the past two weeks have felt so…….. off. i am not sure if anyone else feels this way, but judging from the intangible essence on the streets i am not alone in this. starting from the eclipse, which somehow felt both connective and unsettling at the same time, till now everyone feels slightly more on edge than usual… not in a particularly dramatic way but enough to notice. it is as if our socks are slightly damp but not wet enough to change, as if we somehow lost the place in our book and have to painstakingly shuffle through pages to find it again, as if we forgot to put on the necklace we wear every single day leaving us feeling naked and exposed to no one other than ourselves. this might by partially due to the weather, we have not yet had enough of those euphoric 75-degree sunny weekend days to defrost our fleshy pale skin hedonically promising that summer is coming. new york has been weirdly windy, rainy and overcast the past two weeks which is on par for april but somehow feels unfair this year.
i have also found that i am Doing Too Much (re: angelina’s last essay which you all should read), overbooking myself to the point where when monday rolls around the bags underneath my eyes are even darker than before and my tolerance for the natural annoyances of life diminishes. i noticed that every single day this week i have worn a XL t-shirt and some sort of quirky bottom (i.e. a bubble skirt, my favorite tiger pants, a metallic silver maxi skirt etc.) there is nothing wrong with this formula but what it signals to me that i am just trying to slog through the week with the least amount of effort possible while still adding in easy touches of personality.
back in march, i wrote about what the cool girls probably won’t be wearing this spring which included pearls, sheer garments, floral appliques, bubble skirts etc. all of which are still at the front of my brain as i have been putting together outfits this spring but in the past two weeks i have been craving a bit more. i am in the mood to wear sequins, but not in a dance-all-night-and-drink-martinis type of way but more in a casual relaxed nature that is meant to imbed the mundane with a bit of eccentricity. maybe this is my way to conjuring more warmth and excitement into my life… and that is the beauty of being 26 years old and yielding the power to wear whatever i want, which sometimes means putting on a sequin handbag just to go to the grocery store.
naturally this sartorial craving has led me through an algorithmic rabbit hole through the chambers of ebay, depop and the real real looking for the perfect sequin pieces to cram into my overpacked micro-closet. in an effort to not buy 10 sequin tops, skirts and bags i DO NOT NEED i am sharing them with you in hopes that one of you little angels beat me to the punch and adds a touch of superfluous glimmer into your life.
REALLY GOOD SEQUIN PIECES :
this tank top is great and would look quite cute with a low rise sheer white maxi skirt and some black ballet flats
my stomach lurched when i stumbled upon these gold prada sequin sandals. one of you little 7.5 bitches better buy these or else.
this simon miller bag is great (and much cheaper than a paco rabanne….)
i am so dangerously close to buying this white beaded bag from ebay…. someone put me out of my misery pleaseeeeeeeee
i like the idea of this top with a pair of low rise baggy denim + a kitten heel + a brown suede shoulder bag
HEAR ME OUT but i think this tank would be perfect paired with a distressed denim mini skirt and flip flops
if anyone has an extra $2k to burn, you should probably spend it on this sequin prada bag
this top gives me prada yet is $20
ADORE this black skirt which would be great with a white ribbed tank top or white t-shirt, mesh ballet flats and a black wicker bag of some sort… this is a great outfit to yearn in on a saturday…
aaaaaaand finally…. i would do incredulous things for this sequin prada headband
whenever you are drawn to certain areas of your closet or find yourself longing for a specific motif/trend i think it is important and sit with that desire and flesh out what it means to you. this unsettling tone of the past two weeks led me to a place where i am looking to inspire a bit more fun and whimsy into my life. understanding why you want to wear something is part of grasping how you are really feeling, which is a lot harder than it should be. here’s to the power of sequins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR READING! if you hate sequins (..crazy) i hope the sentiment of understanding yourself through your fashion inclinations resonates.
i promise i am going to write about my first date theory soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
My thought is that the eclipse ended the pandemic. At least in LA, things feel refreshed socially, like people are finally over the anxiety of closeness and strangers. Honestly I’m excited by the shift, but perhaps it’s different on the east coast. Hopefully that 75 sunny day will shake off the leftover darkness (I’m from NY so I get it)
I feel like it's the state of the world. Tensions escalating in the Middle East, and whatnot. The eclipse feels like it's ushering in a new era. Hopefully good, not bad.