Wednesday’s Ms. Green Jeans

After the craziness of what was South By Southwest, I’m back to publishing my Week’s Worth of Undies outfits…

While at TEDActive, wearing only what I found in Palm Springs thrift stores, a fellow attendee asked…

Is this your style or is this what you happened to find here?

Kinda both. We all know no matter where I am I’d dress colorfully, so I’d say 70% of what I ended up wearing could have been the same if I’d been home in Brooklyn. But it was the other 30% that really got me excited: pastel hues and floral prints I might not normally wear, tons of “leisure wear” (hello elastic waistbands and oversized casual blazers), and the mother load of tennis skirts! While I decided to forego anything short and pleated, I did work hard to integrate what I decided to call mature-lady-in-a-western-oasis authenticity into my outfits.

Nothing-New Insight #4
Embrace your inner child! Sometimes people tell me I look like I’m playing dress up, or that I remind them of their seven-year-old. I smile and say thank you. There’s lots of evidence to support the position that maintaing a childlike perspective is a key to creative thinking.

• red cowboy hat - $3 Palm Desert As Good As New
• floral blouse - $6 Moreno Valley Goodwill
• iridescent sequin tank - $5 Palm Desert Revivals
• magenta blazer - $6 Palm Desert Revivals
• green jeans - $8 Rancho Mirage Collector’s Corner
• brown riding boots - $10 Rancho Mirage Collector’s Corner
• TOTAL - $38

 

In Palm Springs, it all comes full circle. One of the best shops I found was called Collector’s Corner. It’s operated to raise money for the Eisenhower Medical Centers, of which the Betty Ford Clinic is a part. The shop is clean, well stocked, has some very fair deals, and is operated by extremely sweet, enthusiastic, tell-it-like-it-is volunteers.

Making new friends at Collector’s Corner. I can’t wait to return!

Because I think iridescent sequins deserve a close up of their own.

And look how fun iridescent sequins can be in the mood lighting of the TEDActive auditorium!