material concern

so, past readers will know that a new feature on the blog is the “total to look cute” posting.

Total to look cute is simply a tally of how much it costs to put together a somewhat acceptable outfit…from a store i (and probably you) would basically never shop at or think about.

Options for future  “total to look cute”s include talbots, chico’s, cp shades, joyce leslie’s and possibly a online goth retailers. Suggestions are welcome.

Last time we tallied an outfit from patagonia, and I actually kinda liked the result. This time I went for a bit of challenge with Aeropostale. I’ve heard the corporate environment of aeropostale is really pleasant and everything, but i’ve only been in one of their stores once. Its cheap abercrombie, right?  And, i thought, more fun to do for “total to look cute” than abercrombie.

here’s the look:

the outfit is a bit preppy: but i tried very hard to make lemonade. or preppyade, in this case.

There were no bottoms i felt were acceptable: hence the tiny tweeny bopper skirt over the boxers, and just like patagonia, i had to borrow heavily from the guys side of the store to complete the look. special challenge with this look: finding items that were not complete covered in branding.

I still think this outfit could work: but i also believe it you have enough layers, everything/anything looks good.

thoughts? suggestions for next time…?

so, today i am wearing this very cute, vintage (thrift) henley from patagonia. I love it and it is keeping me relatively warm in LA where it appears no one insulates their houses. In any case, this shirt is pretty perfect, so I thought, maybe I will see if patagonia still makes it. Patagonia is a great company for many reasons, but style has not recently been one of them.

Alas, no shirt like mine on the site.

I decided to see if i could put together an outfit i would actually wear from patagonia, and on days when my schedule is, shall we say, relaxed, I’ll be doing this from other stores I don’t often frequent.

I’m calling this new, exciting feature to materialconcern, “total to look cute,” because, umm, i’ll be totaling up the pieces I picked to look cute.  the result is above…its a bit expensive because i treated myself with two pieces of cashmere: but the boots are a steal at $160.

i’m actually currently coveting the backpack….anything you like is all here.