Today, I wore 2 of my favorite pieces:
Shirtdress – UNIQLOSandals – Zara
Buying these sandals from Zara were a no-brainer: I’ve always had a love affair with minimalist sandals. As Shiona Turini puts it: “The shade of your very own skin never goes out of style.” And that’s why for me, minimalist sandals are the quintessential nude sandals – they elongates my legs and go with everything. And I always find my shade.
As for the shirtdress: I had been on a never-ending quest to find the perfect one when I saw this one at UNIQLO last year in New York. In the past, the ones I had either seen or bought were always belted, too short, too feminine, too pretty, in the wrong color, made out of the wrong fabric, etc. Basically, they were all wrong. And then, this one came into my life… much to the chagrin of my dear husband: “It looks like something I could have made in my grade 9 Home Economics class.” See, the husband and I have diverging ideas on what I should wear. While I fancy myself a 5’11” Russian model, which means that I’m often drawn to boxy, shapeless forms, he sees me as I truly am – a 5’1″ Haitian woman, which means that anything Beyoncé wears, he wants me wearing! Anyhow, I won that particular battle: the shirtdress was perfect – so I bought it. And to make him forget that I’m wearing a glorified potato sack – as he puts it – sometimes, I wear it with heels. And bam! all is forgiven.
Today, I wore black. 