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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

they just don't get what's going down.

Cue curly hair from this post. Yep, this was my outfit of the night for date night at Vincenzo's. YUMMY!!! I did get a few weird looks for colored tights and my oxfords, but I'm ok with that. You see, I live in a college town. If I'm dressed up more than uggs and sweats I can look out of place. For those of you that blog from smaller towns how do you deal with being more "fashion forward" than the rest?

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Dress- Thrifted (Maurice)
Jacket- Target
Tights- Target
Shoes- Payless

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Labels: daily outfit, dress, Maurices, motto jackets, OOTD, oxford heels, Payless, Target, thrifted, tights, trend setting, what i wore

22 Comments:

At 1/19/11, 4:32 AM , Veshoevius said...: You look great with curly hair and I love your oufit - give me coloured tights and brogues over uggs and sweats any day lady! I don't think smaller towns are the only ones to suffer - modern society is so much more dressed down than it used to be. If I wear anything other than jeans and trainers on the weekends in London I can also look out of place. I think you jus t have to hold your head up high and go with what you want to wear!
At 1/19/11, 6:11 AM , oranges_and_apples said...: I'm so surprised by this! Where I live students are the MOST fashion forward dressers. They've got so much time on their hands to make up random outfits and hunt for treasure. I used to wear some proper ridiculous stuff when I was an undergrad.
At 1/19/11, 6:12 AM , oranges_and_apples said...: And Veshoevious, I can't believe dressing up is looked on as strangely in London, supposed capital of fashion! I have seriously never felt I stood out due to dressing up,ever and I actually dress up more on the weekends than during the week. And Edinburgh is not half as fashion forward as Glasgow, it actually has a staid reputation. Weird.
At 1/19/11, 9:55 AM , Melissa said...: Just bask in the glory of knowing that you know more about style and fashion. :) Or something like that. Really just be confident in the fact that you're able to have fun with what you wear. How much fun can uggs and sweats be?
At 1/19/11, 10:12 AM , MONKEYFACE said...: I am SO in love with the colors in this outfit! I think I really need some more olive in my life. Definitely.

And the curly hair is WONDERFUL. Seriously. :)
At 1/19/11, 11:39 AM , Jessica Zigenis said...: I love this post! haha I live in a small town, so my oxfords and bright tights frighten many a people. When I was in college, EVERYONE but me wore sweatpants. My advice? Laugh and smile your way through it! haha I learned to love what I wore and laugh at the weird looks I received. They are secretly jealous of your bravery and confidence anyway, so just smile. : )
At 1/19/11, 12:05 PM , Tiffany said...: This outfit is great!! Love the olive tights and the curly hair!! :-D
At 1/19/11, 12:15 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: V- you do that so well. I love all of your outfits.
At 1/19/11, 12:16 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: It's true they just go for comfortable instead of making a statement.
At 1/19/11, 12:17 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: Thanks! I will wear my colored tights with pride!
At 1/19/11, 12:20 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: Olive is such a wonderful neutral. Thanks for the compliment.
At 1/19/11, 12:21 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: I secretly enjoyed the attention even if they thought I was strange.
At 1/19/11, 1:30 PM , Lori said...: Ahh smal college towns and their love of PINK sweats. I used to feel weird when I first started "dressing up". Now, I honestly don't even notice if people look at me and think I'm a SoCal tourist :)
At 1/19/11, 2:42 PM , sartoriography said...: You look great! Love the tights and especially the hair.

I often felt a bit flashy or just generally crazy in my small town when I was growing up. Even in my neighborhood in Chicago I sometimes get some stares, but they're reasonably uncommon. Oh, the urban/rural divide! And here I thought I was the only one writing about it... :)
At 1/19/11, 4:30 PM , elegantbohemian said...: I'm loving the heeled oxfords! Too cute! ~Serene
At 1/19/11, 4:58 PM , Terri said...: I really like this look. I live in a little town (7,000), but work in a metropolitan area--as many of my neighbors also do. Sometimes, little towns are where the fashionistas hide out.
At 1/19/11, 7:53 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: That does seem to be the response I'm getting.
At 1/19/11, 7:54 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: Thanks!
At 1/19/11, 7:54 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: I saw your post today. Hahaha. Loved your maxi!
At 1/19/11, 7:56 PM , No Guilt Fashion said...: Yep, I see the PINK sweats ALL THE TIME! Pretty annoying actually.
At 1/19/11, 8:23 PM , Pixie in Pumps said...: I know what you mean. I am from a college town and a rather small town at that. I get weird looks for my overly colorful outfits and the other day this waitress did a very obvious triple take at my seychelles ankle boots... and never said anything to me. I just chucked. I used to feel weird about people giving me off looks over the way I dress, but I've gotten to a point where I just tell myself "if you can think you can rock it, then you can." and then i just go with it. Plus half of the time people stare because they wish THEY could pull off what you're wearing.
At 1/20/11, 12:39 AM , Mary Ann said...: I love colored tights. I think the secret is confidence, a huge smile, and a head held high and proud. ;-)

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