Dress- F21
Tights- H&M
Cardidgan- F21
Belt- Old Navy
Bag- UO
Shoes- Target
So... I've decided to do outfit posts every now and then. The main reason is that I desperately want to be comfortable in my own skin, and I think this will help. I eat super healthy and I exercise, and yet I am perpetually about 15 pounds overweight... so I think I need to just get used to what I see in the mirror and learn to love it. I think that posting outfit photos, and putting myself out there will help me to do that. Also, I think there's a serious shortage of short and pudgy girls posting outfit photos, so I want to help fill that void :)
A couple things you should know about me:
1. As you can tell by the fact that I placed a red oval over my face, I also have some insecurities in that area as well. I'm hoping these posts will help me overcome this hurdle too.
2. I don't have designer clothes, so what you should expect here are "how to look not-half-bad wearing cheap clothes from Old Navy and Forever 21 while being short and pudgy" posts ;-D
3. Unlike most girls, I don't have a huge collection of shoes or purses.. my weakness is coats, so expect lots of those when fall and winter roll around. The foot and bag area will look pretty much the same in every single post. (Especially the bag. I don't change it. Ever.)
4. While I don't want people leaving comments saying I'm fat (seriously, that will be just plain mean) I also don't want people trying to be nice and saying I'm not pudgy. I know I am, so let's leave it at that, shall we?
5. I do not get out often, so my room will be the backdrop 99.9% of the time.
6. If you can't tell already, these will probably be really boring posts (I don't have many shoes or bags, I don't get out often, I don't wear vintage or designer clothes.. blah blah blah...) but just bear with me :-)
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17 comments:
First:
YOU HAVE THE BEST STYLE EVER! Not even joking. Seriously. I just want all your clothes/your style. (And BTW, being able to put together amazing outfits from Old Navy & Forever21 actually takes great talent...instead of just wearing designer clothes!)
Second: I AM SO WITH YOU ON COATS. Most people have a single coat they wear with different dresses. I pretty much have a dress I wear with different coats! ;-D (Okay, I actually have a shift/summer dress obsession too...but you know! ;-D)
Third: You are completely beautiful and should take that red oval off your face post-haste! (That sorta rhymes! ;-D). I'm not just "trying to be nice" either. You really ARE completely beautiful.
Fourth: You completely inspire me. Seriously. I always want to be cooler/go out and do something awesome everytime I talk to you/read something you write.
Fifth: I don't know what else to say. You're just stupendously amazingly cool.
^I was going to do firsts, seconds and thirds like Millie, but never mind...I'll jumble it all up!
Oh em gee! I am completely in love with your style! I LOVE your tights! I'm also highly loving your bag! Then, the dress, the cardigan...everything! I wish I had that much style!
I love this: "I don't have super-cute vintage clothes like a lot of bloggers, nor do I have designer clothes, so what you should expect here are "how to look not-half-bad wearing cheap clothes from Old Navy and Forever 21 while being short and pudgy" post"
Sounds just like me...except I haven't managed the looking not-half-bad yet! ;D
Finally, and I'm honestly not meaning this in the "nice" (or, rather, insulting) way that people say someone's "absolutely beautiful!!" to try to make a person overcome their insecurities! It doesn't help, and frankly, it's silly as one word like that from someone isn't going to help anyone! So, here goes, when I saw your photo up there in the left hand corner, the first thing I thought was "...wish I was that good looking!" I also love your hair in the photo - it's too purty! :)
There, that's it. I think my essay is complete! ;D Please, please post many more of these - if only to save a poor wretch like myself from the horrific downward spiral of horrendous dressing! ;D
YAY Kate!!
I'm still trying to overcome my paranoid fear of the internet to do outfit posts. Sadly, I don't think it's happening any time soon. :(
I'm thrilled to see you starting them, though! Can't wait to see what's next!
I'm pretty sure I have that cardigan! Heehee! And I LOVE the dress. Are your shoes shiny bronze??
Millie is right (as always...sheesh) - you need to let us see your lovely face! Pretty please??
That's why I don't do outfit posts - too insecure.
You have a really cute style ! I love outfit posts so I'm very much looking forward to yours!
