What are you supposed to wear on a Saturday night anymore?

Four ideas though if I'm honest, I don't know either!

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MY ENTIRE WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE A STRONG URGE TO WEAR BROWN TAPERED PANTS WITH EFFECTIVELY EVERYTHING HAS ALL BUT SWALLOWED ME WHOLE. Brown is a different ballgame, one that it seems only Miuccia Prada has figured out tastefully but, idk man, a tide is turning and the tide looks like poop. I’m looking for a good pair on The Real Real right now. These are a solid contender. But then also, look at these. On an unrelated note, can you help me find a pair of boots that look like these but aren’t these? The fashions are changing in real-time!

Meanwhile, Saturday night. It’s coming! What do you wear to go out these days? Do you go out? I had a realization like a week ago that I can’t really use the pandemic as a stopgap between me and ~the pursuit of my dreams~ anymore because technically speaking, I can go anywhere and do anything, and yet somehow my life is still contained to not even like a 3-block radius but actually like a 25-footstep radius: from kitchen to bedroom to kids room, repeat.

One of the more superficial ways that non-pursuit-of-dream-i-ness has been playing out is by sitting home most Saturday nights. By declaring myself too tired to socialize and yet in the same breath, desperate to be reminded, by means of a grand plan, that I am a grown-up. It’s like wearing a MAGA hat and Planned Parenthood sweatshirt at the same time in earnest, exposing a chasm between two conflicting beliefs that the wearer carries genuinely.

The thing of it is, even if I don’t actually want to go out, one thing I almost always like to do is get dressed. So for the sake of that — of reminding myself that I still exist — I am calling this the month of yes wherein I say no to exactly zero plans. It’s a fun exercise in that it gives me a reason to think about cool ways to wear clothes and also because the thing about putting yourself out there, in even benign marginal ways is that it comes with the potential to change your perspective. And when you change your perspective YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Or so the self-help books say.

Anyway, here r some ideas, hot off the press of one Brett Warren’s camera.

For dinner that might turn into a dance party

Closed x LMC coat, Wardrobe.nyc t-shirt (it comes in gray), old Celine leggings, Chanel bag and shoes, Ragbag Studio necklace

Pants with stretch because you’ll flex your hips. A plain and comfortable t-shirt because it’s presentable and it absorbs sweat. Heels you’re comfortable in, and definitely heels, but if and only if the height makes you feel like boiling hot shit (in a good way!). Sequined bag for a bite of shimmer and a coat that says, I drop off M-F and turn on S.

You know or no?

Bring rings too, it’s an easy way to further animate your gestures when you’re telling your stories and flailing your arms in the air. Closed x LMC coat, Wardrobe.nyc t-shirt, Chanel bag and shoes, #oldCeline leggings — but here is a similar pair.

For a dance party that might turn into dinner

Never no…

Vintage Chanel jacket (good consignment site search phrase for you: sequined jacket — look at this one from MJ and this one from idk who but for $63), Nudie jean shorts, Les Belles tights, Loewe derbies

Because you never know! The trick here is to wear either a top or bottom that could be interpreted for like, a black-tie affair and then mix it with something v casual (jean shorts in this instance) plus one middle-of-the-road item (lace-up loafers with a very dramatic toe).

For when you probably won’t have that much time to change between not being a grown-up and becoming one

Closed x LMC shirt and jeans, Miu Miu t-shirt — but here is a fine one, Dorsey necklace

The original ingredients for the “I’m a better mom in a good outfit” recipe are in fact denim and denim. So just wear them in such a way that you bring slight attitude to the table (see: graphic t-shirt, fancy necklace) and set yourself up to have to do nothing more or less than change your shoes.

Christian Louboutin kitten heels (these from Theory for $320 are nice too), Les Belles stockings

I feel strongly, too, that we should start taking stockings (up to knee-high) more seriously as an interesting alternative ye olde regular socks.

When you’re going to someone’s house, or they’re coming to yours

Refine tank top, Hope Stockholm trousers (good consignment site search term: tapered wool trousers — try it!), Prada loafers

Do you miss your bare limbs when it’s cold? I can’t remember the last time I saw my shoulder IRL, which should tell you something about the infrequency with which I shower first and foremost, but also that I really miss them! Staying home, or going to a friend’s house is a good excuse to pretend it is summer above the waistline because often there are carpets, lit candles, heating systems if you’re sups lucky, etc. So, yeah, BYOBareshoulders!

Jenna Blake necklace, and whole bunch of other stuff on my arm!!! The one you’ve seen most frequently in the bike chain from Nadine Ghosn

A tank is a good excuse to put on jewelry too. Then I like to surprise my BIGSATNIGHTENERGY (the upper half) by mixing in the basic ingredients of a BIGOFFICEJOBENERGY (see: loafers, wool trousers) and coming out the other end, which is to say adding to the incipient conflict (I’m so tired, I want to socialize) that got us here in the first place.

Have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye