For those of you who don’t watch the Gilmore Girls, a little backstory/setting:
On Lorelai’s daughter Rory’s first day of Chilton, Lorelai has a little bit of a clothing issue. She forgets to pick up her clothes from the dry cleaner’s, so all she is left with is her ratty clothes. Chilton is a private school that Rory has just been accepted to, so Lorelai wants to make a good, professional impression when she drops her daughter off. Instead, she has to drop her off wearing a pink tie-dyed shirt, cowboy boots, and cutoff jean shorts, which gets her many stares and not-so-under-the-breath comments. Hilarity ensues. Flash forward to later in the episode, after she has had a chance to pick up her dry cleaning, and she’s wearing a baby blue blouse and structured a-line skirt (die-hard Gilmore Girls fans, feel free to correct me on this…I was just too lazy to actually pop the episode in and reference-check). She announces to anyone within earshot that that was the particular outfit she was supposed to wear.
This brings us to today’s outfit. I came up with an alternative to her blouse and a-line skirt, using items from her capsule wardrobe:
I think this outfit is snappy and professional, but still shows a little bit of personality with her necklace. I almost threw the black blazer on it instead of the navy one, but thought it would’ve looked too monotone.
Blouse: mango.com, $16
Blazer: profilefashion.com, $715
Trousers: uniqlo.com, $15 (price went down from yesterday!)
Pumps: nordstrom.com, $575
Earrings: lordandtaylor.com, $1215
Necklace: endless.com, $55
Purse: pinterst.com, ??? (price unlisted)
Outfit Total: $2591
What do you guys think? Is there a different combination that you’d choose from the capsule wardrobe for her first day at Chilton? Do you think I went too conservative and perhaps should’ve added more color somewhere? Let me know what you think, as well as vote on which bonus item I should include (see yesterday’s post by clicking on the “her capsule wardrobe” link above).
I have to say that what inspired me to do this was an amusing post from a friend, wherein he asked what he should wear to a first date. I found it amusing because I don’t recall him ever caring what he wore before. In times past, I think he would’ve went for the guy version of the cutoff shorts and tie-dyed shirt. There is much more to the story, but I’ll withhold it in order to save him embarassment (I try to be a good friend when I can). Anyhow, I think that may influence tomorrow’s outfit. I’m thinking it’ll be another “what Lorelai should’ve worn to…”. But for now, I’ll say goodnight.
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