Ray Ban sunnies • old Express pleather jacket • organic cotton H&M tank • old Citizens of Humanity skirt • old Mango booties • AsianCajun name necklace • Japanese mag canvas Zucca bag freebie
If you love layers, you should move to Scotland. Not only do you get to pile on the layers in the winter (thermal undies, long-sleeved shirt, woolie sweater, scarf, woolie coat), you get to keep wearing layers year round! Yes, that’s right, most of your body will be covered in one, or possibly two to three levels of protection from the eventualities of cold, rain and wind even in mid-July.
For instance, I thought I was being quite sensible during our “heatwave” when I threw my pleather jacket on top of my tank. The day was a mind-boggling 68°F. Sadly though, when the sun set at 10 pm (woohoo for long days!), I was shivering in my boots. One day I’ll get this layering thing down. Or maybe I’ll just succumb to wearing woolie things year round.
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Dear Cath,
Remember I was going to be a sweet twinie and give you this skirt last time you were here? I have to say I’m temporarily glad of my selfish forgetfulness because my bare-legged attire is so limited here. I have this skirt, those cut-offs I made in my last post, and a thrifted skirt that I bought that’s a bit too boho-y for my style.
I can’t ever imagine wearing a jacket during Atlanta summers — maybe inside with the air conditioning. Air conditioning seems like a weird thing to me now. Why would you ever want to make the inside of a place colder? Scottish brain-washing in full force.
Muchos kisses!
Lar
i love that you girls have been posting so much lately! you’re both giving me some motivation.i’ve been slacking.
Thanks so much, Diane! You’re usually the one that inspires us to post more!
thanks chica!
Hey Larbar, I’m so glad you kept that skirt! I doubt I could even fit into it :P. I still can’t believe you had to wear a pleather jacket in 68 degree weather! I do layer a bit indoors, but outside I’m melting unless i’m wearing shorts and a tank – so boring! I much prefer layers. I hope it warms up some more – isn’t it supposed to get warmer in July? xoxo, cath
Layers in the summer, WHAT? I swear, Lar, you are tempting me to tell my husband he HAS to find a job in Edinburgh or our marriage won’t work. hahahaha. LOVE that pleather jacket! and your booties!
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Scarves. They were the secret to keeping warm anywhere outside of Atlanta.
Your post made me laugh, this is EXACTLY how I dress here in SF, always freaking cold here. It’s nice for a while, but I’m sick of it! It’s so funny because when you get the first hint of warm, you see girls in bikinis in the park! Not the beach, even though the beach is nearby, because the beach is always freezing.
Forgot to add that if you had moved to the Bay Area, you’d probably be experiencing the same weather 😉
That totally makes sense, Eli! When I was in SF last year I totally lucked out and got beautiful sunny, spring weather. I hope if you come to the UK any time soon, you have the same here!
p.s. And it sounds exactly the same beach/park-wise too. We are right by a bay that feeds into the North Sea and nobody ever uses it as a beach even in August!
Go, girl! This is some summer uniform—Love it. Cuteness to the max! And yes, you already know that there is no way you could pull of that adorable leather jacket here in the South. Especially not HOT-lanta. 🙂
Cute outfit, cute poses, and really cute metal monkey hanging behind you! Love it 🙂