What I Actually Wore #111

Serial #: 0111
Date: 27/03/2013
Weather: 30°C / 86°F
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

It’s a hot day, and I dress for work knowing I’ll be going out at midday for a lunch date with a couple of friends. This summer, one of my favourite skirts has been a navy linen midi, and I wear it with another beloved item, a tomato-red top. (The summer of 2013 was their heydey, for both of these were culled a few months ago when I realised I hadn’t worn them for such a long time.)

My accessories include a vintage 1940s hat, and a pair of dramatic nude Finsk wedges, my 60s black patent bag (not pictured), my usual sterling silver ring and chain watch, and a pair of iolite earrings on a rare outing. I love the colour of iolite – a dark blue with a violet tinge: “A cube cut from iolite will look a more or less violet blue, almost like sapphire, from one side, clear as water from the other, and a honey yellow from on top. In the past, this property led some people to call iolite ‘water sapphire’, though the name is now obsolete.” [ICGA]

It’s funny, although the outfit is still quite minimalist in shape (apart from the quirky hat), I would never wear it today, unless I swapped the red top for something more neutral. A bright tomato hue like that I’d wear now perhaps with grey. I think it’s because that shade of red competes with the hat that has such a huge personality. Style evolves!

Photos: April 2013

Items:

Top: Veronika Maine
Skirt: Kokomarina
Hat: vintage 1940s
Earrings: Portobello Lane (now defunct)
Ring: Roun (now defunct)
Watch: Kenneth Cole
Shoes: Finsk