Wrapping up 2014 & Starting 2015 – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 22
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 148 – DECEMBER 26th
Blue & Green Archer Button Up Shirt
Black Scarf
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
Various Rings
The trip back from the parent’s house after Christmas, called for a comfy, cozy, put-together outfit, plus heels.
DAY 149 – DECEMBER 27th
Hand-Knit Sweater Dress
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Leggings
Various Rings
I really hope no one minds if I basically live in this dress + leggings for the rest of the winter, because they’re the perfect combination for cold days in front of the computer.
DAY 150 – DECEMBER 28th
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Birds & Wheels Flare Skirt
Black Leggings
Long Necklace
Various Rings
I haven’t worn this skirt much this year, it’s one of the few handmade pieces I had before I started this self-made wardrobe project, and usually it never sees the light of day once the temperature drops into tights wearing territory. But it’s a really cute skirt, and I’m glad I pulled it out the other day. (You can see better photos from the first attempt at this project, here.)
DAY 151 – DECEMBER 29th
Versio Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Bicycle Clock Necklace
Various Rings
I think I need to finish some more clothes if only for the fact that it’ll give me something new to talk about. It turns out I get tired of talking about outfits, before I get tired of wearing them, and I’m sure you’re more than tired of looking at the same things over and over by now. 🙂
DAY 152 – DECEMBER 30th
Blue & Green Archer Button Up Shirt
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Scarf
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Bead Crochet Bracelet
Various Rings
I spent the last couple days of 2014 ensconced at home finishing projects, meeting deadlines, and generally wrapping up 2014.
DAY 153 – DECEMBER 31st
Blue & Green Archer Button Up Shirt
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Leggings
Various Rings
This is a little embarrassing to admit, but I still haven’t put buttons on my Archer button up shirt, even though I’ve worn it many times. I have the buttons, I have my sewing machine, I have my button hole foot, but the buttons have still not made their way onto the shirt yet. Buttons & button holes is the final step on this shirt, and at this point it’s just sheer laziness that this shirt isn’t completely done.
DAY 154 – JANUARY 1st
Hand-Knit Sweater Dress
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Leggings
And here’s that dress again.
Also..
Happy New Year!!!
Welcome to 2015!
I hope you’re New Year is off to a fantastic start.
Sweater Weather, Non Sweater Weather & Christmas Traveling – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 21
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 141 – DECEMBER 19th
Versio Sweater
Black Scarf
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
I’ve said this before, but I’ve never really been a sweater knitter. Prior to this self-made wardrobe project, I mostly knit super complex lace shawls that I almost never wear. And one of the best parts of this project has been knitting sweaters, learning tons about knitting sweaters, and figuring out how to knit sweaters out of yarn I already have in my yarn stash (none of which was bought with knitting sweaters in mind.)
DAY 142 – DECEMBER 20th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Grey Cowl
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
One of the downsides to wearing mostly black is that it kind of all blends together in photographs. One piece just sort of melds into the next.
DAY 143 – DECEMBER 21st
Colorful Knit Sweater Dress
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Leggings
Various Rings
I finally got around to getting black leggings to wear under this dress – something I’ve been meaning to do since I finished knitting this dress way back in May.
DAY 144 – DECEMBER 22nd
Deconstructed Black Sweater
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
I didn’t plan it this way, but I love that when I wear my boring black sweater & my deconstructed sweater they visually blend together and look like a different sweater entirely. I guess that’s one of the benefits of solid black clothing.
DAY 145 – DECEMBER 23rd
Versio Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Circle Skirt with a Slit
Various Rings
A strangely warms spell means a) no snow for Christmas, and b) many fewer layers that can normally be expected for the end of December…
DAY 146 – DECEMBER 24th
Green & Blue Archer Button Up Shirt (still without buttons…)
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Scarf
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
Pocket Watch Necklace
Various Rings
Visiting the parents for Christmas means there are trees outside the windows and fireplaces inside the living room.
DAY 147 – DECEMBER 25th
Colorful Knit Sweater Dress
Black Scarf
Black Leggings
Various Rings
Getting dressed without actually getting dressed… what else would you wear on Christmas Day?
an almost completed button up shirt, and it’s the end of week 20! – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 20
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 134 – DECEMBER 12th
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Grey Tights
Brown Boots
Bead Crochet Bracelet
Various Rings
I absolutely love this boring black sweater. As much of a boring nightmare as it was to knit (and it was really boring), I can wear it with anything in my wardrobe, and it’s the perfect weight for a light winter layer. I guess sometimes sucking it up and knitting the boring things is totally worth it.
DAY 135 – DECEMBER 13th
Blue Kimono
Grey Cowl
Basic Black Tank Top
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Various Rings
This blue kimono was one of the very first things I made for the self-made wardrobe and I wore it almost constantly throughout the summer and into the fall. It turns out is also make a perfect layer for when I’m working from home.
DAY 136 – DECEMBER 14th
Versio Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
Pocket Watch Necklace
Various Rings
This sweater was kind of an experiment in making yarn from my yarn stash (which is almost entirely single skeins of lace weight yarn) work for sweater knitting. It turned out to be a quite successful experiment if I do say so myself. A colorful experiment – but a successful one.
DAY 137 – DECEMBER 15th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Black Scarf
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Bead Crochet Bracelet
One of the benefits of freelancing and working a lot from home is that I have a really flexible schedule, and can usually take photos in the late morning/midday/early afternoon when the light isn’t streaming directly into my living room – but then, some days that just doesn’t work out and I take squinty-eyed, coffee drinking morning photos.
DAY 138 – DECEMBER 16th
Boring Black Sweater
Blue & Green Archer Button Up
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Pocket Watch Necklace
Various Rings
My first version of Archer is so close to done I can taste it, and couldn’t help but wear it (even though it still doesn’t have buttons.) I had actually finished the hem that morning, and had already gotten dressed, taken photos, and was walking out the door, when I decided to change. I exchanged my deconstructed sweater for an unfinished Archer, and boring black sweater, and quickly snapped a couple more photos – it was definitely the right choice.
DAY 139 – DECEMBER 17th
Blue & Green Archer Button Up
Black Scarf
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
This wasn’t the warmest winter wardrobe decision I ever made – but it worked out fine, and I’m getting buttons for Archer today, so hopefully it’ll be properly done this weekend. Yay!
DAY 140 – DECEMBER 18th
Transitional Weather Sweater
Black Scarf
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Grey Tights
I don’t know why I tend to sit cross-legged in this skirt, but it would seem I do.
Also! It’s the end of Week 20! We’re quickly approaching Day 150!
(and still, I just want a pair of damn pants. I’ve wanted a pair of pants since week 6, and the only person ‘at fault’ for me not having pants, is me… damn it.)
