A Gentlewoman Edition: Floral Embroidery & Stripes

I used to describe my style as "messy casual chic" — probably doesn't sound all that flattering, but somehow those three words encapsulate my wardrobe picks pretty well in my opinion. They're still the words I'd use to talk about my current style but that doesn't mean I want to look just "messy casual" every single time. 

I'm all about sampling different flavours when it comes to style — as long as they're all modest, of course — and I feel like this particular outfit combination here incorporates a little bit of that gentlewoman vibe, something that's not always present in my outfits.

The nude-hued pants with blue stripes, while bought off the rack, made their way to an alter shop because I needed them to fit more snugly around the waist, resulting in a very good-fitting gentlewomanly pair of pants in my style book. 

This, by the way, really is a great tip I learned: see something you really like on the rack but it doesn't quite fit? Send it to a tailor and alter it to your liking!

As for the floral-embroidered shirt, I've owned it for years but oddly it never made it onto The Good Weekender, until this post. I adore the blue and white pinstripes, and even though it was already designed as a loose fit I still went further up one size. I liked the sweet shirt so much, I bought one for my mom, too.

I felt a little adventurous this time around so I abandoned the buttons and cross the edges over, turning the button-down shirt into a wrap top instead.

I'm really starting to get this dressing-up-for-at-home thing down pat but, I've got to say, phew, the effort. The feeling definitely differs when you're dressing up to venture outside the house compared to when it's for lounging around the inside of the house. It's a feeling I can't really explain but I'm hoping you're somehow familiar with it...? I don't think I'm a vain person; I don't need my outfits to be seen by others, but I like the idea of having an outfit dedicated to a special activity. I get a buzz dressing up just to have a good talk-over-coffee session in a quiet cafe somewhere with Shah, for example.

In this case though, I had a trip to the vet planned for the very next day after these pics were taken, so this outfit got to see the light of the day after all!

Wearing: H&M floral embroidered shirt  |  Topshop pinstriped wide-legged pants  |  Plenty.my & Cappico rings

Hope you like this gentlewomanly look! On that note, aren't my grey Ikea house slippers just smashing?

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Thanks so much for reading this, until my next post ❤