This post is actually a mash-up of a couple different topics. Bear with me.

Dressing in crisp colors to look cool

Do I look cool? You be the judge. Do I feel cool?? Rarely. But do blue and white look crisp and cool?? YES.

I think blue and white is “crisp” personified. Well, that and cotton sheets. And celery. But we’re talking fashion. You get the point.

It’s a little bit of “fake it til you make it.” Or at least til you can get back in the air-conditioned car.

Interim clothing

Two summers ago I was jonesing for a white dress. I looked high and low, bought dresses from, literally, all over the world. None was quite right. But I Wanted A White Dress (insert nasally whiny voice here)! So when I found this reasonably-priced, decently-fitting white dress from Avenue, I went for it. I knew then it wasn’t going to be my “forever” white dress, but it would do for the time being, til Ms. White came along.

Not feeling like yourself

Each time I wear this, it feels less and less like “me” to me. It feels a little like “trying too hard to look sort of fancy.” I’m not “fancy.” If I want my look to be a little more “elevated,” I prefer wearing simple clothing items in nicer fabrics.

Me: The Art Director

I HATE not feeling like “me” (for better or worse, ha ha). I’ve spent a lot of years figuring out what feels right to me, and while sometimes something shiny (or white) and new might catch my eye, I need to keep remembering the lessons of my past and stick with what I know what works for me. Someday “what works for me” may change – it certainly has, many times over…but for now I feel like I got it.

These were GIANT turtles, probably almost 3′ from nose to tail

Do you feel like you have a wide or narrow range of what feels like “you” to you?

What I’m wearing

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Binney Park, Old Greenwich, CT