Interview with a twist.

Back-tracking, again. This outfit was actually worn the evening after the previous post. I had an online interview over Skype, a new experience that makes applying to various schools all over the map (or even globe) a much more feasible thing to do in this day and age.

Usually I have a much more regimented uniform for interviews, typically (almost expectedly) consisting of the suit, and in my case, small shiny silver earrings. It's always worked, so why fix it if it ain't broke? -as the saying goes. Well in this case I did change it up. The interview world over Skype is an entirely different dynamic, with what you're wearing playing much lesser of a role on first impressions. This is a good thing, I think. Of course there are many down-sides to have many miles between the interviewer and interviewee, but I like to think it gives a pretty good impression of the person you are, with some of the pretentious parts of first impressions not having as significant an effect. 

Interestingly, my dad tells me he always looks at people's shoes when they come for an interview. Are they old? faded? shined? dirty, clean? I suppose they are a part of the outfit possibly least thought about, or if thought about, more at the last minute. Funny what might be looked at to read into your personality and suitability for a job. In this case, I didn't have to worry about the impression of my shoes (although funny enough I did put some on), nor did the non-suit ensemble hold anything back - I was accepted!

The Archives

Quick Post: An outfit worn sometime around the birth of the blog. 

Another month passed, again. The fact that this outfit has been pulled from the 'archives' so to speak, at least speaks to the fact that I don't forget about the blog, nor the year long 'project' in between posts. On the contrary, I am thinking about it all the time. Even though it has only been 1 month, 3 weeks exactly, since I stopped buying clothes cold turkey, I am feeling the challenges of ... not having anything to wear. It is so true that a girl feels as though she has nothing to wear, if she has nothing new to wear. This is the challenge I wanted: to find new and interesting combinations of the plethora of pieces already residing in my closet. 

I find that a lot of inspiration has come from seeing blocks of colours beside each other, whether it be sartorially, or just in an image, structure, trinket, or poster in passing. More often than not, I am able to recreate outfits of others, with a slightly different interpretation of the colours. The combination below was seen in a look-book on some fashion website. This has been a great source of inspiration, just focusing on the colours, to come up with new combinations. In the future I will try to include some pictures from which inspiration has ensued.

Colours: cranberry, cyan, asparagus green

Excuse the awkward crouch. Was still using
iphoto at the time. Camera and battery
have been recovered.

This shirt has a story behind it... at point of purchase (which would have been only $2, at Dots), the clerk was unable to remove the security tag. For various reasons she didn't have the proper tool for removing it, and was using a wrench (conveniently stored underneath the counter). Unfortunately she broke it and blue ink started leaking all over the garment. Nooooooooooo! This piece was my favourite one out of the entire haul! Upon inspection, the ink was contained to a small corner on the bottom. She let me take the top for free as I knew I could salvage it. With some excess material used from the 'pseudo-scarf', I was able to patch up the little spot near the bottom on the back. I'll have to add a picture of the patch-job, but you can barely notice the alteration :)

Earrings picked up at a girls-night jewelry trade