dotty, indoor shoes, and outdoor shoes

[wearing]
bird shirt: zara (similar)
striped sweater: j.crew (similar)
coated pants: forever21 (similar)
suede wedges: target (exactly)
clutch: marc jacobs via target x neiman marcus (similar)



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i've gotten a few questions about how i keep my feet warm in the winter given my midwestern existence. it's a pretty simple indoor shoes-outdoor shoes concept. since there's an abundance of salt/ice/snow/slush for a good chunk of the year, i've gotten used to changing my shoes a lot. i go from morning slippers to boots to work shoes to boots to barefeet (for yoga) to boots to slippers again. and some days there's a switch to steel-toes involved in the afternoon. anyway, hopefully these diagrams will make everything very clear.







rain boots: loeffler randall (exactly)
puffer: j.crew factory (similar)
gloves: best cashmere-lined christmas gift ever
infinity scarf: handmade
tote bag: buy love 

dotty, a boy, and an anniversary

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one year ago today, my best friend got down on one knee (in slushy snow) and asked me to marry him.  and now, this spring we're going to make that happen.  so, happy engageaversary, mister.  here's to many more years of me convincing you that an assortment of snacks can count as dinner.  



2006: punching and crying


2007: out in vegas


2008: park bench time in london


2009: dunes at death valley


2010: ridiculous dude pose before a friend's wedding


2011: bed jumping in vegas on vacation

2012: cropped smiles at the art institute 

dotty finds inspiration

this week, the fbff crew is answering questions about inspiration.  

1. which celebrity (celebrities) do you look to for fashion inspiration? 

i don't follow celebrities at all, but i do get inspiration from characters that celebrities play in movies.  

like summer, in 500 days of summer

or like the brothers in the darjeeling limited (they make me want to wear gray fantastically)

 

 

 2. when it comes to your own personal style, what inspires you? 

i get most of my inspiration from other bloggers. in my little grad school world, most people dress very casually and/or in all black and gray.

my buddies from undergrad (in black and white for emphasis, they actually wear color quite a bit)

 3. how do you hope to inspire your readers? 

i'm starting to realize that i'm on a mission to show that remixing can make pieces take on a whole cast of characters instead of being typecast into the same outfit over and over. my "previously on" posts are meant to show all the different ways that i wear certain things.  

remixed chambray like whoa

4. outside the realm of fashion who/what inspires you? 

i get color inspiration from all sorts of places--books, posters, color wheel assignments from the graphic design class i'm in this semester.  adobe kuler is also kinda amazing.

theory reading inspiration

5. and since Idol is ending… which songs inspire you?

i'm not an idol fan, but i do like to listen to music in the morning when i'm picking out my outfit. lately it's been a lot of the Xx, broken social scene, and faded paper figures.  

dotty picks five

this week, the fbff bloggers are picking their five favorite spring trends.  

previously on between laundry days and available here, here, and here.

previously on hello monkeyface and available here, here, here, and here.

previously on academic chic and available here and here.

previously on whit wat wear and available here and here.

previously on selective potential and available here, here, and here.

dotty wears red

[wearing]
grandma cardigan: thrifted (similar)
stripes: target (exactly)
red skirt: thrifted (similar)
sweater tights: target
boots: target (exactly)


[going]
graphics class, studio all afternoon, and then onto a sociology lecture.

and yup, it's friday again... 

1. with all the blogging events out there how do you determine which ones to participate in and which ones to avoid?

i don't participate in very many blogging events.  i just recently starting participating in fbff because i like reading other blogger's answers.  i like that there's no obligation to participate every week.  
as far as the thirty challenges go, i've been following kendi since back before she did her first thirty remix-a-thon back in my flickr wardrobe remix days.  i liked the idea, since it's all about remixing, so when i starting my blog last summer i signed up.  and now i'm on my third round!

2. be honest, have you ever jumped on the bandwagon of some blogging movement/event for the wrong reasons? how did that turn out?

at one point i joined chictopia, but it's seems a little but too much like a popularity contest.  i also joined weardrobe without knowing too much about it and i'm totally smitten.  it makes my "previously on" posts really easy to put together.  

3. how do you give your own flair to a blog event while still maintaining the general mission and purpose?

i stick to my way of presenting content--dashes and dots.  i recap all the outfits using animated gifs (my first rounds are here and here) because, well, i just heart animated gifs.  i think that a remix challenge really just pushes me to be more creative with my combinations, so it's good for me (and my little blog too).

4. when determining the best content for your blog what criterion do you keep in mind?

um...if it's pretty?  i'm really not trying to make it big in blogging.  i have a blog because i like it.  i really only post about things i wear and things i make, so this blog is just a little sliver of my life pie.*  i have a lot of admiration for bloggers like hillary that write about all of their life adventures while still maintaining a strong identity/personality on their blogs.  

5. while everything will not suit your blog, how do you try and support your fellow bloggers who are participating in something worthwhile but not your style? 

i don't feel any sort of obligation to fully read and/or comment every post from every blog i follow.  and really, i would hope that readers of my blog do the same. 


*it's key lime pie, in case you were wondering.  yes, my life is one giant green pie.  mmm.