Fashion

Emily was one of my first friends when I joined my college radio station, KUCI, in Irvine. We shared a love of everything Swedish, cardigans and sweaters, and cute Swedish boys wearing cardigans and sweaters. Her knowledge and interest in the most adorable indie-pop music rivals the most die-hard pop fan you know. I'm sorry, that's just fact. Another fact: girls from Torrance are the bee's knees! I should know...

And now, before my bragging gets too embarrassing for you dear reader, I leave it to my pal Emily to redeem this blog!

Hi there. I'm super pleased to contribute to this project. These days have been weird for me in that I have an abundance of free time and can basically do whatever I want. I am so not used to that. I work from home for a small transcription company that primarily focuses on academic transcription. I get to work at my own pace and depending on the workload, I may have an entire week free or an entire week holed up in my room. Luckily it's been manageable and I've been having a lot of fun. This hedonistic lifestyle gets tiring though, so I've also been thinking about returning to the affordable housing field. Business casual outfits may or may not have something to do with that.

As much as I enjoy getting dressed each day, I'm afraid I don't really know who's who or what's the haps in the fashion world today. And that's okay! That suits me fine. What is important to me is just looking put together and presentable. I'm not big on looks that are too out there (nothing wrong with out there, to each her own), and my belief is that "modest is hottest" when it comes to style. Unsurprisingly, my favorite article of clothing is the sweater.

Here are some things I wore in a week:

Monday

I am really pleased as punch to introduce the next installment of "A Week in the Life Of..." This entry comes from one of my nearest and dearest friends. We bonded over Radiohead and Coldplay (no regrets) in high school and have never looked back since. I miss her a ton now that I live in New York, but am really excited to have her grace my blog. Without further ado...



Greetings dear readers! When Vivian first asked me to participate in this project, I

enthusiastically accepted although I thought, “How in the world can I compare my 9-5 life with

her exciting NYC adventures?” I am old (well at least older than I’d like to admit) and my life

these days consist of work, sleep, and karaoke (no shame). But hey, as I haven’t updated my

own blog (coatlove.com) in literally forever, I have no excuse not to document a week of outfits.



I work full time at a comedy club in Los Angeles (not as glamorous as it sounds). Thankfully

the office is “business casual” which I interpret to mean “dress and heels,” which is pretty much

what I wear almost every day.



My current fashion obsessions include MIU MIU, Rag & Bone, peter pan collars (forever), and

Equipment blouses. Actually, chances are if Vivian’s ever blogged about it then I am INTO IT.



So here you are, a week’s worth of outfits:



Outfit 1

My typical work look

Outfit 2

Similar look, complimented by my ~fashionable~ posing



Outfit 3

Yes, LA was cold enough that I needed a sweater



Outfit 4

Weekend look!



Outfit 5

I bought this blouse recently; I love the detail like the fabric covered buttons



And in honor of my blog I never update, here are a few of my favorite outerwear pieces that I

own:

Like I said in my introduction post, I'm really excited to be able to do such a fun little project for my blog. It keeps things interesting and I get to show off my awesome friends to you, my dear readers (yes, all ten of you)! It's kind of great to see how, even though a lot of my friends and I have similar style aesthetics, we totally appropriate them differently in real life. I may own the same dress as one girl, but the way we both style it is truly our own.



Anyway, to start off this month-long plus "A Week in the Life of" project is none other than Carly, one half of both Ventricular Projects and FYWA (F Yeah Women Artists). You can also find her here. Without further ado, I turn it over to Carly...

Favorite sundress

I found this A.P.C. Madras sundress for 50% off at the Steven Alan outpost while shopping with Tricia in New York. The best part of the dress is it has pockets! The store is extremely small but everything is super cute and most of the merchandise is current but marked down heavily. Definitely check it out if you have the chance. It's air conditioned!

I have super thick and wavy hair and as soon as it comes in contact with humidity, it turns into a huge sweaty tangled mess so it's pretty much always up in the summer. I go back and forth between a side bun and braids, I just want it out of my face and off my body.