Also....I disagree with your assessment of yourself :)
Ohmygosh, I love your tights and your dress! Really cute!
^^^^^^^^^that, that, and all that.
I <3 the braiding on the bag & belt too! And if those flats are gold, then I have the exact same ones lol :)
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i'm super excited to see your plethora of coats. :D
I agree with everything Millie said. :-)
Also, at 29 looking back on my early 20s I have hardly any photos of myself because I lacked the body confidence to appear in them. I regret that now because I looked fine. It was just my crippling self consciousness that was preventing me from seeing this. Don't let that happen to you.
I love your dress, especially with that super cute belt!! I'm looking forward to more of these posts. :]
Wheee! Glad to see this. And I can't wait to see more. I don't have anything else to add really because everyone else said it already.
-Andi x
Squee!
1.) I love the whole outfit!
2.) We wear our hair alike.
3.) I don't have much vintage either cause mostly it's for the lucky waifish types.
4.) I admire that you can make Old Navy and Target look so good!
5.) I don't think you should be insecure since you're really quite marvelous!
I just found your blog today. I started from the new posts and worked my way back to this one.
I think its amazing how much you've changed in your pictures. When I first started gawking at how adorable your clothes and hair are I never would have guessed you had any insecurities.
You just seemed like a really nice down to earth woman who knew how fun she was and wanted to share her amazing outfits with others. Then I read this post and I thought, "Really? Her of all people would be insecure?!"
I have a lot of personal insecurities too but I'm always surprised when I see that others aren't super confident.
Anyway, I adore your blog and its motivated me to rummage through my closet and construct more adventurous outfits. Also, I recently decided to go back to my winter tradition of blunt bangs. I normally grow them out in summer and cut them around November but I didn't do it this year and I'm tired of my boring hair. Your posts have pushed me to make an appointment and get my hair cut.
I love your blog and I think I hope you are more confident now. You definitely seem to be. I hate it when people do this to me, and I'm hypocrite for doing it to you BUT I think you are super pretty and have NOTHING to be insecure about.
Thank you for the inspiring, funny and really adorable blog. I'm looking forward to exploring Scathingly Brilliant some more.
-Megan.
I just "liked" your blog on facebook too. :)
Megan, Thank you so much! This was absolutely the nicest message to wake up to, ever!
Hey there Kate!
I stumbled onto your blog about two month's ago while I was stalking the outfit posts on ModCloth.
Ever since, I have been an avid reader of your blog and I adore your outfit posts. I even recently added a link for posh frock friday to my blog: cakecorrespondence.blogspot.com
You are so pretty and extremely stylish. Though we have completely different body types (I'm a giant at 5'11 and built like a stick figure) I too have insecurities about my body. It just goes to show that no matter your size and shape, we are still people who find it hard to completely accept ourselves.
Despite our inherent lack of confidence, we should all encourage ourselves and others to be accepting of who we are and what we were given to work with.
Pretty please, don't ever stop blogging! Your blog is my favorite!
:)
Take Care,
Aimee Cakes
Hi Kate,
I too have just been looking back through your blog for the first time. You should be so proud of yourself - you were always a beautiful woman, but now you seem so much more confident, and you've managed to stick to your weight loss goal, something most of us don't have the strength to do.
You've come so far in less than a year! I think you are simply amazing, and an inspiration. You give me hope that I can love myself and make my life good despite my self-doubt. Plus, you've given me awesome new hairdo ideas!
Keep being you, and keep blogging, you do more good to young women than anything else in the public eye and that's something to be proud of :)
Blogs that mainly post about designer clothing and designers are overhyped and boring at times. I think a great deal of fashion stems from creativity and self expression obviously you have a great deal of both. I shop at ALOT of thrift stores, sew, and whenever I do shop at clothing store I go to the sale rack first.....I'm a struggling student and cannot afford high priced clothing and quite frankly I love my style and wouldn't change much about it!
Haha, that description fits to me in so many ways! xD
I know this is a rather old post of yours, but I like going through the archives of blogs I just found, and I just had to comment this, as I can totally relate to it :)
My friend and I also want to include more outfits pictures on our blog, but I'm not totally sure about it yet, so we'll see how it goes.
Hailey from http://squidsquads.blogspot.com
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