Penciled In

Ladylike dressing – tailored jackets, pencil skirts, hair that might be considered “coiffed” – just isn’t really my thing. I’m not very good at it.

Except…pencil skirts? I like them so much. Usually on other people.

I’ve had this pencil skirt for approximately most of my life, and never wear it, but it’s nice and waist-emphasizing, and despite the fact that I tend not to like emphasizing my waist just because it’s not my favorite spot in the world…I figured it might be fun to emphasize it now. Because I’m going to say good-bye to it soon.

We’ll call it a going-away party.

Good bye!

Back to not really feeling comfortable in “ladylike” pieces; I think it’s because when I wear them, I feel like I have to go all-in. Put on a costume of sorts. Pretend to be someone else.

And so for this look, I decided to forget about pieces that one might “traditionally” wear with a pencil skirt (blouses, pretty patterns, etc) and just go for what I felt like: a casual grey t-shirt (tied at the waist – see: going-away party) and a couple of pops of color.

Not-me and very-me all at the same time.

I like it. I think I’ll pencil this skirt in for a repeat performance sometime next fall.