What I Wore: Giant Blanket

Jeans, Gap, thrifted; button down shirt, Smart Set, thifted; wrap, ???, my parents got it in Scotland; brooch, Heather Gem; shoes, not shown, Fly London

I really love this wrap. It's made out of super soft wool, and feels pretty much like wearing a blanket all day. As you might have guessed though, wearing a blanket all day is really bloody annoying. There are far too many things that are made difficult, such as reaching around for books, walking, carrying books, wearing a coat, the list continues.

It's so wonderful that I can't resist wearing it from time to time though, and since I wanted to spend all day curled up in bed, I figured today would be a good day. I loved most of this outfit, but I'm not sure about the whole. I felt kind of like a teacher, and while that isn't a bad thing, it's not necessarily a good thing either. It just felt too... average. All of the pieces in the outfit are lovely, but together they didn't really work for me.


What do you wear when you feel sick?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Shapeless Sexy

 

Leggings*, ???; demin mini skirt, ???; sweater, Marks & Spencer's, "borrowed" from my dad; boots, not shown, La Canadienne

I often look at my photos and think either: "wow, did that really look that good?" or "wow, did that really look like that?" With this outfit, it was the latter. I mean, I new that it looked baggy and shapeless, but in the mirror and on me, it looked more, casual sexy and not so much shapeless large sweater. I think it might be the camera angle, but you can't really see how it hung of my boobs, then sort of showed my shape through the hugeness. I'm going to stop trying to describe this now, because my brain is fried and I really want to go to bed.

Do your outfits look way different in photos and on you?

Love,

Rosie

* My leggings are opaque, but they are printed to look like jeans and have a lighter area.

What I Wore: Almost Repeat

 

Sweater, thrifted, Wet Seal; skirt, thrifted, ???; leggings, la Classe Couture; boots, not shown, La Canadienne

This outfit was just oh-so-fun. Or maybe it was my day that was amazing. I'm not sure. Anyways, I like this outfit. I'm fairly certain that I've worn a very close approximation to this outfit in the past, I am however, rather certain that I've never worn this exact combination.

You may have noticed, but I've been on a bit of a short skirt kick ever since getting home. I guess it's the unseasonably warm weather, but I just don't want to think about wearing long skirts just yet. It may also be because I just don't like most of my longer skirts as much, but I'll have to wait till I can find employment to fix that problem. 

What kind of clothing are you really into at the moment?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Can't stop smiling

leggings, thrifted, ???; skirt, Åhlens; sweater, "borrowed" from my little brother, ???; belt, Joe Fresh; scarf (which is purple with a yellow pattern), thrifted, ???; boots, not shown, La Canadienne

When I said a while back that outdoor outfit posts would resume once I got home, I had forgotten that even here, a week before the winter solstice, it is very much dark when I get home, and I never have time in the morning. Even that couldn't bring down my smile though, because I'm just so happy to be home.

In a way, I feel like this thought pretty much sums up my outfit/day/mood: "I'm skipping down my small residential street in the dark, Prince blasting through my pink earbuds, purple tutu twirling, vintage leather backpack filled with books banging into my back, and I never want this feeling to end."

Do you ever find that your outfit, day and mood match up really well?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Waldo's Older Sister

Jeans, KappAhl; red turtleneck, ???; striped shirt, leminor; hat, leminor; shoes, Fly London

This hat is the amazing find I mentioned in my last post. Mummy thinks it looks rather silly, and I have to agree, but that doesn't stop it from being wonderful. I'm a teensy bit jealous, because with my sister's hair cut and glasses she looks exactly like Waldo when wearing it. Even if I only look vaguely like Waldo in it, I still love it to death. It's just so soft and it's super cozy!

What do you love even if you look rather silly in it?

Love,

Rosie

What I Wore: Studious Me

Jeans, KappAhl; striped shirt, leminor; sweater, ???; headband, Lululemon; watch, Ushuaïa

I wouldn't have gotten dressed at all, but I was home from school studying (read: watching YouTube videos), and my lunch options were the ever appetizing mouse de foie on cauliflower or going out for vietmesse* with my mum, so I obviously opted to go out. I'm rather glad I did end up going out though, because if I hadn't I probably would have missed a rather awesome find that I will show you all on Friday, in my next outfit post because it hasn't left my head since I got it.

What are your go to outfits for when you don't want to get dressed but have to go out?

Love,
Rosie

* I don't know if that's the appropriate word, but food from Vietnam.

What I Wore: Camera Face

Jeans, KappAhl; white sweater, hand-me-down, ???; coat, Mountain Equipment Co-op; head band, Lululemon; camera, Canon; camera bag, Golia; scarf tied to bag, thrifted; shoes, not shown, Merrell; photo, courtesy of a friend

I would give you a bigger, colour photo of this outfit, but I don't have any where I a) look half decent and b) that don't include tons of friends who don't necessarily want to be on my blog and c) show my face, not my camera surrounded by hair.

