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Rajka Hayden: Welcome to the Dress Up Mom.
Hello, my friends.
It's the start of what I think is going to be a great new week.
I have a lot of fun things planned for this week.
Let me show you what I pick out to wear.
Tonight, I'm wearing this very fun silk duster that I picked up at ReLove in San Francisco.
I love it.
I feel very 70s, Stevie Nicks.
It's got this fringe on the colors.
I like it because it's colorful, but still a little subdued.
I'm wearing that with plain things underneath.
This Kit and Ace top, my Tanner belt.
These are Levi's that I got in Dublin at a resale shop.
I frayed them myself.
And, of course, the Briar clogs from San Francisco that just bring it all together, and I think
have just the right feel that I'm looking for tonight.
This is my Ecuadorian rainbow jacket that I picked up resale from ReLove in San Francisco.
I think it brightens up any day, and I really love wearing it.
It's the perfect weight for here in Southern California as it starts to get a little bit
colder.
I have it with these pants.
These are Saint John knit pants that I've shortened a little bit to make it a little
bit less dressy, but I feel like a little gaucho-y in this.
Also, with the boots, these are Fry boots that I picked up resale from Flashbacks in
Encinitas.
I've had them for many years.
Buying boots resale, especially Fry and brands that last for a long time and aren't super
trendy, is a great way to go.
So, off and running in this today.
Today, I am adding a little bit of sparkle to my work outfit.
This is a little sparkly shell that is part of a two-piece suit that I have.
It comes with a skirt as well as a shell.
You can wear it, and have it look like a dress, or you can wear them as separates, which I'm
doing it today.
I picked it up at Bad Madge and Company here in San Diego, one of my favorite places.
Then, I have my magic turtleneck under it.
This turtleneck is from Kit and Ace.
It's just the perfect weight for layering, for this time of year especially.
It seems to this color, this slate gray, seems to go with everything.
I can pair it with everything.
You can see for work today, by putting this turtleneck under this sparkly shell, it really
makes this not be as dressy as it could be, and I think gives it just the right feel.
Then, these pants.
These pants are Chanel vintage trousers.
Look at the little pockets in the back.
They're just the perfect kind of slouchy fit for right now.
I had the length of them altered a little bit.
I bought these at ReLove in San Francisco, and they feel terrific on and are just the
perfect basic pant.
I'm so happy to have them.
Then, finally, these are Stuart Weisman little slides, all leather, that I picked up at a
thrift shop for something like $12.
Really feeling good in this outfit today.
Get to wear jeans to work day.
Today, I do have a pair of my favorite jeans on.
These are Mother denim, Mother jeans.
I love the cut of them.
They're a little bit 70s, and the wash of them is perfect.
They fit really well.
They're a really nice denim that stretches, but isn't too thin.
I've had these, I paid quite a bit for them when they first came out, and it's been about
seven years that I've had them.
Now, the cost per wear, honestly, is something like about one penny.
I've worn the heck of out them.
I love them.
They're still in great shape.
I do think indulging and spending a little bit on a pair of jeans that you love—I have
other ones that I haven't spent a lot of money on, but ones that you love might be a good
thing to do.
I have them with, this is my Serbian blouse.
It's actually from Serbia.
Quite old.
Very vintage.
I had it changed up a little bit, but it feels peasanty and fun.
Then, this is a very special vest that I have.
This is an old vintage Irish sweater.
It's that beautiful Irish knit.
It had these long sleeves.
It was my husband's grandmother's.
I inherited it when she passed, and the sleeves were way too short.
I cut it off into this cute little vest, and I just love wearing it.
It's very cozy.
To top the whole thing off and give it that even more boho feel that I'm looking for,
I have my lovely Sven clogs that I've had also for many, many years.
That's it.
Today, I am going to a luncheon downtown, and I am busting out a couple of my very favorite
resale pieces for that.
The first is this jacket.
It's an Oscar De La Renta vintage jacket that has pants that are matching that go with it.
I wear it together, but I often wear them as separates.
I do wear it year-round, but I love wearing it around the holidays, because it reminds
me a little bit of Christmas wrapping paper, the way that it is, that foil feel to it.
I'll be wearing that with these pants that I bought resale from the Hospice Resale.
Then, these are little red Oxfords that I've had for a very long time, and just a little
Kit and Ace shell to tie it all together, add a little bit of pop of color.
On pants, I haven't asked recently about pant length and what the current pant length is
or are, and I'm telling you, I couldn't be happier with the variety of pant lengths and
how everything goes now.
As a tall woman, I'm about 5'10", I've often had a lot of trouble finding pants long
enough when they had to be to the ground.
I love this new cropped look on the pants, particularly since I am tall.
I can wear them.
I have long legs.
It doesn't cut off my legs too much.
When I first hemmed these pants, and you might have seen them in some other videos, they
were a little bit too short.
I made them a little bit longer.
For the dressier pants like this, I like to wear them mid—right where your ankle is
the thinnest.
For me, that's halfway to my tattoo right there.
I have jeans that I have cut even shorter that go up to the top of my tattoo, particularly
if I'm going to wear any kind of ankle boot.
You want some space between the ankle boot and the pant.
That is it, my friends, for this time.
I would love to know your comments about the outfits, what particularly liked, or if there
was something you didn't care for.
I love learning from you that way.
Thank you so much for watching.
I really appreciate it, and until next time, dress it up a little.
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