Dress Your Best 2011: Post #2: Arms

[ajnabieh]

I think of myself as reasonably well sartorially stocked for formal professional occasions: I've got a black suit, I've got a bunch of suit separates and blouses and things like that.  Plus, you know, I'm a grad student, how many suits do I need However, I just encountered a fashion challenge that my closet was unequipped for: what to wear for a high formality professional event held in the heat of the summer.

This was the conclusion I reached.



I have to admit, it took me a long time to be convinced by the short sleeved blazer.  It felt...just wrong, somehow.  Blazers have SLEEVES.  This is in their nature! Anything else is a violation of their natural rights as blazers! Why don't I just wear a vest if I'm going to violate all that is good and right in business attire?!?!

After many rounds of trial and error, however, I reconciled myself to the outfit, because of the clear truth that my arms are freakin' fierce.  Might as well show it off.


again with the toddler photobombing

The neckline on this top is a new one for me: what do you think? I felt very covered up, but I liked the shape it made, both in the blazer and out of it.

(And let's not talk about my pink manicured fingernails.  I still have some cognitive dissonance over that.)

What do you think about summer business wear?  Is it all about fabric, or cut, or color for you? How do you summer-ize an outfit?

Comments

[jae]

Wow, CUTE (and the blazer is nice too). *g*

I'm currently at a conference in a place where there is summer weather, and I'm having similar issues. Today's solution is a fancy-ish short-sleeved top, a scarf, and long pants with kicky ankle-high boots with a bit of a heel. It's nice, but not that cute. It's kind of pathetic that I still haven't solved this problem after all these years.

-J

[ajnabieh]

I think that sounds cute! I just went to a conference in Texas in April, and had to confront the 90 degrees outside/65 degrees inside problem. That was a pain.

It's kind of pathetic that I still haven't solved this problem after all these years.

This is why no one wants to teach summer school, amirite? *vbg*