BLOOM & HABIT: OOTD: Gray, the new black

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

OOTD: Gray, the new black

On Saturday I met up with my old high school bestie for Christmas Day lunch. By the way, do you know how hard it is to find an open restaurant on Christmas Day? I thought for sure it was going to be a piece of cake, considering how so much of my hometown is Jewish. You would think I'd have remembered the Hebes there celebrate Christmas, too. We ended up finding pretty much the one restaurant open, a Greek place called Mythos, where we each had a tasty Moussaka dining al fresco in gorgeous weather and chatting like no time had passed.

For the laid-back afternoon, I decided it would be a fun challenge to try something outside of my little style box for a change. My aunt had just handed me down her skinny Bebe denim jeans. I was a little at a loss about what to wear them with, as they felt more downtown grunge than I usually do, being all uber-skinny, cropped, and faded gray, not to mention that I had brought a limited selection with me on vacation. I finally settled on an all-neutral color palette in gray and tan: simple gray Danskin tee, accessorized with a tan leather belt, tan strappy heels, and gold Aviators. Done. I think it worked out okay, don't you? (There are also Swarovski crystals bedazzling the butt pockets, not shown here for reasons of indecency given the extra skinny factor.)

Probably should have rethunk the skinny jeans for another day when not indulging in moussaka and baskets of pita with hummus.

P.S. Excuse the extra white ankles, they don't see the light of day or sunshine much in these winter months in Chicago!