Casual Cargo Friday

Banana Republic silk shirt, J Brand cargo jeans, Kenneth Cole shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Marc Jacobs bag

I don't know if I understand cargo pants correctly because I thought cargo pants were supposed to be comfortable and also have a ton of pockets to put stuff in for convenience.  So comfort and convenience are what I thought cargo pants were offering me on this Friday afternoon.  Instead, I feel almost none of those things.  All things considering, they are comfortable relative to slacks.  But they are not comfortable relative to pajama pants.  Additionally, all those nifty pockets that I was supposed to be able to put keys and money in are completely worthless because these pants are like skin tight.  I'd be lucky if I could fit a piece of gum in these pockets let alone a mini Twix.  So I guess it's going to be a happy sucking-in-my-tummy-in-my-cargos Casual Friday to me!  

Hermes, House of Harlow and David Yurman bracelets, Michele watch, Maison Martin Margiela and Cartier rings

Leather Is Always Better

Zara faux leather top and neoprene skirt, Prabal Gurung x Target shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses

This blue skirt was so cool that I wore it twice this week to make two awesomely different outfits. The first outfit is very "farmer's market, going to get some flowers wrapped in brown paper and take some photos of macarons" type of ensemble. It's fresh, it's cute; I'm even wearing a shirt that says "Mondaze" on a Monday. How adorable. Here, I'm a badass in a (faux) leather top.  Guess which is better.     

Hermes, House of Harlow, and Anarchy Street bracelets, Cartier and Anarchy Street rings

Neoprene? Neoprene.

Club Monaco tshirt, Zara skirt, Via Spiga shoes, Selima sunglasses, Gucci bag

I absolutely love my new Zara skirt and for $15.99, I can't go wrong. Or can I? I knew when I put this skirt on that it was made of neoprene, which is comfortable enough. However, what I did not know was that neoprene is a material that's used for wetsuits for it's INSULATION qualities. Meaning: it's made to seal in heat! Every ounce of heat and bead of sweat is sealed in like a little greenhouse effect. And in 72 degree SF weather, there was definitely some heat in all the places that neoprene was covering. Luckily, like wet suits, it absorbs well too.

Cartier, Maria Melinda, Anarchy Street rings, Michael Kors watch, Hermes and Anarchy Street bracelets

Be Snoody

Thanks to global warming, I may never get to wear one of the greatest fashion inventions of all time: the snood.  It's basically just a tubular neckband that takes away all the torturousness of wrapping a scarf.  As you know, scarf wrapping is an art form; a terrible, torturous, neck burning and annoying art form.  One where you're wrapping and wrapping trying to make the perfect knot, or get the perfect puffiness, or the achieve the perfect amount of warmth.  Whatever it is that you're trying to do, it can and will result in a hot mess of tying and tucking--lots of tucking.  And if it started out cute, it's going to look flat like a dead fish by the end of the day; and then you're back to re-wrapping and tucking.  

Enter the snood: a tube that goes over your head and always has the perfect wrap.  There's no ends to tuck and no knots to deal with.  It's literally a giant neck sock.  You're welcome.