The Tiny Closet: August 2017

8.31.2017

Daily Looks

I am a creature of habit, especially with my clothing and keeping a wardrobe. So when I find a new uniform or daily ensemble I can count on, I wear that baby out.

I've been feeling artistically moody lately as I was mentioning earlier... feeling the misty, dark Northwest spirit. But the weather in L.A. has been nothing but sunny clear skies and scorching, balmy heat. What gives? Come on, I'm trying to have broody cool vibes over here.

At least I can capture them in photos. Even if I'm sweating under this turban.

I promise I'll have something else to talk about in my next post. But this! This dress has climbed the closet billboard to #1 in just a matter of a week. Side note, it started out longer and I shortened it - voila. Instant daily wear.

Short enough to flirt with on my way to dinner. And long enough to not have to cirque-du-soleil myself out of an Uber without disaster. The swing-like back drapes and flows so beautifully so I don't mind that there is minimal detail. I'm a minimal detail kinda girl. Give me one big statement and you can keep all the other bells and whistles.

I am normally so disappointed in how I look in wedges. My calves are built to keep me moving so needless to say, they don't have that slender swan-like look that can pull off a bottom heavy shoe like a wedge. Buuuuut, I have noticed that a super narrow wedge is much more complimenting on athletic legs like mine so long story short, I love these wedges I'm wearing! And they are perfecto with this high-low dress.

Easy and sophisticated for day and effortlessly sultry for night. What a great day-to-night outfit this turned out to be.

Visit The Tiny Closet Shop to view this piece in more detail. I'm rolling out some fantastic and fun outfits for Fall! ... If only it would start getting there. They'll be trickling in as the weather cools. Check back on Monday to see a brand new outfit and maybe some new ideas to help you put your Fall Capsule together!

Happy, happy Thursday to you!

At Home In White

I've always loved wearing white. I love it so much it's actually a celebratory color - I wear it every year on my birthday. It's a color that makes me feel regal and effortless and I find I only wear it when I'm subconsciously feeling confident and beautiful.

It would be fitting that I made my favorite dress in white. Lately, I've been feeling quietly fabulous. Meaning, not sensational or ecstatic but, well...confident and beautiful. A lot of both.

I've been feeling calm and natural and I guess this is only worth mentioning because for the last few years, maybe even the last several years, I.have.not. felt any of the above mentioned. At all. I've surely tried my hardest to be collected, to not worry so much that it changes my spirit. To embrace all that I'm born with, to look in the mirror and not be so ready to change what I see, to take care of my first so that I am fit to help others. Up until now, it has been an arduous (whew!) task and most times, an impossible one.

But nothing is quite as blissful as the feeling of doing all of those things naturally. Feeling a natural inclination to live and let flow.

To go with the flow!

So this dress has more meaning than usual. The setting of these photos, how I'm wearing my hair... As a blogger - a recorder of my personal style and fashion conquests, I've taken way too many photos of myself to bare to count or even think about. And I don't spend too much time studying them. But this shoot was 15 minutes in my parents home, unplanned, in the most natural setting I realize (a bedroom and a bathroom).... and girl, I am FEELIN these photos!!!

I laugh out loud as I admit this but I've probably looked at these photos a dozen times and smiled.

I felt happy, peaceful, natural and beautiful during this shoot. And let me tell you, I don't know when the last time I felt all those things - and at the same time!

So it's very fitting that I would wear white on that specific occasion, even though I didn't put it all together till now.

This dress will actually be available in the shop on Thursday in limited quantity - just because I felt so good wearing it. And perhaps a few others will feel the same when wearing it too.

Happy blissful Monday to you.

Fall Muse

Maybe it's because Fall is just around the corner. Or maybe I just got back from the Northwest and I'm missing it more than usual. But I'm feeling moody.

Not moody, like teen angst moody but moody like whimsical moody! Dark and misty like a placid lake early in the morning. Moody like sipping dark coffee on a rainy morning. Mmmm.

I suppose the Northwest has become my muse.

But instead of this muse being a new fascination, these feelings, this style is quite old. And it's something I'm now revisiting with fresh eyes and a deep heart. This is all where I come from. My home.

So of course, I'm taking advantage of all these "feels" and inspirations and directing my energies to The Shop. Beginning next week, I'll be rolling out some pre-Fall visions and new takes on a few old Tiny Closet gems.

And even though Summer hasn't left us yet and I am after all in perpetual sunshine, I've been cooling down my Summer wears simply and effortlessly these days. It's been a while since I've shared with you but I try to post new looks and inspo as much as I can while I'm running The Tiny Closet Shop. So come back on Monday and take a look at some of the pieces I've been living in to close out the season!

See ya Monday!

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