Two of The Unfashionista's mottos are: One can never have too many shoes, and one can never have too many rainbows. I've actually been on a continual search for rainbow-colored sandals for years (these ones probably count, but one can never have too many!), and finally, to my delight, I found these rainbow-heeled wedge sandals on eBay for just 6 dollars!
Yes, they are probably at
least 15 years old (I still don't recollect when square-toed shoes were
last in style, though I'm pretty sure the ones I wore to my high school
graduation fit the bill — but in any case these ones are as square as
the 1950's!)...yes, the printed canvas has faded to a muted shadow of a
rainbow...but still, they are rainbow shoes and I'm delighted!
They
arrived on my doorstep in the early part of July, and it took me a
while to figure out how to wear them. When I discovered that they paired
perfectly with my golden-yellow summer sweater,
I knew that no other introductory outfit would do. The only problem was
that, because the arm openings on that top are very low-cut, I have to
wear it with some kind of shirt underneath. In the past, I've always
paired it with a black tank top, but since it was the hottest part of
summer by then, I was absolutely having no part of a double-layered top
half. I briefly thought about wearing one of my black bralettes
underneath (since I first noticed the existence of said undergarment / overgarment-if-you're-brave, I have bought 3 of them).
If you can't hide it, flaunt it!
For those summer days when your skimpy shirt doesn't adequately hide your bra, don't wear a bra at all! No, I'm not saying go braless, although that is an option under certain shirts. I'm saying, wear a cute bralette or bandeau that's made to be seen! That way when your straps are showing, or your side boob, or your underboob, or whatever taboo part of you your shirt would otherwise reveal, it looks pretty and intentional instead of trashy.
Then, when
the bandeau finally arrived, I put off wearing the outfit again,
because by that time, the daily highs were in the 90's, and even a
summer sweater is too much sweater in weather like that! So I waited
patiently for a day in the low 80's—not just any day in the low 80's,
though—it had to be a weekend day, since I planned to wear the outfit
with shorts (though I later decided capri pants looked better) and
furthermore didn't feel like putting my lacy armpits on display at the
office.
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