Dressing for Boston?

I am the most happy that Lee set up this new blog. Since graduating, I've missed conversing with Lee and Christine on such topics as clothing and fashion, food, work-outs, boys etc. Basically about our lives.


One idea I've really run with since moving to Boston is to not let a designer or brand dictate how you wear a given piece. I can't take credit for this as it was Lee who taught me to do so. She has a memorable top that she wears backwards every time, and it actually looks better that way. In this vein I've worn shirts and vests as skirts and skirts and vests as shirts and scarves as headbands and rowing trou as tights. It really makes my wardrobe exponentially expand. Which is really helpful, because I realized after moving to Boston that I have neither a suit nor a pair of black slacks. In order to have work-appropriate clothing I have to put together an outfit every day, and to repeat is not only really boring but also noticeable as none of my pieces are... shall we say: particularly demure. It has forced me to get creative, and I hope to post some of the results in the coming days. Below is a picture of a scarf I was able to make work-appropriate. Yes it is shiny gold.







Full disclosure for now and for all future posts:


I was born and bred a So-Cal girl. True, I moved to the East Coast four years ago, but there are some things I haven't been able to shake. For example, as I write this I am simultaneously watching the Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Contest streamed live from Waimea Bay, Hawaii. Additionally, I LOVE tie-dye and other such things so my commentary on Boston doesn't come from the perspective of a true Boston-ite.

For example, one Boston-thing I haven't been able to get behind is the habit of women to throw on a pair of running shoes with their professional garb for their commute to work. Last summer-- before senior year-- I lived a mile and a half from where I worked, and everyday I walked there and home again in two or three inch heels. I have no sympathy. By the end of August I had to get every pair of my shoes re-soled. So, I do not see the need to carry an extra pair in your bag when the weather is beautiful/fine. Granted, now that the weather has turned horrible, somedays I might wear snow boots to work-- but that is only during storms.