Best of 30 in 30

My four favourite outfits of the 30 in 30 challenge. I had a great time doing this challenge, but I’m also happy that it’s over now; dressing for the challenge every day took more effort than I usually put into my outfits, but it also taught me that planning an outfit beforehand (especially before I go shower) is immensely helpful. If I have to run around in a towel to find something to wear, I’ll end up in jeans and t-shirt.

I like that it challenged me to put the effort into my clothing, into thinking about what I wear and how to combine items, and I like that it reminded me of some items I had hidden in my closet. I’ve noticed again that I value comfort a lot. Quite possibly more than style. All in all, I’d probably do this again. It was good fun.

28/30

Another outfit that I don’t have very much to say about. It’s simple, comfy… pairing black shoes with brown tights was certainly not my smartest idea, but I broke it up with the white socks, so I think I can be spared the flocking?

This is also the last 30 in 30 outfit that I took a picture of, even though I did remix for 30 days. Stay tuned for a sort of “best of” post.

25/30

Day two of the conference, considerably less fancy than day one. Also, please excuse this picture but oh dear was I tired. Early mornings are not my thing, so the image quality isn’t quite what I’d like for it to be. I did really like the combination of this dress with a dress shirt underneath it, something I didn’t think would actually look good. A pleasant surprise, and something I’ll definitely try again when 30 in 30 is over.

24/30

Lookit, I’m wearing colours. Though actually, I’ll have to admit to stuffing the scarf in my bag as soon as I arrived at my destination, because I was scared of the two colours so close together. Oh my. This outfit was for a conference on the constitutional and judicial perspectives of European integration in the Netherlands and Germany. Very interesting, I loved it.

23/30

There isn’t much to be said about this outfit. It’s quick, easy… My boyfriend gave me this scarf a while ago and I love that it adds an instant touch of colour and pattern to an otherwise very neutral outfit.

22/30

Some days are just hard to dress for. This was one of them: It was -2°C outside, so I needed something warm. I had a work-related meeting after class, so I needed something nice-ish and after that I had dance class, so I needed something not too warm that wouldn’t limit my freedom of movement.

This outfit did all that (I took off the knee-high socks, the boots and the cardigan for dancing, leaving me in tights, skirt and a sleeveless shirt) and managed to integrate the last two pieces of my thirty that I hadn’t worn yet – the black skirt and the red top. Multitasking outfits = win.

21/30

Outfits 19 and 20 fell victim to work and sickness (I spent Day 19 in bed entirely and Day 20 in pajamas and workclothes alternatively, so…) but here’s Outfit 21. I love the dress – comfy, warm, wonderful.

18/30

There’s the necklace again. And the jeans, and shoes, and shirt. I found out I dress in phases – a couple of days of the same skirt, a couple days of the same pants, a couple days of this or that. Usually the same bottoms, often paired with the same shoes.

17/30

I love that necklace. Yes, I know, accessories aren’t part of the challenge but damn, do I love that necklace. It’s a little clock. It works. I searched everywhere for such a necklace and finally, I found one that I liked.

Playing catch-up (again)

There’s no outfit for Sunday 13th, mostly because I stayed in my pajamas until it was time to go to work, quickly threw on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and fifteen minutes later changed into my work uniform. Reverse the process after work and you get my fashionable Sunday.

There isn’t an outfit for Monday, either. Penguins ate it.

This outfit was very comfy, but the main reason why I love it is the shirt: it says Chicks With Brains and has a little chick with huge glasses on it. It’s from the C&A and was a grand total of €9 and it just amused me and the BF entirely way too much, so I bought it and it made its way into my 30 items. Love.

And then I sort of lost all creativity and wore this exact same outfit again on the 16th. I meant to wear a belt, but since that didn’t look good at all, it turned out to be just exactly the same. Creative? Not so much…

Outfit: 12 / 30

Purple blouse (H&M), grey skirt, tights of not-quite-identifiable colour. I bought these shoes in a little non-descript shop in Paris, mostly because I only had my winter boots with me and was tired of walking on their (admittedly low) heels. I love the tights because they match anything that has purple, grey or blue in them. They seem to change colour depending on the light…

30 in 30: Playing Catch-Up

Outfit 6 of 30: Okay, I’ll tell you a secret. This picture wasn’t taken on the 6th of February. That day, I was busy  a) having a hangover from my birthday party the night before and b) spending time with my parents eating cake and wandering around town. So I  put on the same clothes another day to document the outfit.

