What I’m Wearing…
* Wide leg, high waist Lee Jeans ( also seen here and here ) – also, THESE ARE SO CUTE I kinda want to buy them 😊 – I added more similar and cute styles (in various price ranges) in the shopping widgets below
* Old striped boatneck sweatshirt I’ve had for probably 20 years now… I have one with orange and pink stripes as well. I don’t wear them often but I can never seem to part with them either – I don’t think I’ve ever worn it on the blog 🤔 (similar styles and vibes in the shopping widget)
* Vintage military jacket – most similar to this very expensive version by LoveShackFancy but not quite as long – THIS ONE is a little more BOLD, but under $100 (see a roundup of some of my favorite outfits with this jacket here) I still adore this coat I bought at the Melrose Flea market in the late ’90s – a classic style you can keep forever if it’s good quality
* PUMA Palermo sneakers ( also seen here ) – I bought these because I wanted the look of the adidas but was tired of seeing the adidas Samba everywhere, and I already had other adidas in similar styles but different colors and because I liked them a little better 😉
* Coach heart shaped bag – seen here a few years ago when I gave one away on Instagram – they have a cute one with a cherry print on sale right now!
* Oversized square 70s sunglasses
* Title: LOVE BOMB by M A E G A N (this is my own song 😊 I released last month – find it and others on Spotify and other streaming platforms by searching M A E G A N – you have to spell it out, but Alexa will play it too!) I’m working on a new one now, which is technically my 8th song (one a month since October 2024), but I’ve only released two via distributor on streaming since I was still learning with the prior songs… I mean, I’m still a newbie/amateur, but making music, writing lyrics and melodies and singing, and engineering/producing is insanely fun and has been cathartic for me as well. I haven’t shared much publicly (only on my Substack) because I never feel like I’m quite good enough, but I’m still learning and getting better with each song. You can find all my songs, even the ones I haven’t released to stream here.
Lovecats, I wore this back in February, BEFORE Valentine’s Day, THUS, the red heart bag 😍 because February is the BEST time to carry a red heart bag, EVEN when it does create a festive red, white and blue outfit that is far too layered for the 4th of July. I wore this a week before the Super Bowl and had every intention of posting it the Tuesday after the Super Bowl but I didn’t want to look like I was ripping off Kendrick Lamar’s half-time fit, which was, spectacular, even remembering it now. And somehow, the combination of that, along with whatever emotional upheaval I was living through at the time, created yet another pause in my consistency here, which absolutely drives me insane. Much like my kitchen post last week, there was something about February which halted my forward motion… here anyway (even though those photos of me were new/taken two days before the post went live). I did keep my commitment to my music and my Substack – PS, I’m writing a book over there, releasing one chapter a week – free for a week before locking for paying subscribers only!), but for some reason, this space is the first to go when I go into hermit mode. Maybe it has something to do with being “seen” (which I’m working on, among other things) and my identity, which has admittedly been MIA, though right under my nose at the very same time. Life is strange like that I guess, but sometimes getting dressed and taking photos of yourself seems ridiculous during those times. And then somehow, the clouds lift, the sky clears and the sun shines and you feel like you again… or even better, a new version of you, the one you’ve been working towards and searching for and unraveling and stitching back together. And finally you feel safe to be seen again, to share yourself again and you recommit to things that have been collecting dust and you start new things that you’ve been procrastinating and hiding from due to fear and whatever else might be holding you back. And you feel alive again and hopeful that this time it’ll last longer than 6 months. It also aligns with my very own “blue period” which begins every year on or around March and ends somewhere in the middle of May. I thought I’d somehow escape it this year, but I think this may have been the darkest and most challenging one yet… but also the one that might launch me into my next most incredibly beautiful chapter of my life – and THAT would mean that it was all worth it. 🌞
Happy Tuesday Lovecats!
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