How to Dress Next Week as Informed by Paris

Vitamin C is to low energy what Paris fashion week is to an outfit rut, and the only way to combat either is by consuming a large enough dose of the antidote. Two days past the official termination of fashion month, it could be seen as though getting dressed is…tired. Like any single participant across the bi-annual rally just wants to curl up into a ball made of lightweight cotton or french terry, call it temporary quits and sprawl.

But this tends not to be the case at all. With each progressing season, it becomes clearer that fashion week is not unlike riding a bicycle when it comes to personal style in that the more you do it, the more you see it, the further immersed in it you are, the better you get.

What’s more, you don’t forget — you don’t want to escape it, you just want to keep trying until your finger tips fall off and you can no longer button your pants.

Here’s a first stab at how to dress next week using three definitive styles that capture qualities endemic to being Parisian but also don’t lose sight of the reality that we are American.

Monday – Tuesday: Two trends to consider that never actually disappeared but are staring at you through a display at eye level right now: fringe and suede. Do you have a fringe jacket? Possibly. Is it suede? Probably. If you don’t, call your mom. Something tells me she has one.  (Or this Topshop x Kate Moss version is on sale.) Use it to cloak a long, untucked button down (or shirt dress!) and ankle-length straight-leg jeans (knee holes optional). Because it’s not really cold yet, bring out flat slides one more time. Have a meaningful last hurrah.

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Wednesday – Thursday: Another trend that never left, hasn’t quite “come back” but is never not worth playing with (unless the title of your book ruins it for you) is overalls. A fitted pair will nicely compliment the crux of this look — a white button down (possibly the same one you wore Monday and Tuesday) and black bow tie. (For a two-in-one, see: this.) If you hate overalls, wear high waist jeans. If you hate high waist jeans, I have to ask why?

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When it gets a bit colder, I’m going to wear boiler suits with turtlenecks underneath them. You’re invited to do the same.

Friday – Saturday: The weekend is near! Celebrate it not with comfort. Try a boxy blazer not unlike the offerings Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane keeps winking at us. Have a leather mini skirt? Wear that too. You will look like Donald Duck from behind and maybe if you’re lucky, Lou Doillon from the front. Wear a t-shirt because it’s the weekend after all and per your feet: how about a pair of shin-length socks that peek out of a pair of black Chelsea boots.

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Yeah, that’s the stuff.

As for Sunday — French terry is, after all, you know, French.