Some letterpress for you this wednesday

Well let me tell you 'bout the way she looks…

Okay.

Brace yourselves, now.

I am about to do my first outfit post.

I feel under-prepared, over-dressed, sloppy, nervous, embarrassed, under-dressed, excited, and totally vain.

Chronologically:

So, this was attempt #1, immediately outside of our front door, and honestly probably the best. Accidently.

I tried the timer on my camera. On my iphone. On an APP. So… sweet.

Obviously {as you will see}, this is where these pictures should (and hopefully in the future will) be taken. The light is natural, and much better than anywhere else I’ve tried.

This is attempt #2 (not including the elevator shots. Gross.) in the Parking Garage in our building.

This is taken by my boyfriend.

And it pretty much sucks. But it is head to toe- which is really hard to do on your own.

Especially because we don’t have a full length mirror.

Which is why I have to do things like this at work.

Which is still pretty terrible.

But alas- on to the details!

From the Bottom (of me) Up:

Shoes: Target

(They’re there now. And if you can’t tell, they are the palest mauve in real life. And super duper comfy- even though I’m technically wearing 1/2 size too small.)

Tights: Urban Outfitters

(These used to be pretty peachy, but then they snuck in the wash with a pair of new blue jeans and now their kind of cloudy and dingy, but I like them.)

Skirt: Thrifted

(I believe this homemade from the 50′s. There is seam tape and safety pins holding the hem up inside. It feels like upholstery and this is actually the first time I’ve ever worn it! I got it around Halloween at the best fucking thrift store on Earth. More about that later.)

Belt: Thrifted

(It’s black patent and came from the aforementioned thrift store- known hereunderaftertofore as the ARC. Because that’s what it is.)

Sweater: TJMAXX

(You will undoubtedly see this again. And again.)

Halter Onesie: American Apparel

(It’s this. And I usually regret wearing it once I’m out of the house. I love the sweetheart neckline it makes, but I hate fussing with it all day. Because I have to.)

Necklace: Thrifted

(This came from the ARC, along with the little ring on the chain as well. I love this. It’s heavy and feminine and makes most outfits looked really pulled together, when in fact they are not.)

So there you have it. Me, in my clothes.

This morning in the elevator, I told Ryan that I feel like Mrs. Don Draper.

And that’s the cat’s meow.

Addendum: I forgot to mention these items:

Coat: Thrifted

(Yep, from the ARC. It’s fabulous and I actually got really excited this morning when I put it on. You can maybe tell in the Parking Garage photo, but its hem sits a perfect 1/2 inch above the hem on my skirt. You can feel how these two items from the same time period  love being next to each other. It’s kind of heavenly.)

Glasses: The Bent Lens

(This won’t have to be mentioned again, so now it’s out of the way. The color is Silver Dollar, and I think that’s awesome.)

That's kind of better?

So, they do have the shoe now?

Whatever, man.

And now, these shoes below…

I have tried to purchase these not once. Not twice.

But thrice.

Dear UO,

Hi. I have some questions:

Why can’t you properly stock your inventory, and then correctly relay that information to your website?

Why did this shoe appear available in my size for only one day?

How come that day they were available in my size, you cancelled my order when I purchased them?

Why did you then, two days later, send me a coupon for 20% off all shoes- when you don’t have the shoes that I want (twofold!)?

Why didn’t you notify me that my order had been cancelled in the first place?

Why do you so inconveniently have the only nude pump that I feel comfortable wearing with shorts in the Summatime?

Why do you make the same shoe available in canvas (and all sizes!), but not in nude?

Why do I care so much about a shoe that will assuredly get trashed immediately, seeing as how it is already stained in the photograph you are using to try and sell the shoe?

Why did I only find out my order had been cancelled when I was finished being swindled into redeeming my 20% off coupon on some other pair of shoes that I have no business thinking about this time of year in Colorado?

I look forward to your responses.

Best,

Zoë

Crackers

Seychelles: 1 Urban Outfitters: -6

The shoe seen above comes from one of my favorite shoe companies ever. Right now.

They make it in black, orange, ecru, and teal.

And it is literally all fucking over the Urban Outfitters website. Literally.

There she is in black.

Gorgeous orange.

Beautiful Black. Again.

Awww… do they only have Orange and Black?

Um, you would think that, Zoe. But actually, as of today, anyway, this shoe is not available- at all- anywhere on the Urban Outfitters site.

Why?

Am I alone in finding this just down right ridiculous?

I mean, at first glance I was not at all excited about this shoe. I saw it on the Seychelles site and skipped over it. More than once. Then, Urban Outfitters made all their little ladies look so great in this ONE GREAT SHOE.

But, sorry, you can’t have it. Not from us anyway. We’ll just do the dirty work and make you love it so you get so desperate that you must have it. And then you can go buy it from someone else???? What?

Why?