This outfit dates back... several weeks? It's what I wore when my art class went on a field trip to Paris, and if you think I'm looking pretty casual for a visit to PARIS, I would like to point out that we saw three museums, walked everywhere, got off the bus at 9 am and didn't get back on until 11:30 pm, and all that was after spending a night on the bus, during which nobody managed to sleep*.

What do you wear for trips when you are going for days on end?

Love,
Rosie

* And yes, that whole sentence was pretty much just me bragging about how epic I think the trip was.

What I Wore: (Day)Dreaming of Pirates

Jeans, KappAlh; shirt, Seduction; sweater, ???; bandana, H&M, over 8 years ago; shoes, not shown, Fly London

I've been home sick recently. Nothing serious, just a slight illness paired with extreme laziness, and I spent all of yesterday rewatching the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Mostly this just left me with an irrational desire to be run away, join a bunch of pirates and be completely badass. Sadly, this daydream is even less unlikely to come true than the one where I drop out of school, move in with a lover and become a hippy artist who experiments with drugs and sexuality*, so I contented my self to wearing a bandana.

Do your daydreams affect how you dress?

Love,
Rosie

*It is, however, more likely than the one where I somehow get transported back in time and get my Hogwarts letter and join the trio and have wonderful adventures and help defeat Voldemort.

PS: If you think my daydreams are weird, don't let me get started on my actual dreams that I have at night.

What I Wore: Home sweet home sickness

 

Dress, Joe Fresh; sweater, hand-me-down, ???; scarf, gift from a friend; black leggings, not shown, ???; shoes, not shown, Fly London; super big smile; I was going to see Deathly Hallows Part 1

I've been wearing scarves under this sweater virtually non-stop recently. Even if my head does look a bit like an egg in a nest, it's a super warm and comfy egg so it doesn't really matter. 

The weirdest stuff has been making me home sick lately. I was putting on this scarf, and I remembered how it reminds me a bit of the ceinture fleché that the voyageurs, métis and other french canadiens wore. The only canoeing I've done has been on lakes in a two person canoe, I'm not french canadian, I've never been out west and I'm not french canadian, but it still makes me want to be home. Other little things like the cold wind on my way to the bus stop and the shops beginning getting ready for Christmas have made me want to break down and cry, because even if I love it here, it just doesn't feel like home. I feel like we are in that weird transitioning state where we aren't traveling, but we aren't settling in either, and sometimes I just want to hug my puppy, I want to smile at my friends in the hallway*, I want to go back to my school.

What makes you homesick, even when you are super happy?

Love,

Rosie

* I love my friends here a lot too, but it doesn't stop me from missing everyone back home.

What I Wore: Starting to Wear

Sweater, hand-me-down, ???; dress, worn as skirt, Suzy Sheer; scarf, borrowed from my mummy; leggings, La Classe Couture, shoes, not shown, Fly London

Clothing wise, I'm very glad that the end is in sight. This sweater is starting to come undone (simple to fix, but I need supplies I don't have here), a small hole has turned up in my Gina Tricot leggings, and a not so tiny hole has appeared in my black long sleeved shirt, which is no problem since I have a very similar one at home, but worrying since it's the only one I have here. I really shouldn't be surprised, since such heavy wear and the harsher washer here were bound to hurt my clothing, but I'm still a but annoyed that clothing that held up perfectly for over a year is starting to go.

On a different note, I've had a pretty formal posting schedule for a while now, and I was wondering: What do you think? Are there too many outfits? Would you like less art? Are there too many posts per week? Too few? Would you like a more random order, or is the predictability good?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Mid-semester crisis

 

Dress, Joe Fresh; long sleeved shirt, Seduction; Leggings, Gina Tricot; shoes (not shown), Fly London;  necklace, gift shop in Ireland

And, as you probably managed to figure out, this is the said necklace. It's rather delicate feeling, but I quite like it anyways.

Sorry it's short today, but I'm really exhausted and having a mid-semester crisis (this years topic is university, and my doubts about whether or not I should go.)

Do you have post-secondary training or education? Has it helped you in your life?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Indoor Outfit

Skirt, thrifted, ???; turtle neck, ???; sweater, hand-me-down; leggings, ???; shoes (not shown), Fly London

I'm trying to get organized to take proper nice looking photos, I really am. There is really nothing I can do when it's pouring rain, though, so yet another indoor photo today.

This was more of an indoor outfit anyways, with it's skirt that twisted around when I walked, it's warm, but not wind proof sweater and it's exposed ankles. The leggings are the only thing I would have changed, but since my quest for tights has been entirely unsuccessfully I am stuck with exposed ankles.

