Quick rainy day outfit post here.  It was pouring rain when we finally got out of bed this dreary Sunday morning.  Both me and Freddy are donning neon orange rain gear. You might remember how the dry cleaners totally fucked up this coat by bleaching the sleeves.  I covered up the bleach spots with green marker but now I kind of regret doing that.  It’s my wabi sabi mindset making me regret that decision. There was something naturally imperfect about the appearance of those bleach stains.  I should have just left it alone.  It’s like that feeling some one gets when they are on the Antique’s Road Show and the appraiser tells them that the value of their item would have been 10x more if they hadn’t cleaned it up.  Oh well, not that big of a deal.  Moving on.

I almost sold the jeans I’m wearing here. They are APC japanese denim that I bought new about 4 years ago.  I find myself reaching for them less often lately, mainly because they sit kind of low on my waist, and I don’t like the feeling of anything constricting me low on the waist.  But I did notice a tiny little hole developing over the left knee, and that little hole will turn into gold one day! That little hole and the prospect of it turning into a big distressed tear convinced me I should hold onto it longterm.  When I wear my New Balance shoes, I like to add a little pop of color with my socks.  Here I’m wearing a salmon colored ribbed sock I bought from Uniqlo a long time ago.

Here’s what I submitted to the New Yorker caption contest this week.  I’m not very good at coming up with clever captions, but it’s fun trying.

I’ve been busy with work related reading and really enjoy spending my breaks checking in on the style blogs I follow, but I always feel like there isn’t enough posting going on out there.  Every once in a while I go on a search for new blogs, but it is so hard to find ones that are NOT obnoxious.  There are a ton of style blogs, but almost all of them are filled to the brim with sponsored content, unrealistic images of perfection, or super high end / unattainable clothes.  It’s really frustrating.  Where are all the ‘real’ bloggers?!

[outfit:  apc nepal coat, apc japanese denim, uniqlo salmon socks, new balance 999s]