Big Over Big In Heat, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:33am
I was asked if the BoB strategy (Big Over Big) survives heat. While California’s weather usually allows us to extend spring clothes well into summer, throwing on linen dresses in a semi-panic when temperatures rise above 85F, I do think we could find some outfits that address the question as posed.
Key tenets:
- a cotton-silk blend, or a cotton gauze shirt, are your coolest options. Linen should be good, but in shirts I often find it heavy
- pants should be loose and pull on. no closure is final in the summertime
- as always, you can carry anything off if you look like you mean it
The simplest BoB version here is a “set,” as matching top and bottom are called now. From Vince.
However, these are a passport for pajamaland, which I don’t enjoy unless I can see the cerulean sea over my left shoulder. So, Florida? At a guess yes. The SF Bay Area, I’m suspicious.
All is not lost. One can urbanize stripes. For example. Notice no raffia resort sandals, no hoop earrings. Patent leather makes anything floaty just a tad tougher. And I’d want to carry the J.W. Anderson loafer bag which is my new obsession and which I do not own.
Given the preppy vibes haunting this shirt, I’d probably want even cooler shoes, but I live in a suburb where “cool” is perplexing.
Below are raw links. These are monetized, as a farewell wave to the platform I used to used for Style Blogging, Shopstyle. Enjoy your retirement, old friend, or as we said in software in the dinosaur age, your deprecation. My image downloading and Photoshop skills have evidently retired already.
Everyone else? Have a good weekend. Maybe enjoy the privilege of ignoring the world. For one day. Or two.
Lightning earrings: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfLu
Raffia ankle strap sandals: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfMa
GAP denim: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfMb
Green silk and cotton poplin shirt: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfLF
Turquoise studs: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfLE
Sand and white-striped silk and cotton blend shirt: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfLG
White cotton jacquard cotton pants: https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfMc
Black patent Birkenstocks https://shopstyle.it/l/cyfMd
Changing One’s Views Over Time, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:45am
“Tantivy, tantivy,” calling all brain cells. Trumpets required. Let us see if enough of mine will answer that I can communicate something I’ve been thinking.
The Glory Of Baggy Trousers For Valentine’s Day, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:50am
The most romantic thing I know is: simple dinner out in the neighborhood with my husband. We walk there, walk home. There’s something about the
Tonight, 5-7pm, 1275 Minnesota Street Suite 205 San Francisco, Art Exhibition, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:33am
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Couture In A Time Of 100 PSI, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:23am
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Last Weekend Was Happy, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:47am
This morning, in the face of events in Minneapolis, where I have neither insight nor novel emotions, I can only post some photos of my
When Pop Culture Becomes Extremely Personal, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:14am
British Vogue tells me my son broke the internet yesterday. To be fair, some credit goes to a couple of Harrys. Not that one though.
Speaking Color To Identity, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:07am
Over the past 17 years, through this blog and all of you I have come to understand personal style as a form of speech. One hundred percent, what we wear speaks to the world, to our environments and our communities. I doubt this is news to anyone, but if you feel like a little reminder tour through mores, dress codes, and fast fashion, I suggest this Reddit forum on Wedding Attire where it appears social media has taken over from Mean Girls, Disapproving Aunts and High WASP Noses in the Air. I also once wrote a post on the difference
Aghast And Silenced, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:06am
Inasmuch as the leadership of my country has just launched an attack on Venezuela, and extracted their leadership (I am using the least-laden words I can, as I have not had the time to understand the legalities and import of what the USA just did to Maduro and therefore my only reactions are emotional and change every 12 minutes), I find I cannot post this morning. Call your reps and tell them how you feel. If you know how you feel yet, that is. Also feel free to vent below, if that’s helpful to you. We are a community, after
And Now, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:14am
And now for the new year. As a vibe, how about Exuberant, With A Hiding Bug? See you in 2026!