My Favorite Striper! (That’s Just the One P)

voltee ♦ November 18, 2010 ♦ 3 Comments

Item: Shirt Color/Fabric: Black/white, Polester/rayon Designer: Poleci Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 4
I love stripes. They just make me smile. Stripes are such an orderly and harmonious pattern. The absolute best use of stripes is on a baby. Stripes on a baby is my weakness.
Another weakness would be this sweet striped skirt.
Doesn’t Trixie look so very fetching in it? Or, if you’re hip, so very fetch?
I remember buying this skirt. It was my very first trip to Soho. What a magical, expensive wonderland! We found it entirely by accident, just sort of meandering around the city. That’s my favorite activity to do in New York City, meandering. I recommend that you give it a shot the next time you are there.
So here we are, meandering around Soho, sneaking admiring glances at the beautiful, stylish people meandering around us with shopping bags snuggled in the crook of their elbows. And also peering lustfully into every store window and picking my battles carefully. I know my husband, and I know the limits of his patience, especially in regards to shopping, so I know that I have about an hour, tops.
Eventually, I found myself at a sale in Anthropologie, and this little striper found its way into my life.
I remember wearing this on two separate occasions, but I’m sure I’ve worn it even more than that.
The first time was to work at Next Boutique. I don’t know what I was thinking, in hindsight. Next is very much about, well, what’s next. Fashion forward. Not so much about retro or vintage style. This was a day I remember very clearly, because it’s when Tiffany, one of the most stylish women I know, told me that I pulled off “the vintage thing” pretty well. I think that’s about the only thing she’s ever said about my style, and it made me very happy. It may not sound all that much like a compliment, but I’m sure that it was.
Pretty sure.
The next time I wore this was to the “Oliver Project” fundraiser at the Center. I wore it with a black sweater and black tights and truly vintage black heels with tiny little ribbons on the back. I was pretty fetch.
It was a lovely fundraiser, raising money to help fight hunger in the world’s children. I enjoyed the show, Oliver, also. I feel like I went to see this particular production at least three times. I don’t think I have ever seen a show that many times. The main reason was that Nate was in it. And it was the first time I got to sit back and watch him perform. He was adorable, singing and dancing and leaping his heart out.
It was astonishing to me when Nate said he was going to audition for this show. Because I was not auditioning, and I couldn’t believe that this was something that he wanted to do on his own. He had been in his first show ever, Chicago, just a few months earlier, because I dragged him into it. And here he was, actively pursuing theatre without me! It made me very proud.
I’m so glad that we can live in this wacky theatre world together now. It since we started being involved in shows that this has really become a home for us. And I love it.
A few things I love about this skirt are that it’s crazy soft, and it drapes so elegantly. The problem with it is that since it is one of those super soft fabrics, it’s started to pill on me. Mostly on the bum. A pill covered bum is never a good thing. I think I could maybe remove them, but I haven’t gotten around to that yet. Does anyone know how I can do this?

**I think I will wear this a few more times, at least until the pills are unstoppable.