The Garrott Tee: Look #3-Weekend Warrior

We're 3 weeks/3 looks deep into the Garrott Design Tshirt Challenge.

Ok its not a HUGE challenge, just a bit of a riddle of sorts--just how will I wear my tshirt differently this week from last week?  What can I do to keep it out of jeans, tshirt, tennis shoes territory?

This time around, I present to you (my signature clothing item of course-the cutoff shorts) what I call

"Weekend Warrior"

It was only a matter of time till I showed you all how I would pair the Garrott Tshirt up with my favorite bottoms--my white trash denim cut-offs. 

I once mentioned way back in September that these babies were being retired for the season...yeah right!  Who did I think I was, and whom did I think I was fooling?  Toss on some tights or leggings underneath and they're as good to go anywhere as I thought they were this summer.

(to which I laugh thinking of all the higher-brow establishments, and tons of lowbrow places, I wore them to as if both called for equal dress)

Cut-offs, with leggings in my case, add a little extra spunk and quirkiness to the Garrott Tee, especially great for a Sunday of errands, and dinner, and then a show.

(the dinner=high brow, the show=lowbrow...and I was just fine in both settings-I'm a chameleon like that).

To add to the spunkiness of the shorts with the Garrott Tee,

I though it almost necessary to show you

some color...some pops of interest here and there. 

The last two looks were pale and mostly tones of grays and black with the exception of the blushy colored skirt of Look #1

Plus, on the weekends, why not get a little punchy with the bright tones?  The weekends are my time, I don't have to impress anyone but myself...therefore I wear what I like, not always what's "appropriate".  Sometimes too much color of different sorts can overwhelm at the office persay,

but weekends-nothing holds me back.

It's still a wee bit chilly considering its only February, so I went with a slouchly long cardigan-lightweight however and a bold shot of juicy goodness in the form of my Poppy/coach bag.  (it always manages to make any outfit pop...heh heh, maybe why its POPPY??? probably not.--but on a side note, I do like that I just said "heh heh" as if my name is Beavis-gah, can't wait for the return of Beavis and Butthead on MTV!)

And on that note, I think I need to exit this blog.  I am all over the place, being spastic, writing whatever gibberish pops into my brain...seriously, why jump from "color" talk to "Beavis and Butthead"?

Adult ADD!

So kids, as always, I challenge you to style up a tshirt in an interesting way, or get the Garrott Tee (only $20) for yourself; show me how you'd do it up right.

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Wearing:

*Gray Tshirt-Garrott Design

*Yellow Cardigan-Urban Outfitters

*DIY Cut-off shorts-Gap

*Black Leggings-Uniqlo

*Beige boots-Jessica Simpson

*Orange leather bag-Poppy by Coach

Daily Wear: Noir

I wore this some time last week and forgot to post it.  I was looking to clean out my files, and came across this.  I waited too long to take proper outfit shots considering the sun had gone down already (scratch that, there was NO sun, EVER that day!  Hence the crazy humid hair I've got going on and the ominous storm clouds trekking across the Brooklyn skies).  But there's no need not to post this outfit, just because I wore it last week, doesn't matter right?

I got this t-shirt dress at the BCBG outlet in the Poconos over Memorial Day weekend.  What was really rad was the BCBG store was going out of business so everything was 1/2 off the already reduced prices, which were reduced from the already marked down outlet price!  You can't go wrong with BCBG at $15 now can you?  Well maybe, I mean was it really necessary for me to own a tshirt with a giant feline head on it?  Probably, yeah.

I've also recently discovered a legging utopia--otherwise known as Uniqlo.  Now this legging menagerie I tell you, has not always been there....you might notice several times a week I'm in skinny jeans-always from Uniqlo, and almost always a different pair, so I'm no stranger to frequenting the NYC location...I'd know if there was a legging heaven before.  I swear to you its a newer addition to the store.  It's near the main registers, like this whole section is nothing but about 30 different types of leggings, 30 different types of biker shorts, prints prints and more prints, solids of every color, texture-slinky tricot-synthetic shiny stuff, everything my legs NEED-WANT-and MUST HAVE!  I stumpled upon this about a month ago, now I'm thinking its high time I get back and stock up on some trendiness for these sticks of mine...just in time for fall!  Yep, good idea Nickie.  (seriously though, UNIQLO!  LOVE!!!! and yes, when I was buying leggings I was also picking up another pair of skinny jeans, again totally (un)necessary!)

I also have a thing for turning photos into the grayscale mode...I swear you can take the worst photo ever, make it black & white, slide around the contrast bar a bit, and holy cow....drama!  The stormy clouds look way more scary in this ominous gray! (yep, extent of my photoshop skills--right here!)

Wearing:
*Black tshirt dress-BCBG
*Black leggings-Uniqlo
*Black/White scarf-Express
*Black heels-Nine West
*Silver vintage chain belt-Thrift Store

PS-Can't wait to get my hair trimmed next saturday--this humidity is killing me even more so than my overgrown layers.  I cannot even style it anymore!  HELP

Daily Wear:

Ever had one of those days?  By the time you're walking down the street you realize everything about your outfit is going to drive you crazy?

Welcome to my world!

As I made my way the 1/2 block from the front door to the subway entrance, discomfort had completely set in.  However, being 3 minutes late leaving my house (I have a very strict routine that puts me to work by 9am, throw it off and I throw off my life)means no time to go back and take care of issues.

Soooo.....

*I spent all day dealing with a dress that fits larger than it did last year at this time--so I was drowning in it, mostly in the sleeves. 

*I spent all day tugging up my leggings--they felt like slipping down around hip level everytime I took a step.  

*And, the worst of all, the slipping leggings, managed to aid in my skivvies contastly slipping too!  

Sorry maybe a little "TMI"--but yeah, all the slippage and the excess of dress--just not my day!

Wearing:

*Purple printed jersey dress-H&M

*Black leggings-Wet Seal

*Black boots-Anne Klein

*Brown wool scarf-homemade, by yours truly!

*White vintage flower brooch-Birthday Gift, 

   (from BFF and A-Man-Duh's 'rents)

Better luck tomorrow?

On another note, my asymmetrical cut is on it's way out...just FYI.  I'm done!  

I need a trim, but I'm over the upkeep of having one short side.  So wish me luck as I enter the long task of growing it out and getting back to symmetry.

(I've already got the picture in my hands--it's from the Sebastian Haircare ads, the one with Mickey Green.  I'm convinced for now, the shorter side can be worked into her messy 'do.  Plus I swear Steve--the stylist--is a magician!)

I think I'll go sometime next week.   Yep, that's the plan--get these little split ends outta here and let the growing begin!

Ok, back to the Yankees game--does anyone else get into this stuff?  We're about to freakin win the World Series!!!!!