What to Wear Today Because — Surprise! — It’s Not Summer Yet

If you, like me, spent the greater portion of your Saturday on a ladder putting sweaters in a corner of your closet that is too high to reach without the aforementioned ladder because you knew, you finally knew, that the season of knitwear had come, gone and finally left you to the devices of what it means to walk outdoors into the public sauna that is your city, you must be as frustrated as I am that here we are today, shaking in our open toe slides, nipples pointy but not quite perky because, uh, we’re not even going to hit 60.

I know I talk about the weather a lot and for the most part, I’m sorry about it, but I also know that these conversations aren’t really about the weather, you know? They’re about what we’ll use to cloak our bodies. Weather just happens to be the lone rule we are forced to abide by and where I really believed I might be able to wear like a… like a… camisole dress or something today, lo and behold: here we are, nipples pointy but not quite perky. So what do you wear, right? Especially provided all the sweaters are literally no longer reachable.

How about a lesson in layering?

Or a crash course in metamorphosis as underscored by an old installment of Man Getter to Repeller: a journey called pruning.

No?

Okay. Here’s a reasonable suggestion, call it a fashion recipe if you’d like.

A pair of 501s, which I’m guessing at this point you all but have to own (no?). Brownie points allotted to those who perfect the cowboy crotch so spectacularly it sends all camel humps into flat-back territory. Brownies allotted to those who don’t, because in eating them, you’ll probably have an easier time executing a cowboy crotch.

Now tuck a long-sleeve striped t-shirt into the 501s. Do you feel like Amelia? I don’t blame you.

Do you have a safari jacket? How about a beige blazer? A trench coat? Any of these will do!

Recently, I came into a pair of pale blue suede slippers which are arguably the world’s worst idea for a rainy day OR ARE THEY? In getting dressed we must always remember that the weather might want to make the rules, but ultimately, we’re congress.

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Still unsure as to how to dress for in-between weather? Consider some creative ‘limbo weather’ styling ideas here and here.  Oh, and you may need a summer trench!