[dress, Brass / sweater, old Nordstrom Rack (USA made option) / bag, Madewell, try this instead / shooties, Frye]
Just a quick post today. I’m trying to learn how to step outside my comfort zone and style dresses to wear in the colder months. All jeans all the time can get a little boring in the rainy months.
For me, part of learning how to style dresses is learning how to find proportions I like and balance them. I love shift dresses, and dresses with statement-sized volume like a cocoon dress. In the past I would have felt like I had to cut the volume of this dress by adding a crop denim jacket or something similar, but as I journey deeper toward discovering my style, I find that feels a little boring or predictable. Adding the additional volume of the cocoon sweater to the shift dress feels more current, and most importantly, it feels more me.
And of course footwear is kind of essential. I want something that works with a dress but also relaxed enough for everyday and/or walking around. I am a little over tall boots at the moment, though I do have some Frye Jane’s waiting in the back of my closet should I ever need them. (Classic footwear I never part with!) For now I am enjoying cushy ankle boots and tights with dresses.
I’m kind of over tall boots, too. I think once winter hits and I want the warmth of tall boots over my jeans I will get them back out. I invested in a pair of Born riding boots at the end of last season. They are classic though so I won’t be getting rid of them! Btw…your wish is my command….a blog post is coming this weekend! ;-)
I know what you mean, ankle boots definitely aren’t as warm as tall boots. I agree, tall boots are classic, I am not getting rid of mine either!
I love how you styled this! It looks real nice on you.
White dresses feel like they are hard to style, but they totally shouldn’t be. I love the warm and neutrals you’re wearing in this outfit. Maybe it’s the cardi or something, but I totally want to go dress the same :)
I’m on the other side of the spectrum – because I’m definitely not over tall boots. Which may or may not do with the fact that I found a pair I can actually zip up over my calves only last year.. ;)
Happy Halloween! Forever wishing I could see this fun holiday live as we don’t celebrate it here.
xo Kat
They sound cute! I hope to see your boots make an appearance on your blog or IG.
Thank you! Halloween is fun, but definitely a bit of a candy fest though… Do you guys have any unique holidays that aren’t celebrated other places?
Oh they certainly will! Buttery leather, tan in colour… basically pretty amazing :)
I have to say that my boyfriend and I don’ t really see candy fest as a bad thing erhm erhm ;). Here on Halloween we do more spiritual stuff – traditionally you visit the graves of the family members that had passed away and you light a candle for them. And you best go when it’s dark, then the cemeteries are really beautiful.
We do have unique celebration of the Easter Holiday – just google Slovak Easter traditions, haha. Some women hate them, some see it as a nice tradition. Anyway, we celebrate Christmas in a totally different way too. I mean we still do presents etc, but the feel of it is different. To finish off, here is a list of American holiday celebrations I’m jealous of:
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Independence Day
Labor Day (but only if I’m invited to a White Party)
:)
Have a lovely weekend, Andrea!
I just googled Slovak Easter traditions, oh my!!! Have you ever been thrown in a creek?!? And how do you know so much about American holiday celebrations?
Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite. It’s very cozy and fun, and filled with amazing food. Independence Day is fun too. But Labor Day is mostly an excuse for a long weekend!
How do you guys celebrate Christmas?
Hehe, when I was younger I vaguely remember being near a creek on this holiday but I don’t think I was ever thrown in. I’ve definitely been drown in buckets of water. And my friend who sings and dances in a folklore group thing gets drenched every time. She wears traditional folklore dress and the men who come are also dressed in traditional clothes. They have instruments (musical instruments that is!) and they sing and play and say rhymes. It’s nice to watch, but you wouldn’t want to be the girl ;)
And you know, when you read lots of blogs, live in England for a while and watch lots of American series, you learn a thing or two. I’d not exchange our Christmas for the American or English one in a million years though! Some traditions differ from family to family, so I won’t speak for all, but the Christmas dinner is on the 24th. You’re meant to fast all day and esp not eat any meat – then at 5 or 6 o’clock we have dinner. This is a special dinner that you wouldn’t have any other time. We start with plain wafers and honey – the oldest person or the matron or patron of the family goes around the table to draw a cross on your forehead (with the honey) and wish you something for the next year. Then we eat the wafers. After that we have this sweet starter with poppy seeds that used to be my favourite from the whole dinner when I was little. Then we have sauerkraut soup which is the most delicious thing ever and if we’re at my grandma from my dad’s side, we also have an amazing bean soup. After that we have the mains which is fish with potatoes- we have fresh trout but customarily it should be carp. But trout is tastier. After that you never want to see food again but there’s still about 6 kinds of desserts, in the form of cakes and biscuits. And after that we unpack presents. The youngest person in the family reads out the name and hands over the present, and we go one by one so everyone sees what the other people got.
If it’s still early we may watch a Christmas film or a fairy tale that’s on the TV.
And on the 25th we have sort of a recovery day and have a special meal too – roasted duck with filling with a side of sauerkraut and roasted potato pancakes.
Whew…that’s an exhaustive description of our Christmas. Do all your kids still believe in Santa? How do you celebrate?
xo Kat
SO fascinating! Thank you for a peek behind the curtain of your family’s Christmas tradition! I absolutely love the ritual of it!
My kids are teetering on the edge of believing in Santa. I never remember believing in Santa so it’s hard for me to get excited about it. Plus I do not want them to miss the significance of celebrating Jesus’ birth. We’ll see what unfolds this year. My favorite Christmas tradition is Advent, which is typically 24 days of small activities counting down to Christmas day. We have a little advent calendar that we pull out and each pocket has a daily activity – anything from Christmas crafts, to going out for hot chocolate, to baking cookies (and sharing with neighbors) to reading bible stories or singing. As for the meal, we usually split our time between the two families (his and mind) and eat things like ham, scalloped potatoes, rolls, green beans, etc. We do a few gifts on Christmas eve and stockings on Christmas morning. :)