I'm a little late finishing up Dress Your Best Week. However, I did have some photos and thoughts I wanted to post, so might as well get them up. The ladies of Academichic have posted some really great guides (here and here) to what was posted last week; I recommend you check them out, if you've got an interest. (And thanks again for hosting!)
Anyway, here is my outfit from Wednesday, May 12
Blazer: Banana Republic
Graphic tee: hand-me-down
Belt: Macy's
Jeans: thrifted
Shoes: vintage, from my mother-in-law (I told you she was an endless font of shoe-y goodness)
( Celebrating The Rest of the University, and My Wedding Anniversary )
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I spent most of the rest of the week and weekend dressed like a slob, because I was on vacation: a roadtrip to Western Massachusetts, and then my wife's reunion. This involved some adventuring in the wilderness:
But I did have one day when I had to dress up: for Ivy Day. I'll admit, I have more warm and fuzzy feelings about Smith than I do about Yale. Some of it is that it's a women's college, which means there's a feeling of solidarity and support for your fellow members of the community that isn't there at co-ed schools; some of it is that Yale is kind of a big giant semi-evil behemoth; some of it is that I didn't go to Smith, so all my memories of it are of having fun on weekends with my wife and her friends. But Ivy Day is my favorite of all Smith traditions: you march through a long cordon of awesome women (and, especially in the more recent classes, more than a few awesome men), and everyone cheers for each other.
Here are me, my wife, our friend, and Mr. X on Ivy Day:
On me:
Blazer: Banana Republic
Shirt: Ann Taylor, hand-me-down
Skirt: Thrifted
Shoes: Vintage, from my mother-in-law
On Mr. X:
Shirt: GAP Kids
Pants: Thrifted
On my wife (L):
Everything's thrifted (we basically cleaned out our Goodwill; who owns this much white?
On our friend (R):
I have no idea, but the tights are mine! And, hey, I don't think she returned them...
Oh, and my friend, while asking not to be identified, did want me to relay that her hometown has some serious issues.
I had fun doing this! (And thanks to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sofiaviolet who joined me.) I do have thinky thoughts on dressing for fieldwork and dressing for teaching, which I'll probably haul out in a couple weeks, when I'm stressing about my writing and in a bad mood.
Anyway, here is my outfit from Wednesday, May 12
Blazer: Banana Republic
Graphic tee: hand-me-down
Belt: Macy's
Jeans: thrifted
Shoes: vintage, from my mother-in-law (I told you she was an endless font of shoe-y goodness)
( Celebrating The Rest of the University, and My Wedding Anniversary )
***
I spent most of the rest of the week and weekend dressed like a slob, because I was on vacation: a roadtrip to Western Massachusetts, and then my wife's reunion. This involved some adventuring in the wilderness:
But I did have one day when I had to dress up: for Ivy Day. I'll admit, I have more warm and fuzzy feelings about Smith than I do about Yale. Some of it is that it's a women's college, which means there's a feeling of solidarity and support for your fellow members of the community that isn't there at co-ed schools; some of it is that Yale is kind of a big giant semi-evil behemoth; some of it is that I didn't go to Smith, so all my memories of it are of having fun on weekends with my wife and her friends. But Ivy Day is my favorite of all Smith traditions: you march through a long cordon of awesome women (and, especially in the more recent classes, more than a few awesome men), and everyone cheers for each other.
Here are me, my wife, our friend, and Mr. X on Ivy Day:
On me:
Blazer: Banana Republic
Shirt: Ann Taylor, hand-me-down
Skirt: Thrifted
Shoes: Vintage, from my mother-in-law
On Mr. X:
Shirt: GAP Kids
Pants: Thrifted
On my wife (L):
Everything's thrifted (we basically cleaned out our Goodwill; who owns this much white?
On our friend (R):
I have no idea, but the tights are mine! And, hey, I don't think she returned them...
Oh, and my friend, while asking not to be identified, did want me to relay that her hometown has some serious issues.
I had fun doing this! (And thanks to
sofiaviolet who joined me.) I do have thinky thoughts on dressing for fieldwork and dressing for teaching, which I'll probably haul out in a couple weeks, when I'm stressing about my writing and in a bad mood.