24 August 2009 – Trim, originally uploaded by academichic.
Sources:
- Wrap shirt – BR Outlet
- Gray bermudas – thrifted, chopped by me
- Orange heels – Dolce Vita, via www.solestruck.com
- Earrings – local jeweler, a gift from my husband
End Notes:
This morning A. and I attended our department’s annual meet and greet brunch. I remember walking into our building three years ago full of anticipation and anxiety over launching my graduate career. I don’t really remember what I wore that day, but I do remember that A. and I were the only people there wearing skirts. If our meeting was a movie, there would have been a little *ding* noise in the soundtrack and a voiceover squealing, “Friends!”
Shirt detail, originally uploaded by academichic.
Today I brought baby e. with me to the brunch, and I eschewed a full skirt for a sleek pair of bermudas and a crisp white wrap shirt. And then…I threw on my bright orange pumps. Maybe my top was a message to the faculty — “I’m calm, I’m put together, don’t fear” — and my shoes were a message to the new students — “I can be fun, too!”
Because, really, nothing says “fun at parties” like an orange pump.
Dolce Vita Pumps, originally uploaded by academichic.
Umbilical Glass Earrings, originally uploaded by academichic.
