On Friday, I came to the sad realization that the sweater I wore was older than all but one of my students. In December of 1994, I was a first year teacher trying to build a working wardrobe. I asked for several items of clothing for Christmas. Among my gifts were three sweaters from J Crew, two of them from the men’s section of the catalog. When I put on the green and beige patterned wool sweater, I remembered exactly…
For the past few days, I have been posting photos of my day’s wardrobe choices. For me, the photo are multipurpose. The photos allow me to see what the pieces will look like together and serve and as an archive of sorts. I often hear that teachers and educators, as a profession, tend to be fashion challenged. I do not consider myself to be fashion challenged, in the least. In fact, I think I am very capable in the fashion…
Realized as I was getting ready that the scarf is from my high school days. So, that makes it vintage. Woah…vintage.
The new year snuck up on me and before I knew it, it was mid-January. I am not the sort of person who makes New Year’s resolutions, but I decided to add a new spin to my blog. I love fashion. I love watching it, reading about it, wearing it and talking about it. So why have I not included it on my blog? Today’s outfit. I just wanted to put something together I hadn’t worn as an outfit before….
I love instagram. For those not familiar with instagram, it’s a photoblog where people just post photos and can add captions or brief comments. Once the photo in imported into instagram, the photo can be edited to add special effects called filters. The photographic idea behind instagram is similar to a cheap medium format camera like a Holga or Diana. Like other social networking sites, people can follow other people to see their photos. Photo buffs can check out the…
