Hello all, here's a what-I-wore-this-week post.

Although I own, and wear, very many black wardrobe items, I have resisted wearing unrelieved black unless it is mandated for a choir performance. All black with no colour, pattern, or contrast, just feels too "goth" for me.

However: the college+community choir I recently joined has a concert on Oct. 31 for All Souls/All Saints/Day of the Dead. I won't be singing in it after all, because our region has gone into a circuit breaker due to increasing number of cases. Nevertheless, I realized---if there is a season when it is appropriate to dress like a goth, it's now or never!

I set myself a week of only black items. Here's what I have done so far:

1.(2 pics): cotton blend crewneck sweater, bootcut pants, high vamped loafers; worn with trench coat. I wore my hair down, with side part and single black beaded barette.

2. (2 pics) Weather is getting colder. Wool cowlneck sweater, cuffed culottes, menswear style oxfords. Hair in a high pony with scrunchie. For outdoors, black blazer and beret.

3. Rain threatened, and had appointment for my COVID booster (yay). Short sleeved peplum top, long straight poly-blend skirt, platform maryjanes. Hair up in a French twist with a leather clip. Trench for outside.

4. For a non-clinical day (no white coat needed): It keeps getting colder. Merino sweater, slim straight Ponte pants, long gilet, cap-toe slingbacks. I cheated and wore my taupe trench coat which was long enough to cover the gilet. Hair in a half-up pony with leather bow pin.

5. Feeling Audrey today. Cashmere rollneck tunic, crop skinny jeans (knit), ballet flats. Hair in a low pony with clips.

Observations:

I got zero feedback or comments, I don't think anyone even noticed. What I did get, was more comments on my hair. 

Fortunately it has still been mild enough to go sockless, so there was some bare ankle skin for contrast. I don't think this would have worked as well with black socks in the mix.

When I reviewed the items (some I have had for a very long time), most of the clothing was bought new whereas most of the footwear was thrifted, which is the reverse of my usual.

Hairstyle turns out to be an important part of my outfit. I tend to use hairstyle and footwear to pull the outfit in a more androgynous direction: so hair down with pants, hair up with a skirt.

Thanks for reading!