A. said this was a very 90's outfit. It was even more so later in the evening when I swapped out my Campers for some patent leather wedge heels worn with white ankle socks. You can get a glimpse of that here (and can I just say that those shoes were miserable after a half hour of dancing). This very purple dress is from Topshop. Of all the purples in the world, this shade is probably my least favorite, so it's something of a mystery why I bought this dress in the first place. But there you go, this is the dress that opened the floodgates to all sorts of purple purchases.

I almost didn't take a picture of this outfit because I ended up hating it so much. This shirt started life out as a promotional giveaway from my work that they were throwing out (I do so hate to see T-shirts being thrown away). I used it for a project from my favorite T-shirt reconstruction book. Admittedly it now looks better than it did as an oversized mens L, but that's not saying much and I think I will be taking the scissors to it again before a second wearing.

I built today's outfit from the shoes up. I've been suffering from terrible lower back pain for the past few days and couldn't bear the thought of wearing anything that didn't have a lot of cushioning. I even seriously considered wearing jogging shoes to work today, but settled on these instead which worked admirably. The T-shirt was my great aunt's and looks like so many of her other capped sleeved, V-necked jerseys.

This tank is yet another one from the Urban Outfitters sale rack. I buy quite a lot of my T-shirts there because I can generally find cheap ones with interesting necklines. My Mom is always saying that crew necks make her face look terrible, and this is slowly happening to me too as I get older. I just rediscovered these jeans in a box today, they are from, where else, The Gap. The label says pencil cut (???) and as I recall I was pretty desperate to get a new pair of jeans when I bought them, because they don't really fit that well. The hips and back fit great, but the waist is too big and thus falls around my hips making them unintentionally low rise. The effect of this is a very saggy backside that is not at all flattering. I was once told by a gentleman friend that it was cute the way none of my clothes fit me - I am sure he was referring to these pants.

My little orange jump suit. It's looking very wrinkled here because, not only did I take it out a box this morning, but proceeded to take a long nap in it before snapping this shot. I got this at Value Village in Olympia.

This is my 4th of July outfit. I just couldn't bring myself to wear red, white and blue, though I do acknowledge the sartorial possibilities in that particular colour combo. I saw at least one well dressed lady sporting her national colours. This sweater is from the sale table at Zara (the Zara in Belfast always seems to have a sale table of cheap sweaters no matter the season).

My friend and former coworker R. gave me this T-shirt. I'm not sure if he still plays with these guys, but he is generally up to some sort of rock'n'roll high jinx. [I have since heard that Sky Saxon died last month, so I guess that means R. is not playing with them anymore]

My friend S. took this picture at the end of a long day of running around town. I didn't even stop to comb my hair before taking this picture. The tank top (or perhaps I should call it a vest since I purchased it in the U.K.) is Matthew Williamson for Debenhams. The jeans are from The Gap.

I wore this stripy shirt a lot with my old synth pop band and there is a tiny battery acid stain on the right hip. For the longest time I could not figure out why so many of my shirts had similar stains in the same spot. Until one day I noticed that my keyboard was oozing a gnarly rust coloured liquid. I haven't yet found a way to get them out, but given that most of them are small and on the back of the garment, it's not too noticeable. The shorts are from Libertine's Target collection. I don't know much about Libertine, but I've liked the small amount of their stuff I have seen. I seem to remember that there was a darker pair of shorts in this collection with a clipper ship stencil on them which was the pair I really wanted to get. I ended up with these bat ones instead. I don't think you can properly see it here, but I'm actually wearing the striped ribbon belt that came with the shorts. I think this is the only time I've ever done this - the belt really doesn't do much for the shorts, but I do so love my clashing stripes.