Repetto

WEARING
Splendid leggings
Converse one star skirt from Target
H&M striped top
Inhabit cotton cardigan (no longer available)
Jas M.B. bag (on SALE!! I highly recommend this bag)
Repetto perforated BB flats

I’m such a bad short person. Although, as Sophie mentioned on my post yesterday, I’m not actually short; at 5’3″ I am exactly average. woohoo! Anyway, I used to love to wear heels – nearly every time I’d leave the house, I’d wear heels of some sort (mostly clogs & wedges, but still). Lately, though, I default to flats. I’ve succumbed to ease and comfort over everything else, and I can’t even use the “busy mom” excuse. I think I still look stylish, but I would FEEL more stylish, less like I’ve given up if I put on a pair of heels every once in a while.

This really hit home on Saturday when my husband and I went to a party and all the ladies were “dressed up” in dresses & heels. I had no idea what to expect; it was at the couples house and I didn’t know anyone, so I defaulted to chic, but “normal” and comfortable, wearing my Repetto bb flats in “nude,” black jeans and a Tory Burch cardigan. The hostess’ mother (who is very stylish and not old at all) was even wearing high wedges (I’m pretty sure they were satin Pedro Garcia wedges – remember those from a few years ago?) and here I am, wearing my “comfort” shoes. I wasn’t worried about it at the time, and honestly didn’t think about it much, but since then, I’ve really been starting to think I’ve given up.

I used to make an effort, but here in Austin, NO ONE dresses up or wears heels, and I was always feeling a little out of place, so I started to do my own version of Austin-chic, without being too Austin if you get what I mean. I still feel relatively dressed up in Austin, because, you know, I’m wearing PANTS, and not flip-flops, but I don’t know when or why I started to want to blend in more. I’ve never wanted to blend in…

So, even though I would probably have worn flats tonight to the grand re-opening part of MOSS (my favorite designer consignment store EVER), I’m going to suck it up and wear my super-high Robert Clergerie wedges instead.

Do you wear heels all the time? or flats? or do you think you’ve found the right balance?

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WEARING
HELMUT cocoon leggings
CP Shades top
Repetto flats
Lizzie Fortunato necklace (not available)
Jerome Dreyfuss billy bag with added long strap (see my review here, where to buy Jerome Dreyfuss online here)

I think I have reasonable expectations of quality…I expect that leggings I paid $150 for would not start falling apart months after getting them. I exaggerate, they didn’t start falling apart, only the stitching at the waistband started unraveling (a lot) about a week ago. Yeah, that happened. I took them to my alterations lady and she fixed them, and re-enforced them for me, for about $7. No big deal, but should it have happened in the first place?

I’m writing a longer piece on this as we speak, so more on this later, but I still love these leggings, and I still recommend them, I just wonder if there is such a thing as an expectation of quality anymore….

Oh, and about this top. Aside from the obvious dissheveled look I have going on (I don’t own an iron, or a steamer – you know I don’t own anything that needs ironing! except for this top…), I LOVE LOVE LOVE this top and highly recommend it. Especially since it’s $36 at Isaay.com right now with code CLOTHING60 for 60% off (ALL SALES FINAL!!!). Well, not this color, but a really nice plaid. I love everything about this top, but mostly that it’s super-long in the back. It’s basically a mullet. It’s also very soft; so comfortable to wear.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a discussion on quality – in the mean time, share your thoughts. Do you have any expectation of quality anymore? or do you just have a really good go-to seamstress??

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