During the I.N.C. show on Saturday, one of the models was wearing the same leopard-print sweater I had on, and I said something to the audience along the lines of, "If animal prints make you nervous, remember: you can never go wrong if you just stick to one animal-print piece per outfit." And Camila looked at me and said, "When you showed up this morning, I think you were wearing three."
True.
Oops.
Saturday afternoon was spent at the Mall of America, where Camila Alves and I hosted a runway show for I.N.C before heading back to the store to offer some personal styling tips (and help the attendees who won the I.N.C. gift cards do a little shopping).
I loved every single thing about this day, start to finish: it was just crazy fun. I also loved my outfit so much. Let's take a closer look.
For Part II of our date night in the city I wore my favorite silhouette of the moment: a partially-tucked-in tank (literally, every single time I do this Kendrick says "What are you doing to your shirt?" to which I reply, of course, "It's FASHUN, darrrrling") with mid-rise jeans, a belt and heels. It looks kinda like I'm wearing overalls, no? I'm fine with that.
Ooh, those heels, I love them so. I've been mooning over these silver Jimmy Choos all summer, but this pair was $39.99 (and have a neat faux-wood heel), and $39.99<$650, so there you go. Also, for some reason they make me think of The Wizard of Oz, despite the fact that they are neither red nor bedazzled.
P.S. That is some serious post-rock-climbing hair, right there. I knew I wanted to take photos of this outfit and actually brought my curling iron to Chelsea Piers with me like a vain little unicorn, but an hour of exercise + no visible outlets + no mirror = my very special patented brand of curlybangs and a bun.
I found the perfect pair of pants once: they were silky, black, and bootcut, with a mid-rise waist and a neat hook-and-eye closure. I spent way too much money on them because they were perfect, and perfect pants can feel impossible to find…and when you do find them it seems like you should probably buy them (preferably in triplicate) just in case you never come across another pair that fits you that well ever again.
That was about a decade ago. I wore those pants for years and years until the hems frayed and the seams fell apart and they ended up in the donation box, headed straight for Goodwill.
Finding a great pair of pants shouldn’t be especially difficult. But apparently it’s not just me who has trouble with this particular undertaking: pants, it turns out, are a tough buy for pretty much everyone. LOFT did a study with 10,000 real women in which the participants tried on hundreds of pairs of pants and explained exactly what they liked and didn’t like, and found that for most women buying a pair of pants is even more challenging than buying a swimsuit. In response, they set out to completely reimagine how women approach the experience of shopping for pants….and it worked.
What LOFT came up with: a Fall 2013 collection that includes 45 different pants options and a “fit tree” that helps women find the perfect pair for them.
