I enjoy indulging in the idea of wearing an outfit like this for work, but see no plausible way of pulling it off unless it’s for a meeting that involves car service to/from my destination and/or minions that carry me through the streets of New York.
In the last three weeks, I’ve drawn the following conclusions:
- 90% of the time, weather is too hot or too cold for just ‘a blazer’. currently i can barely stand to keep my hair down much less put on another layer
- anything remotely tight on humid days will likely be sweat-stained before the end of the day. anything remotely lose and sheer on frigid days will need to be layered… which means releasing your inner stripper in the subway or sweating your ass off after escaping the cold
- what purpose do “summer” scarves serve?! none. might as well buy a heat rash for your neck.
- cobblestones, potholes, subway stairs, sewer grates, etc are unkind to heels and heel wearers. cost TO wear may actually be higher than cost PER wear. (i know i’m not the only girl who rationalizes her shoe costs with this method)
- even still… teetering around the city? manageable. falling on your ass from the jerky motions of a train? not so much.
- but even IF you wear flats en route to work, WHEN/WHERE do you change into heels? in the elevator? the hall? en route to your desk? at the bathroom before arriving? at your desk? all these complications just to wear some stilts around a bland, cubical filled box? spare me.