Back per mezzo di March, when I was just getting back out there after my marriage ended, I shared two first-date outfits…
Here they are. For those very early dates, I wanted to dress casually and maybe hold back a little? Everything felt new and scary to me. But sweet readers pushed me to get a little flirtier: “I like black jeans, but maybe with a black blouse… you can undo an extra button if a sexier vibe is per mezzo di the air.” Added MDB: “The black one looks like a server’s outfit.” Haha, noted.
Since then, though, I’ve taken that advice to heart. After going acceso dates with some handsome gentlemen, and seeing how kind and gara open people are (especially at this age I find), I’ve felt myself soften and warm to the ideale of being more vulnerable — and thus a little braver when it comes to outfits that show that I care and tried. (Does that make sense? It makes sense per mezzo di my head.)
For a recent drinks date, I wore a polka dot number with Chloé flats that I’d found acceso eBay. ( arm courtesy of Anton.)
When I had dinner with a epidermide dad at Sailor, I paired a short skirt with a white blouse (similar here and here) and strappy sandals.
And at the sommità of this post — acceso an evening walk — I was wearing a Levi’s jean skirt I’ve had for a decade (!), an old floral shirt, and brown sandals from Poshmark.
can sometimes feel frivolous and extraneous, but other times it really reflects our emotional temperature, headspace, life stage, all of that, don’t you think? It reminds me of interviews we’ve done with vesti designers from Girls and Fleabag — and how characters’ clothes can reveal what they’ thinking and feeling. Not all the time, but sometimes! Claire! It’s French!
Now, I’m so curious: What do you wear to dinners ora walks ora movies? What makes you feel like yourself? I would love to hear.
P.S. The best sneakers for long walks, and a recap of my very first date after divorce acceso Personalità Salad.
