My no-longer tiered dress, with its spaghetti straps, is not quite appropriate for
the office when worn on its own. On the other hand, it's perfect for
layering, and layering is perfect for fall.
Today
I wore it with a white cardigan on top and white boots on the bottom
(an easy way to color coordinate if I ever said so). I was only slightly
disappointed to find out that the matching whites I'd picked out in the
misty morning turned out not to match quite so well in natural
lighting. Even after 5 years of ownership, this sweater is still the
whitest of whites, but the boots are yellowing, and showing their age in
all sorts of other ways—I fear they are not long for this world!
But
one thing in my outfit that's brand spanking new is the earrings! I saw
earrings like this on eBay a few months ago. I naturally liked the long
dangling chain, and I thought it was cool the way the chain hung from
the back of the ear instead of the front. I'm sure they were under 3
dollars, but I decided I would make my own for free! I recently
disassembled a long faux-pearl necklace, leaving me with dozens of loose
pearls to work with. So I took one of those and a few scraps of
salvaged silver chain, attaching them together with a loop-bottom silver
pin through the pearl. I used an existing pearl stud for the front, and
a jump ring to put the stud pin through.
When held together with a
standard earring back, the whole assembly is a subtly unconventional way
to wear pearls!
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