I’ve reached sweater fatigue. The failsafe uniform of cute pants, sweater, coat is no longer feeling like an ace in the mornings. My grey/tan/black trifecta of cashmere is looking sad in the corner of my room and a little worse for wear. Plus, the sun is starting to come out (I hear its full on summer in LA!) and the spring break itch is itchy. Lately, the piece I can’t seem to quit has been a flannel (or flannel-esque shirt.) I’m not quite ready for poplin - too crisp and cold on the skin…high of 60 is not actually spring, just spring in training - and the sweaters are begging for a break.
Enter the flannel in light, springy colors. I’ve been rotating two of them, to be exact. A denim-y blue plaid and a tan solid. And they’ve taken me from birthday parties to pitch meetings to parties (well I haven’t actually worn them to a party yet but if someone would like to invite me to one, I’ll definitely show up in one of the dressier outfits below.) At the end of the day they are still the workhorses that my four-hats (figuratively) lifestyle needs: soft, warm, washable and an effortlessly cool way to ease out of the winter uniform.
So welcome back to my closet! It’s been a minute since we had a session where I empty the entire contents of my dresser on my bed. Couldn’t stop making outfits this week. So many that I couldn’t even fit them all here…but this well rounded (IMO) edit gives you the picture below. Shall we?
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And with that, I’m off to check out the new textile collection from Soane, my favorite pastime. I’m wearing the outfit in the lede.
Happy Sunday! Yours TRULY,
Becky
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I wrote about dupes, and I feel so fucking heard right now. Cheering. THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTS. Have to stop calling things dupes. And all these sites with the dupes that we feel are harmless are buying the search term "high sport" -- gives me the icks.
I love this post, so many great outfits! I bit the bullet and am absolutely in heart with my High Sport kick flares and am now even more so now knowing they are a tiny company run by ladies <3
OK, THIS! "I get lots of questions about which “dupes” I like, and the reason why I do not endorse “dupes” is not because they are a similar product, but because many companies MARKET them as a copy. High Sport is a teensy FEMALE FOUNDED company and I get really upset when huge companies take advantage of women who are doing awesome things! So, definitely buy whichever kick flare fits your budget and know that they are mostly all great. But when companies market to you as a literal copy, think twice. It’s icky. :) And there are plenty of alts!"
I wrote about dupes, and I feel so fucking heard right now. Cheering. THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTS. Have to stop calling things dupes. And all these sites with the dupes that we feel are harmless are buying the search term "high sport" -- gives me the icks.
I love this post, so many great outfits! I bit the bullet and am absolutely in heart with my High Sport kick flares and am now even more so now knowing they are a tiny company run by ladies <3