 

Outfit 7 of 30: black blouse (H&M), turquoise patterned skirt, scarf (H&M), boots (V&D). The bag was a Christmas present from my parents and I’m utterly in love with it. Finally a bag that my laptop fits into properly and that looks good.

I’m still a little scared of colour. One item of colour is more than enough for any one outfit, right? Right? The skirt has black and brown in it, so I don’t feel the least bit bad about combining the two. Who ever said black and brown don’t go together, anyways?

Outfit 8 of 30: It’s hard to see in this picture, but both the shirt and the tights are actually brown. And the shirt even has stripes.

Outfit 9 of 30: Yes, that’s the same skirt, tights and shoes three days in a row. Why on earth not, I ask? I wear jeans three days in a row, why now a skirt as well? I’m proud of this outfit, because combining two strong colours (the turquoise of the skirt and the pink of the scarf) was not an easy feat for my colour-challenged self.

Outfit 10 of 30: Another day, another pink scarf. I meant to wear a red one, but while perusing my closet for the red scarf, I came across this one and honestly couldn’t remember when or where I’d gotten it. Which clearly meant I had to wear it all day long – it worked, in the end I remembered how I got it.

04/30

Outfit 4 of 30: Black jeans, green striped blouse (H&M), grey cardigan (H&M), black/gray shoes. Comfy, a little slouchy, but without the cardigan it looked really rather neat. Still, it’s too cold to leave the cardigan.

The necklace was a Christmas present by my aunt. She still regrets that I liked it and she couldn’t keep it for herself. Hah!

03/30

Outfit 3 of 30: Dress (H&M), striped shirt (inherited from my mum), brown tights and boots, scarf (H&M). The shirt is another item I chose for this challenge because I just don’t wear it enough. Usually, I pair this dress with a simple black or brown shirt, so the stripes are almost daring by my standards ;)

30 in 30

The first outfit of the 30 in 30 challenge. It made me feel like a bit of an old-fashioned farm girl-granny-crazy cat person mix, but a) it was incredibly comfy and b) I actually really enjoyed the way it made me feel. A little like dressing up for Carnival?
I got the grey jumper from my aunt and never managed to integrate it into an outfit before this one, which is the very reason I decided to make it one of my thirty items for this challenge. What’s the point in having the jumper if I never wear it?
Grey jumper, grey t-shirt, brown tights, brown double belt, grey boots, clock necklace.

30 in 30

I’ve signed up for Kendi Everyday’s 30 for 30 Winter Edition. For those not familiar with the concept: You pick 30 items of clothing and for 30 days, you wear only those items.

I signed up for the challenge for three reasons:

1. I want to (learn how to) use and combine what I have in my closet rather than falling back on the same outfits time and time again. I’m hoping this challenge will force me to combine items I’d not usually wear together and expand my horizon a little.
2. Tied to that, I hope the challenge will force me to put a little more effort into how I dress, something that I always strive for and never actually end up doing. Maybe this will be the kick up my butt I needed?
3. It’ll give me an opportunity to go through my closet and hopefully throw out a couple items I never wear anymore. Every once in a while, I need to do that.

Here’s some stuff I think is worth mentioning up-front:

• I won’t count work-out clothes
• I won’t count my work uniform
• I won’t count accessories (jewelery, scarves, bags, tights).
• If it should happen that I'll dance in any competition, I won't count whatever I wear then.
• I might make an exception for my birthday, but I probably won't.

Essentially, I just hope to have fun.
Image Source: Kendi Everyday

SUMMER BLACK-OUT 2010

Summer Black-Out 2010

Sal from Already Pretty has designed a challenge of not wearing black. I'll be joining her from the 7th - 14th of June. Find the rules and some reasons as to why one could possibly join the challenge by clicking the above link.

Why am I joining her? Two reasons:

1. I rely too much on black in my wardrobe. I've already noticed this quite a while ago and have started to change that a little, but still this seems like a good way to force myself to wear a little more colour or, at least, neutrals other than black.
2. It's summer. Black isn't the most summery colour out there. What more reason do I need, really?

I'll try to take a picture a day (or several, if I switch outfits).