Hello. my dear friends, hope you are all well
We are a half month through our Australian autumn but the warm weather still holds which means that we haven't packed our summer clothes yet. However, these days if I have to leave the house early in the morning going to work or for a walk after the sun is set, I would grab something warm to cover my shoulders.
It's this in-between-the seasons period when you need two sets of clothing, one for the warm time of the day, the other - when the air gets cooler. It could be a hoody if I am going for a walk, a jumper or a unbuttoned shirt if I am running errands and wear something quite casual or in case of a more formal occasion, a classic blazer does the trick.
It might sound like too much hassle but it's quite simple, really. I still wear my summer clothes but always have a jumper with me, a blazer or sometimes just a long sleeved shirt to throw over a t-shirt or a singlet, depending on what our plans for the day are.
One of the pieces of clothes that I tend to wear quite often lately is a pair of my new ecru linen pants. Thanks to their simple style and neutral colour, I don't need to worry about my colour choices and I could easily dress them up and down by mixing them with casual or formal pieces depending on what we have on during the day.
Last weekend, for example, we were going to the Art Gallery of NSW to view the Kandinsky exhibition from the Guggenheim museum in NY. As you all know, in this day and age nobody is expecting you to adhere to a "dress code" anymore and roll up at the door wearing a tux or a ball gown and elbow length silk gloves. Ever since COVID all the rules of what should be worn where have become blurred or just simply disappeared. However, my husband I, both born in another era, still like to follow a dress code, at least to a some degree and dress up accordingly.
We are both love and respect art so for this particular outing I chose to wore my linen pants topped up with a simple white t-shirt but then I put on my red classic blazer from David Lawrence and accessorized with my new LV scarf to elevate this casual outfit to another level.
And I decided to carry my Pinko metallic handbag with heavy metal chain to mix things up a little.
The exhibition was quite extensive, one of the biggest outside the US, and we loved it. As a former citizen of the former USSR, I felt very proud that such a prolific and talented painter was my fellow countryman.
This weekend, on the other hand, we were invited to a combined birthday party, my husband's middle son and his girlfriend were both turning forty. The party was taking place in the park where they hired an open patio with casual tables and chairs and BBQ area where the host, with the help of his male guests cooked us some sausages.
There were also a lot of different dips, freshly sliced vegetables and a several bowls full of potato chips. In other words, it was a very casual laid back affair, the atmosphere was very relaxed and very enjoyable.
My outfit was equally very casual. The same linen pants but instead of a t-shirt I wore a singlet, in case the weather would warm up as the day progressed and I could take off my pink and white striped shirt that I casually threw over the singlet and left it unbuttoned.
So, here we go - two very different occasions and two different looks, the only common thing between them was a pair of linen pants.
