Inspired By: Something in the Rain

Something in the Rain is one my top three favorite kdramas. It was So Good…but SO PAINFUL. The main couple, Jun Hui, played by my favorite actor Jung Hae In, and Jin-a, played by the lovely Son Ye-Jin, from Crash Landing on You (my TOP favorite kdrama), was BEYOND STAR-CROSSED. And by that I mean SHE WAS A MESS and constantly put herself and their relationship at risk. He was like the Best Boyfriend EVER and she just kept f*cking up. It was painful to watch.

It was a show that didn’t just have me on the edge of my seat, I literally had to get up and stand directly in front of the tv…the last few episodes I had to keep pausing it just to…make myself breathe again and let my heart rate return to normal.

But as horrendous of a girlfriend as she was, she always looked GREAT (how’s that for a segue?!).

I’m currently re-watching the show (#gluttonforpunishment) and I thought I’d share some of my favorite looks of hers (and his!), and why I think they’re so good.

Overall, the Jin-a character was stylish but not over the top. She always looked like a regular person, not a fashion plate wanna-be, and I can appreciate that. Real Style RULES!

She wore mostly basics with a little extra sumthn sumthn. Plain jeans with feminine, tailored blouses, blazers…and an enviable selection of coats…and some great bags. She had a way of taking something feminine or “fancy” and “casualing it down” so it was everyday appropriate.

One of my favorites was this lacy white blouse with a high neck. It’s classic but modern, demure but not old ladyish. It can be worn on it’s own, as she did, with a front tuck, but would also be lovely under a blazer or crew neck sweater with just that little bit of lace collar peeking out at the top.

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One thing I really liked was that the character did repeat items and outfits, incorporating different ways to style a single item. There was this interesting dress that she wore several times…as a dress, layered over jeans, and I think once as like a coat. Now I think about it, maybe it was a coat! Ha. It reads in action as a dress so I think it could go in either direction. I love a versatile item!

Then there was a scene where she joined his friends in a game of…it was like soccer/volleyball, ha. Soccer but you had to get the ball over a net without touching it with your hands. Anyway, *I* was floored by her layering! A chambray button-down unbuttoned OVER a plaid flannel button-down OVER a white tee! Major layering goals right there! Me, the queen of layering, has never ventured putting a button-down over another button-down!

I really admired the way she wore blazers so casually. This is a skill(?) I hope to have one day. Seems so easy right? Just put This Item over That Item and go out in the world. But it always feels a little “more than just casual” to me. And I am all about casual. But I love the LOOK of a blazer. I’ll keep trying.

Two very basic looks: white button-down with jeans and black turtleneck with jeans…but the blazers elevate the looks just a bit, while still keeping a casual, unstudied look. These blazers, in particular, lend themselves to this sort of easy look. The off-white one on the left looks like maybe a linen blend (telltale wrinkles), which is a supple enough material that the sleeves can be pushed up, giving it a more casual look. The blazer on the right is more oversized with the look of a men’s blazer. The cuffed-up sleeves un-formalizes the blazer. AND. That orange lining? Brilliant.

She wore some great coats. I was never a big coat person until recently and now I want All the Coats in All the Colors! But I’m going to start with the two trench coats she wore throughout the series. These are more examples of a very understated trench – I know I’ve rambled here before about my obsession with PLAIN TRENCH COATS.

The one on the left is shorter and more casual – a conservative, traditional style in a boxy, more mannish shape. Perfect for over jeans, sweats, or a suit. The one on the right is more “dress appropriate” with the longer length and the more graceful, drapey fit. Little differences in essentially the same item create a very different feel.

I think my next winter coat might be plaid. I think plaid works beautifully as a neutral, as from a distance you don’t necessarily pick up all the little lines and boxes in the pattern, but it all sort of reads as one color between colors. I talk a lot about liking those “off” colors, that are sort of between two others colors. Like how taupe is somewhere between grey and brown; a little gentler than both of them, yet can be used in place of either of them.

Look how versatile her plaid coat here is. It plays as nicely with her navy skirt as it does with his light seafoamy coat, his deep hunter green crewneck sweater, or even his blue jeans.

Speaking of which, I die a little every time I see this scene with him in these greens – they’re so beautiful together! Plus, the cuff detail, with the dark sweater sleeve coming out a couple inches underneath the lighter-colored coat sleeve. Beautiful.

She had a lot of beautiful bags, but they were expensive $$$ designer bags, and while lovely, they’re not all that inspirational to me. But I loved this one slouchy color-blocked canvas tote she carried in several scenes (in the lefthand trench coat picture above). How fun is that?!

I’ll finish up with this very charming outfit from the final scene of the series (back in the rain). The character Jin-a is wearing a lovely, feminine, sheer dress with a vintage feel…over a pair of cropped blue jeans and Keds-like yellow sneakers. The juxtaposition of the feminine demure dress with the tomboyish jeans and sneakers is…chef’s kiss!

These are just some of my favorite looks from the series. What was your favorite? She definitely has that “feminine but casual” thing down!

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