awakened from a blackout

This work ensemble hails from just last month. (I'm catching up to realtime ever, ever so slowly.) The skirt was purchased circa 1998, for performing with my school's concert band. With the current, interminable 90s and accompanying maxi skirt revivals, I felt it was an appropriate moment to pull this piece out from the dreamecho wardrobe archives

Over the past few years, a number of readers have remarked on my being an engineer while maintaining my style. To you cheerleaders out there, let me just say that I greatly appreciate the kind words. I get the sense, though, that there's some misunderstanding that I actually wear, say, sequin capelets plus stripes plus gingham to the office. The fact of the matter is, I do nothing of the sort! I'm a die-hard denim and classics devotee. It's an atypical day when I get really gussied up. So, you can probably understand why I've been wanting to figure out an efficient way to make distinct what's workwear and what's "NSFW"—the latter, obviously, being tongue-in-cheek for play clothes. Until I settle those issues, along with other possible minor organizational changes that continue to nag at me, I'll keep trucking on as I have been, describing the circumstances of the outfit in meandering verbiage such as this.


Outfit: H&M ruffle top, H&M tuxedo jacket, Gap parka, Club Monaco scarf, Evolution not Revolution skirt, Bass patent leather loafers, Unearthen x Alexandra Cassaniti vial necklace.