Today's
outfit (which is actually last Friday's outfit—the 3-day weekend totally ran away from me!) is a
study in second chances.
I never thought I was into big-cat motifs—housecats, yes,
but lions and tigers and pumas, no way! That is, until this tiger shirt
changed my mind for me. There was something about the expression on the
tigers' faces – is it just the hint of a smirk? – that made them seem
less predatory and more like something I'd want to wear on my clothing.
The
second mental hurdle I had to step over was my aversion to garish
faux-primitive geometric patterns. Yes, that's a mouthful of a thing to
be averse to, but it's a pretty recognizable design style. The
particular pattern on this shirt bears elements of the Navajo-inspired
prints that were all over the place around 2012, and a bit of that
splashy late-80's-early-90's style with lots of triangles and black
inked textures. You don't really need to know what I'm talking about
(and even I am relying on some pretty vague memories, so I might not
know what I'm talking about myself!), but the point is that I'm not
crazy about the colorful designs superimposed on the tigers on this
shirt. However, because it's so rare that I actually find a cat-themed
shirt that's appropriate for work, I was willing to overlook that minor
downside.
The
last element of this ensemble that prompted a rethinking of my
preferences was the shoes. As you recall, I've had these green sandals
since summer of 2016,
and I've been thinking it's about time to retire them. Having a kelly
green summer shoe is great and all, but the pink and black beads
frequently contradict my outfit's color scheme. Yet today, they were the perfect
match for the shirt, whose predominant colors just happened to be kelly
green, pink, and black! I guess you never know when an oddly colored
shoe will come in handy.
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