I'm sure many people are familiar with the famous Pinterest fail posts. I think they are hilarious because while Pinterest has many great ideas (Example A: this mason jar candle thing I made over Christmas break), some ideas are - for lack of a better word - worthless. Like, do people really believe that 30 jumping jacks, 10 crunches, and a 60 second plank a day for 30 days will give you a beach body? Please.
That is all beside the point. For those who know me, I hope you find this slightly humorous. For those who don't know me, I'm going to be frank with you - I am not a girly girl, although my cousin will tell you my style is called "rural-hipster-Alexa," whatever that means! I don't really mind dressing up, but Lord have mercy on the people around me if I were to actually get up early, do my hair, make-up AND dress up for consecutive days in a row. Really though, I think the biggest setback for me is the idea that I would have to get up earlier! However, 2015 has changed me.
Just kidding. But, I did come up with a great idea and I even had the ambition to try and follow Pinterest's ways of fashion for a week and here are the results!
Day 1
(Wednesday, January 7, 2015)
This is the outfit according to Pinterest.
This is my outfit.
I had to modify my outfit since I don't have the exact clothing (and by modify I mean I don't have any cardigans or flowery scarves, so good thing I can borrow my roommates clothes for this week), but I thought this went together nicely. Plus, I decided I really didn't mind this outfit, which says a lot - it was easy to move around in and I didn't feel claustrophobic because of layers!!!
Day 2
Alright, so here's my selfie - it was a glasses kind of day!
Also, Pinterest is turning me into a diva ... Just kidding. But in all seriousness, I am actually not a huge fan of this outfit. I felt like a chunky monkey!!! I've never layered a denim shirt and a sweater, and I don't know if I will do that again - it just felt like a lot stuff was on my body and it made me feel really warm when I was sitting in class today!
Day 3
So this is the Pinterest outfit on the top left, my now daily selfie on the top right, the full deal on the bottom left, and a little artsy pic on the bottom right. I feel like I should be posting all of my pictures on Instagram!
Day 4
It's Saturday aka my lazy day, and apparently even lazy days are planned out on Pinterest too!!! So don't mind me rocking my hipster world map watch and blue coffee mug all day - I'll probably even take it out to breakfast with me because I would hate to use a restaurants mug and when I go to Target I'll look exceptionally cute walking around with my own mug ... like, what?
However, I did go out shopping and to eat later that day, so I tried something I have never done before - two patterns. Not going to lie, wearing another pattern with plaid completely freaks me out!!! I am glad I tried it though because it's something I probably would wear again - it's super comfy and very casual and I am all about comfy and casual!!!
Day 5
Okay, so I found out today that I look really funny in a cutoff jean jacket. In theory and in Pinterest pictures, it looks great ... BUT ... it just wasn't working out for me!!! So, I just wore my normal denim jacket!
And the bracelets looked nice, BUT I DON'T OWN ANY (and apparently neither do my roommates so, no bracelets)! Also, I just don't like things on my wrist because I write a lot and I'm at my computer a lot for all my classes and the darn things make noise and get in my way! I wore my favorite (and only!) watch though! I also am realizing I am a huge fan of the big "statement" necklaces as the fashion world likes to call them, so I wore that instead of the little one in the Pinterest picture!
Day 6
Today was a Monday and I saw this big soft sweater (left) and thought, "I will do whatever it takes to imitate this outfit." And I did. It was an incredibly comfortable outfit so, no worries, I will continue to borrow my roommate's sweater ... and my other roommate's shirt ... and another roommate's headband.
I would also like to point out maybe the obvious, but nonetheless, it should be stated. There are many hairstyles that Pinterest claims are "lazy day" hairstyles. I am here to tell you that anything you have to try to do to your hair, it is in fact not lazy. Lazy hair days are the picture below. I woke up in the morning with a psychotic curly mess, took a hair tie and wrapped it twice around my hair, put in head band in and 30 seconds later I was out the door.
Day 7
(Tuesday, January 13, 2015)
Today is my last day of Pinterest outfits!!!
I definitely had to shift this outfit a little to make it work in my favor, but I feel very proud of my creative self and how it turned out. None of my roommates had a tribal sweater and neither did I, but I did find this big striped sweater among our six closets! I'm still trying to understand why someone would wear a feather necklace when they are also wearing a scarf, so needless to say I didn't do that. I do, however, have feather-like earrings and I threw that in with the outfit! Then, I have the boots, which are my absolute favorite shoes right now - they are from Target (see my previous post!) - and I can wear them with just about anything.
In conclusion, I would like to point out a few things.
1) I have NO idea where Pinterest gets their winter fashion boards, but believe me, those girls DO NOT live in the Midwest Tundra because NO ONE wears a maxi skirt and only a cardigan as a coat when there is snow on the ground.
2) I don't do crop tops, but Pinterest does. All the dang time in fact. Like, what?
3) I love sweaters. They are big and warm and fuzzy and are meant to keep you from dying in the winter weather. I understand that it's cute to have a heart cut out in your sweater BUT THAT IS THE MOST UNREALISTIC THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A SWEATER. Your back will get cold.
4) There was a Buzzfeed article on Pinterest and it tried to show me 20 Things I Must (as a college girl) Own. Well, see more than half those items are owned by 90% of America. And also, I will graduate college without a Power Suit.
20 Items Every College Girl Should Own
5) Some ideas that Pinterest has are just WEIRD! Example A ....
Lets all be real for a hot second .... The above picture is not a real thing. And honestly, it's not even so much the outfit that just gets to me, it's the thought process of the caption below the picture!
And also, I don't mind bracelets but no one wears ten million of them and if they do, I don't understand them. The whole world doesn't need to know every time I turn the page in a book because I'm wearing these clanky things on my wrist!
P.S. I would not have been able to make this week work if I didn't have five other roommates closets to choose from, along with my own. Now, I think I am going to be wearing my pajamas to school for the rest of the semester. Actually, probably not because in all honesty, I did like some of the outfits I chose but there are definitely other outfits on Pinterest that you couldn't pay me to wear!
-Courage, dear heart. C.S. Lewis
Lexi