I’ve taken to documenting my outfits most weekdays…I’ve hardly bought any new clothes this year and to be honest, I’m proud of how I’m putting together what I (mostly) already had! It can be easy to forget how much good stuff there already is in my wardrobe. I see, in my regular travels around the neighbourhood, the city and the internet (especially the internet, which has learned exactly how to draw me in), so many gorgeous items I’d just love to own. This being a year of (mostly) anti-consumerism and all, I do my best to stay strong and I’d say I’m succeeding so far. I really like everything I’m wearing in the pics I’ve documented so far, and how these outfits made me feel. The aim of course being to get to a place where I like everything I wear, and keep having fun with what I already own. I’d like to find myself wanting to snap a pic every day.
Here’s what I’ve felt great in so far this autumn…
A wfh day from the looks of things (I don’t remember!). The sneakers are Veja and they are actually new this year. I spent weeks searching for a good pair of neutral, but not boring, sneakers that would last longer than one season and I love where I landed. Veja is an ethical brand too, as a bonus.
I was going into work this day but in a pretty relaxed way! I struggled immensely with what to wear with these pants in autumn/winter before I bought these sneakers. It also should be noted that I remember owning a pair of pants very similar to this when I was about 18 or so. One full fashion revolution later…these pants will be better quality than those I owned as a teenager, but my confidence and sense of what to wear with them is surely worse. I like this though.
I love this dress so much. It’s Kate Sylvester, a few seasons old. Here I’ve belted and hitched to raise it up a little, but it looks great and dramatic when I leave it loose. I just have to watch it at work as I have a tendency to trap the hem under the wheel of my office chair.
In my millennial spiritual home of skinny jeans, haha. The blazer is J. Crew and is so old. I don’t even know how old. A decade maybe? I haul it out every autumn and it still looks like new. I will never stop loving J. Crew – they just get me.
Old jeans new jumper! The top is cotton cashmere from Wallace Cotton and I think it’s officially loungewear, but it’s like wearing a cloud and as you can see, I am stoked with this purchase.
Hello my old friends. This is the Rixo dress I bought last year – with tights and a blazer it’s winter wear, take them away and it’s perfect for summer – and that J. Crew blazer again.
Same jumper, same sneakers, different jeans. Nothing too exciting except…
…it was the first day I had to pull out my winter coat! I bought this coat in NYC over 13 years ago. It’s Calvin Klein, and I got it from Bloomingdale’s I think. I still love it, and I still wear it all winter long, and you’d have no idea it’s been part of my life so long. Thinking about it, of everything in this house I’m pretty sure this coat and Hayden have been with me the longest. The sunnies probably weren’t necessary inside but they certainly were outside – this was the start of over a week of beautiful, bright, sunny weather that was so much colder than Auckland usually gets. 🥶
Wfh with a side of tennis at lunchtime.
I. Crew blazer, J. Crew t-shirt! Why change what works. The jeans are from Mister Zimi – the denim is very stiff but they get comfortable after half an hour or so of wear. I really like the way Mister Zimi clothes fit me. The shoes are from Bared Footwear, bought in my shoe-buying splurge of early 2023.
This blazer is from Zara and it has that tweedy, Chanel-esque vibe that I love. I bought this last winter after spending a few weeks longing after an Anine Bing version that I desperately wanted, but that was out of my comfort zone price-wise – I wasn’t convinced I’d get enough wear out of it to justify it. I still wear this Zara one fairly frequently and still really like it, so it may be time to start stalking the Anine Bing one on Designer Wardrobe to see if someone my size has tired of theirs yet.
The Judd Crew 