Sunday I spent the day resting/recovering, as Saturday night was my sister's bachelorette party. Even though I didn't drink much, we all ran around downtown until 2 am and then spent another hour in the hotel room talking!

As such, I reached for a comfort shirt: this light weave polka dot top always makes me smile. I usually wear it with skirts, because it's very long, or shorts in the height of summer, but on Sunday I wanted to wear trousers. To make the light colours more seasonally appropriate, I paired it with my burgundy skinnies. But the length of the shirt emphasised my long torso, so I wanted to somehow visually cut a line. It was too warm for a cardigan or jacket, and I didn't feel like a belt, but then I remembered this vest. It's grey with burgundy pinstripes, a knit so quite comfy, and doesn't add much heat. That seemed like a lot of detail going on up top, so I didn't add a brooch, and instead just put on my mother's garnet ring to pick up the burgundy in the skinnies (she gave it to me two Christmases ago because she never wears it and I've admired it since I was a child) and my gold bracelet (actually my name/id bracelet from when I was a baby) to match. For walking, I added my grey oxfords to stick with the menswear theme & echo the grey in the vest.

I thrifted it, and another vest, last year thinking they'd be the perfect solution to hot weather dressing, as they'd add interest without a lot of warmth. But then I figured out a different hot weather formula, and the vests rather fell by the wayside. I'm not completely sure that vests are flattering on me, and whether I should close them or leave them open (in this case I left it open because skinnies are so fitted I usually waist surrender to balance things out), and whether they end up looking too costume-y. What do you all think?

As always, all suggestions and comments are welcome!