Yes, the glorious Wendy Brandes for Francis swear rings are mine at last! I coveted them for months, stalked them and obsessed over them, was haunted by them first on Kingdom of Style and then by Wendy herself, and finally broke down and bought them last week rather than waiting until after the holidays as I'd originally planned. And I have to say, I'm really fucking glad I did! Pretty much as soon as I put them on my hand and headed into my first meeting, someone promptly noticed all the flashing silver and started oohing and ahhing. Soon the whole team was admiring them. Yes, MY coworkers, noticing, and admiring, some seriously boundary-pushing jewelery. Go fucking figure!
I suppose I ought to tell you about the rest of my outfit too. Continuing in my ongoing outerwear feature, I'll start with the jacket. This one was selected because with the thick vest to keep me warm, all I really needed were the long sleeves. The cropped leather jacket was the perfect solution, plus, the detailing is cool enough to stand up to those fabulous rings.
Since I don't really like the feel of tucked in shirts, I used the fitted vest to give me waist definition and to balance out my proportions, which were a little off because of the length of the shirt. I also wore long socks over tights with this outfit, but the socks were only for warmth and were pulled all the way up rather than showing beneath the skirt -- and anyway, something about knee high socks with a pleated wool skirt just strikes me as waaay too schoolgirlish for a 40-year-old woman to be wearing. I just love all the socks-over-tights looks I've seen recently on Chelsea and Erin though, and I'm determined to put together one of my own.
27 comments:
Oh my fucking God! These pictures are FABULOUS! Putting them on Facebook now and then you get your own post OF COURSE. I'm also really flattered that you broke your usual posting plan for me. *blushing*
The rings and jacket are of course, fabulous, but I also can't believe it took me this long to notice you have a monroe piercing!
In this case, it's DON'T talk to the hand. Sorry, couldn't resist. Did try.
You totally make my fucking days better, Audi. I adore your storytelling in this post and your fantastic pictures.
You're fucking amazing. (Also--loved your guest post at Already Pretty!)
Ahahaha, I think this is pretty much the best outfit EVER! \o/
wow, fab splurge.... that pic with your hand on your head is awesome. if only I could afford, maybe just the 'f' lol.
This is seriously fucking awesome! I don't know how I missed it early! Love! Love! Love!
Ohmygod those are amazing.
I'm drooling over the jacket as well. Such an awesome post!
Dude, isn't Chelsea a badass?
And aren't you with those incredible rings?! I'm totally glad you posted out of order. This post rocks it!
you are NOT fucking 40!!! I refuse to believe this. Also the closeup pic of you smiling is wicked ;)
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this is a really F@#! great post :)
I love you fucking rings! Fucking fabulous! *ring envy*
Simply amazing! Also, you do NOT look 40.
Hahaha, brilliant!
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Excellent fucking post! Awesome outfit and the rings are fucking brilliant!
SO jealous. SO.
;)
This is awesome. Love the badass jacket and obscene jewelry with the ladylike skirt, especially.
these are soooooo awesome
And that skirt is my dream skirt. ahhhhhh!
Hahaha reading this post put a huge grin on my face (much needed today!)... and then reading the comments was great too. All of these polite bloggers throwing around the F-bomb... I fucking love it!
And those rings are AWESOMELY AMAZING. Holy SHIT.
And I look forward to seeing some sock layering... I'm totally tickled that you referenced mine :)
Awesome outfit and I absolutely love the swear rings!
oh man! i saw those rings a while back and SO FUCKING WANTED THEM!
i will live vicariously through you!
Your co-workers seem to have been roused from their catatonic state - they have made several comments about your clothes recently! What the f@*!
The audacity of the rings rock! It's polite yet with a subtle fuck you AND totally clashes/mixes with that hot/prim skirt! Awesome!
You are so amazing! One, loved the post at Already Pretty. Two, love this outfit on you (killer jacket, very Geiger-esque). Three, am so jealous of your Wendy B jewelry!
Okay, I still like you. But jeez, woman! :-P
No O F F letter-rings for the left hand?? Only then would the message be even louder and clearer for those pesky office intruders!!
The rings are so worth you buying them earlier than you had planned...if only for your co-worker's response! I may have to invest in some as well!
that ring is AWESOME.
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