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Life of Colleen: December 2010
Last post of the year
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Friday, December 31, 2010
at 10:15 PM (Pacific)
 When did they get so tall?
It's been a marvellous year for me. Not financially, (rolls eyes) though I have plans for 2011. 2010 was rather a discovery of the extraordinary...which may be found, as usual, right under your nose.Labels: ootd, work wardrobe, year-end
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Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
at 9:22 PM (Pacific)
...Morons.Labels: comedy, videos
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Have a great day!
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Monday, December 27, 2010
at 1:14 PM (Pacific)
Sweater: The Gap
Necklace: freshwater pearls
Bracelet: gifted (Venetian glass with a bunch of silver doodads)
Skirt: Velvet by Graham and Spencer
Boots: La CanadienneLabels: ootd, velvet by graham and spencer, work wardrobe
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Another year over;
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Sunday, December 26, 2010
at 3:37 PM (Pacific)
and a new one just begun.
Almost, anyway. Three work days remain in 2010 (I know, I'm fortunate enough not to work in retail, but then I don't get commission). The year end has been significant to me for quite some time; it's when I analyze whether I'd accomplished what I'd decided, at the end of the previous year, to do, and determine exactly what I want to do in the upcoming year.
What does that have to do with fashion? Weirdly it is kind of relevant. I've thought for a while that my J.Crew-affair had rather peaked. I will always love the 'Crew, of course, and you can't beat them for office wardrobe basics which are prettier than...plain ole office clothes...but, after collecting 'Crew items over a period of time, I have enough.
So, where to now, post-'Crew?
I've been digging into American-produced fashion. There's a surprising amount of it, and it's not as spendy as it may seem. Sure, we haven't aspired to undercut foreign labor cost; you may pay more at full price...but not horribly more. And there are sales (it's American stuff, remember?).
I haven't sworn off J.Crew by any means. (The horror....) Just branching out some.Labels: wardrobe
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You were amazing.
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
at 9:33 PM (Pacific)
No, you were amazing.
Awww....
lol
I've returned from the Pacific Northwest. These are my waterproof boots (suede, with an interesting patent leather toe) and a machine washable wool sweater, both of which came in handy. It wasn't quite as cold as I'd remembered; I was okay with the boots and sweater under a raincoat.
ETA: I need to shrink this skirt more.Labels: ootd, shoes, weekend wardrobe
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I'll be the first to admit it
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Monday, December 6, 2010
at 9:07 PM (Pacific)
I'm curious about you; you seem so innocent.*
Jacket: distressed leather
Top: gifted
Skirt: J.Crew Denim Pencil
Boots: Cydwoq
Hmmm...the top pic is of my brother-in-law's amazing architecture (2003); I dug it up because I'm wearing the same jacket and hairdo as in the pic below (November 25 2010).
* Ever had a song stuck in your mind?Labels: cydwoq, jcrew, ootd, weekend wardrobe
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I feel warmer already :)
posted by Colleen Shirazi
on
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
at 10:02 PM (Pacific)
It's getting chilly these days; I've already brought out my machine washable lambswool sweater:
Yes! I've washed it in the machine. I hate it when people review machine washable wool items before washing them. Isn't that what's really on your mind? Does it shrink? Does it pill?
So far anyway, this thing is killerific. I washed it in a mesh laundry bag (cold water, delicate cycle, Woolite), took it out...I didn't even have to pull it back into shape, just hung it on the line to dry.
Along with, J.Crew Tissue Turtleneck in Nightfall Blue:
...which is a dark teal, this velvet skirt, only in BLACK:
...black tights, boots:
I've had the skirt almost two years, from back when Sundance Catalog marked this type of thing way down. The pic doesn't really show the pockets; it has two honking cargo pockets, side pockets, back pockets...but the virtue doesn't lie in the pockets (particularly since the sweater has them), but rather in the snuggly velvet.
For this I have a necklace I made from two kinds of heavy sterling silver chain. No pic, sorry! The outfit would be too dark otherwise. One of the chains has large hammered oval links; the other, two round links soldered together, connected with textured oval links. You can wear it different ways, because you can clip the oval-link chain anywhere.Labels: cydwoq, indie, jcrew, jewelry, maintenance, music, sundance catalog, videos, wardrobe
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