While Audrey may possess some of Punky B's sartorial prowess, I sadly...do not. No, when it comes to clothes, I have a tendency to find something I love (whether it's a particular item of clothing or a "look") and then latch onto it with quite an intense fervor. I can't help it; I'm a loyal gal... (Or perhaps I'm just boring or lazy.) Luckily my mother is around to remind me of these fashion "crutches", like the phase I went through in college when I wore the same pair of black pants -- every. single. day.Fast forward to present day, and you'll find my mother teasing me over my current fixation -- wearing a "dress" over jeans. Lest you think I'm parading around in a mid-calf skimming frock over my jeans, you could also consider it "tunic" over jeans.
The roots of the obsession are two-fold: First there's the issue of scandalously short scraps of fabric masquerading as dresses (I'm a mom, in my 30's, and I unfortunately don't possess Gwyneth's legs, so I have to have some limits here people.) Then there was the serendipitous side-effect of an otherwise scarring shopping trip with Audrey where I was in such a rush to get out Barneys that I tried on a Vena Cava dress over my jeans and was instantly hooked.
The look that started it all...But no matter what's behind my motivation for repetition, an unintended (but welcome) side-effect is the simplicity factor -- the non-thinking aspect of having a uniform to rely on trumps all that ribbing from my mom...almost.
Compared to my toothpaste stained tees and wrinkled gouchos, I'd say yours is a rut anyone can admire!
ReplyDeleteI totally dig the tunic/dress over jeans look. It's a great way to cover everything up while still looking chic. Your rut looks so cute! :)
ReplyDeleteyou look SO great!! i love it! it's a fantastic rut.
ReplyDeletei love posts like this. there's something about the pictures, the honesty, the everydayness (and i mean that in respect, because i love the everyday)that just makes me smile... sort of makes me giddy about the blog world.
ReplyDeleteexcuse me while i step back and stop hugging my computer screen. :)
I hate my school uniform but now I wear jeans and very similar tops everyday, I am a mother too, and time is never on my side or maybe you are right and I am boring too!
ReplyDeleteYou look great. And so flippin' thin!
ReplyDeleteLove this look. I'm so with you on the too-short thing - and I just really love this style. You look FANTASTIC!
ReplyDeleteWow. I love this look, always have, but you really rock it like few other women I've seen. You're quite lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou look so so cute!! And yay for being a mommy in your 30's and looking like that!!!
ReplyDeleteUm, excuse me, that is MY uniform!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, it started with an embroidered toile bathing suit coverup from H&M in 2002, and I have never looked back. Like you, the dresses are TOO SHORT and it was a great solution to being covered while being surrounded by teenage boys at work (high school teacher.)
I like to call it my "signature look" though I have been known to call it a uniform. Embrace the fact that you what suits you! Hurrah!
hello gorgeous. I share yr rut. I love a dress over jeans! I will most likely wear something similar in SF. I love yr style baby- you rock it!
ReplyDeleteWe wear the same uniform! Oh and you forgot to mention how much more practical it is for bending down to tend to the kiddos....Anyway, I think we look fabulous!
ReplyDeletelove it -- and your mirror and in particular, that white dress!
ReplyDeleteBeing a mom is tough, but you make it look great! I really like this look, I've tried to wear it myself; but haven't been able to pull it off. Maybe its not for shorties.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very cute look!
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by my little blog! i really like your "dress with jeans" style. Looks good. I think I am too short to pull it off, but I still sometimes try! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful look! And one you do so well! I love all of these photos! They make me hoot with pleasure :)
ReplyDeletei love that look and was thinking last night about adding some more to my small collection!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this look and wear it often myself! I also have fashion ruts....wife beater tank and American Apparel skirt anyone? http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa2301.html
ReplyDeletewhen it works it works. and you, you've got it all going on.
ReplyDeleteI call it "signature style"... at least that is my explanation for why I only wear 3 colors. Ever.
ReplyDeleteYou look smashing BTW!!!
I agree with amy about the "flippin thin" thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you could pull of just the short dress thing alone.
but I think you're doing pretty good.
Alot of moms I know just wear sweatpants.
or yoga pants if they are feeling dressy, ha.
I do love a uniform.
ReplyDeleteGlad you do too!!
It's pretty close to my uniform... only I don't wear the jeans - at least not when it's hot and humid the way it has been.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great...but then again I grew up in the 60's and 70's and when we WERE able to wear pants to school it had to be PANTSUITS. Think matching pants with a dress, but NOT jeans. So you have taken the idea to fun and functional. JeansSuits. or something. Looks cute!
ReplyDeleteI bet you can find some cool stuff at thrift stores! plus you have great long legs!
So you did buy the dress!
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