What piece of clothing never fits you properly?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Tucked In

Jeans, KappAhl; black long sleeved shirt, Seduction; patterned short sleeved shirt, a dress from Suzie Sheer; scarf, thrifted; shoes, not shown, Merrell

This dress-as-a-top looked great. I loved it just as much as I love wearing it as a dress (which is a lot), but I had momentary fits of rage against it. To shorten it I tucked the hem into the waist band of my jeans, then let the rest fall over to make it look like a hip length shirt. The problem with this plan was that every time I went to the bathroom, and after gym class, I had to tuck it back in. Evenly.

The flip side of the rather elaborate tucking was that I had an entirely stress free day, when it came to my shirt meeting my pants, since both shirts were all tucked in*.

What part of your outfit do you worry about?

Love,
Rosie

*I don't care if that makes me sound like someone's boring mother, it made me feel fabulous.

What I Wore: Moderately Smiley

Skirt, thrifted, ???; plaid sweater, ???; red shirt, underneath, Seduction; leggings, Gina Tricot; shoes, not shown, Fly London

In my opinion, there is nothing* like some double plaid to make a day of math a lot more fun. And just look at the photo, anyone could see that I am at my moderately smiley stage of happiness, so I think I can conclude that the outfit did it part.

What do you wear to cheer yourself up?

Love,
Rosie

*Other than mass quantities of junk food, but that tends to leave one feeling rather sick.

What I Wore: Albino

Gray-Black Jeans, KappAhl; Shirt, Le Minor; dark socks, ???, old tights cut down; white socks, ???; shoes (not shown), Fly London; gray tank top (not visible), H&M; my suddenly albino skin, me forgetting to fix the white balance and then half-assedly doing it later.

Sadly, I can't take outside outfit photos at the moment. Other days when I get home earlier may be doable, but the street lights were on by the time I got home today, but there aren't any where I take photos.

I went back to school toady after my holiday, which was lovely, because I saw all my friends again, but awful because I had to get up early.


What occasions give you serious mixed feelings?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Two by two

Jeans, KappAhl; red turtle neck, ???; white sweater, hand-me-down; shoes, Merrell; rain coat, Mountain Equipment Coop

This is the reason I haven't posted many outfits over the past few weeks: I haven't been wearing anything worth posting. I've been virtually living in two tank tops, two long sleeved shirt, two pairs of jeans and a sweater while we were traveling in England, Wales and Ireland.

The other reason is that pretty much all the photos of me look like this:

This is the original that I took this outfit photo from. For those of you who don't know, I was at Newgrange, in Ireland. And while it's fine for showing how impressive the mound is, as you can see above, it isn't very good for showing my outfit.

You needn't worry though, because I'm back and settled (for the moment anyways), so outfit posting should go back to normal.

Do you post when you don't have much to post about?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Exterme Unfashionability

Rain pants, Mountain Equipment Coop; leggings (not visible), ???; rain coat, Mountain Equipment Coop; shirt (not visible), Seduction; shoes, Merrell

I think I mentioned this back in August, but when my family goes on vacation we tend to do things that, depending on who you are, could be considered, well, we tend to climb small mountains and tramp through forests in the rain. That being said, it's hard to enjoy beautiful views and adorable sheep when you are soaking wet or really cold, so I've been wearing pretty much this outfit for a while now, and I love it, despite the extreme unfashionability of it.

Do you go hiking much? What do you wear?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Go with the flow-y

Jeans, KappAhl; tank top (under my shirt, not visible), Joe Fresh; shirt, ???; shoes, Merrell; head band, Lululemon; coat (on the ground behind me), Mountain Equipment Coop

My outfits lately have been super lazy since we've been doing loads of touristy stuff and comfort is my top priority. I definitely don't believe in wearing sweat pants when traveling, but I just can't face wearing anything fussy when my day consists of walking for six hours a day, doing lots of reading and looking and negotiating busy trains. On the other hand, everyone here is so nicely dressed, I wish I were making more of an effort, but I really need my clothing to be easily adaptable and go with the flow-y.

How do you dress when you are traveling?


Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Purple and Green and RED

Jeans, KappAhl; shoes, Fly London; shirt, H&M; sweater, ???; headband, Lululemon.

I've spent the past several days doing tons of cleaning and packing, so outfits have pretty much just been whatever I happened to throw on in the morning. Today, I wouldn't have gotten dressed at all, except I had to go down to the post office, and my conscious wouldn't let me walk across town in my pyjamas.

I would have actually loved this outfit if I had had a pair of black, green or purple shoes to wear with it, but I was reasonably happy with it as it is.

What do you wear when you have to run out but don't want to get dressed?

Love,
Rosie

What I Wore: Dramatic Artist

Leggings, ???; black long sleeved t-shirt, Seduction; dress, Joe Fresh; earrings, Claire's; shoes (not shown), Fly London

Comfort was essencial today since I had a three hour French test this morning, but a lack of fussiness was also important since I spent three hours this afternoon in the studio painting. This may become y go to outfit for painting, since there is something about wearing all black with red heels that makes it even more fun.

Do you find that your outfit affects how you feel about certain activities?

Love,
Rosie