Gritty Glamour

This is a photo heavy review of my Winter 2024 Capsule.  This season I bought a new cool red coat, bordering on red violet — I have had so much fun with it. I also purchased a pair of faux leather jeans and a lilac pink duster cardigan. 

It’s interesting to look at my clothes with specific categories like this because I’m noticing all my navy items have some interesting feature to make the color less classic: paisley, lace trim, duster length, velvet, tulle, balloon and bell sleeves, asymmetry, distressing, moto jacket style “light navy” trousers. 

Inspired by Janet I’ve been wanting a statement bag with some subtle drama to uplift my athleisure outfits because I often feel to yang/masculine in them, so I’ve ordered this backpack bag.  Adding some flare yoga pants and flowy wrap cardigans will help with the femininity too.  

I’ve been wearing my white boucle moto style jacket to few different events this Spring. It has some black flecks in the nubby weave.  

We are back from our 3 1/2 month road trip up the east coast of the USA from North Carolina, traveling across Canada, down the west coast and back home across the southern States  —  a total of over 16,000 miles in 105 days. I packed a lot of practical clothes, nothing really special because our plan included wild camping in our camper van with the occasional campground, lots of driving, exploring and hiking which can get dirty. I had some nicer clothes for the cities. 

Hi, I’m back from my 3 month camping trip (will post about my travel capsule later) and survived the holidays. Hope you all had a good season!

I’ve been wanting some white boots and found these bone colored combat boots with a chunky heel. They see to go well with light grey, bone, probably white but they seem a little precious to me because of the color. In other words, I’m afraid of getting them dirty.

Please tell me your thoughts about these and white boots in general?

I’ve been wanting to try wide leg soft pants for a while and thought they would be the perfect comfortable addition to my summer wardrobe, so I ordered these from Boden.  The first pair came with the pattern unmatched so I returned for another pair after talking with customer service. The second pair matches better but not perfectly, but it’s good enough for me and much better than the first one. 

Excuse the glare, I took this at a bad time of the day.  This is the Zadig and Voltaire blouse that a few of us bought from the sale.  It feels wonderful, soft and light.  The deep V is nice for showing a cami underneath.  I’m a little on the fence because I normally am happier with solids but this pattern is so unusual and despite the volume in the torso it doesn’t look overly big to me. Love the design and bits of white in the pattern — it reminds me a little of the artist Peter Max.  

Here are the Theory Ignera wool blend trousers from the Sale:  They run small so am very glad my size was not available and I had to size up! 

I am obsessed with versions of green this summer: jade, emerald, teal, aqua so had to share what I wore yesterday: white flares with emerald tank and jade green silky duster which reverses to leopard. The leopard is a bit too much for me but I like the flash of it as a surprise lining.