nothing, but Jingly Tassels is also the name of my next band.  We're going to do burlesque covers of Christmas music.)

Happy Monday, All!

Gracey

Get the Look

Gap tunic

Similar Lucky jeans

Olive sandals (other colors here and here)

Similar vintage necklace (here or here)

Double Denim and Neon Stripes

Remember when double denim was all the rage and all the cool bloggers wore it and we all wondered how they did it?  Well, I still have no idea and I'm pretty sure it's no longer all the rage, but I went ahead and wore double denim anyway:

Tunic: Old Navy  Skinnies: Wit & Wisdom  Boots: Nine West

And I paired it with neon stripes.  I'm pretty sure that, like double denim, neon is now passe, but I happen to like neon stripes.  Especially these neon stripes:

Gap Neon Stripe Scarf

This scarf reminds me of a tee from the 80s, in the best possible way.  And I don't care if neon's fifteen minutes of fame are up, I'm going to keep wearing this scarf.  And probably double denim too.  Just because.

What about you, Reader Friends?  Do you stop wearing a trend as soon as People Style Watch declares it "over" or do you maintain your neon-wearing ways?

Happy Friday, All!

Gracey

Get the Look

Similar chambray tunic

Similar polka dot skinnies

Similar ankle boots (save or splurge)

Exact neon stripe scarf

Bohemian Polka Dot Safari

This outfit makes no sense.  None of the elements really go together except color-wise:

Top: thrifted Foxcroft  Vest: Old Navy  Jeans: Banana Republic  Sandals: Jeffrey Campbell

Or, maybe it would be more appropriate to say that some of the elements go with each other, but all together they're a bit of nonsense.

I mean, there are polka dots, there is a safari-ready vest and there are bohemian elements in both the shoes and the necklace.  This necklace:

Vintage necklace via Lil' Gypsy

I think it's the necklace that throws the whole thing.  Even the sandals would probably be okay, but the necklace doesn't quite fit, even though I'm pretending it echoes the polka dot motif of the tunic.

But, the truth is, if I had followed Coco Chanel's advice and removed one thing before I left the house, it wouldn't have been this necklace.  In fact, I'd have ditched the vest.  I'm a little iffy on this vest anyway, not just solely in the context of this outfit.  But the necklace makes me happy even if I do sound like a rather large house cat due to the chiming of the fringe.

Happy Thursday, All!

Gracey

Literary Stylings #10: Divergent Erudite

I decided to base this month's Literary Stylings outfit on the Divergent series, by Veronica Roth:

It really should have been a more obvious choice than it was.  Clothing plays a very big role in these books as the five different Factions are all identified, in part, by their clothing which helps demonstrate their cultivated virtue.

The main character, Beatrice/Tris, was born into the Abnegation Faction.  Members of Abnegation wear head to toe gray to demonstrate, in part, that they don't care about their looks because that would be selfish and their virtue is selflessness.  The other Factions include the Amity; their colors are orange, red and yellow and their virtue is peacefulness.  There are also the Dauntless; their virtue is bravery and their color is black.  The Erudite have the virtue of intelligence and their color is blue.  And the Candor have the virtue of honesty and their colors are black and white.

I think I resisted using these books because I like to think I wouldn't belong in any of these factions because they all have their flaws (yes, even the peaceful Amity).  But, the more I thought about it, the more I think that if I had to choose a faction, it would be the Erudite and I would wear blue.

So, for today, I did.  Head to toe blue:

Why Erudite?  Well, I love reading and learning new things.  When I was younger, reading was pretty much my favorite past time and I would have rather read then pretty much anything else.  That hasn't changed much since I've gotten older.  I still love reading and I still love learning.  If I were rich, I'd just stay in college indefinitely, learning and getting degree after degree.

So, yes, Erudite would have been my chosen faction if I were to have to choose at age 16 (or even now).  And the wearing of my beloved blue?  That's just a bonus:

Of course, I am not really a member of the Erudite faction, so I went ahead and wore a very Amity red coat as well:

And now my friends, it is your turn.  If you were sartorially inspired by something you read last month, please link up below!


Happy Tuesday, All!

Gracey