Sources:
Dress – Banana Republic Outlet
Cardi – thrifted
Bird pin – Kissing Toads on Etsy
Belt – Ralph Lauren
Tights – TJMaxx
Shoes – vintage, thrifted
Endnotes:
Happy Valentine’s Day! As the title of my post indicates, I’m wearing red tights today as an homage to Valentine’s Day and to kick off our current theme week – Tights Week!
I’m not usually one to dress to “match” a holiday, but I just couldn’t help pulling out this pair of red tights for today’s outfit. Just like I couldn’t help but make some red paper hears and red string garlands to hang around my kitchen over the weekend. And I couldn’t resist baking heart-shaped Swedish cookies on Saturday. Is this what they call nesting? I swear, this is the most I’ve ever gone out for Valentine’s Day.
To keep the holiday-inspired look to a minimum, I kept the rest of the outfit in blue and black. I just added that extra bit of red with a tiny bird and (red) flower brooch to pull the color of the tights into the upper part of the outfit.
Also, a side note on the cardigan – I thrifted this item just a little while ago while being in my Emma Pillsbury induced style coma. I loved the polkadots, the puffy sleeves and the cropped fit of it. But no matter how much I tried to convince myself otherwise, this cardigan is just too big on me. Buttoned, or worn open, it just makes me look wide and boxy. So my solution is to wear it with the sides overlapping to create a snugger fit. I then used a belt to cinch it together and voila – a perfect fit. I also liked the look of this more structured and austere belt to tone down the ‘playfulness’ and ‘whimsicalness’ of the cardigan.
But back to tights now. All of this week we’ll be discussing our different tights wearing strategies, such layering tights, incorporating pattern or using various color tights and incorporating them into the outfit. To see all our previous creative tights looks, check out our new Flickr set on Tights. And feel free to leave a comment if you have any specific questions you’d like addressed during this week’s feature! ~ S.
