Tres Chere Reader,
Today, I had a band concert. Yes, I play the flute. We played Troika, a Russian folk dance a sled, and Nutcracker Satie Petite. That is a sample of many songs in the Nutcracker ballet. But the worst part is what we had to wear. Well, besides messing up. Out school requires us to wear men’s sized blue polo shirts. In the upper left corner, there is the school name with our mascot, the shark, and the word music. There’s three buttons too, to add to all the ugliness. But that’s not it. We also have to wear black dress pants, to make ourselves look even stupider. And lastly, black dress shoes, and black dress socks. Oh, and one more thing about the shirt: Since it’s so long, when you tuck it into your dress pants, it makes your pants look very big, and fat. So, naturally I wanted to fix this little “problem.” So I have come up with a way to make this outfit, make that horror a little bit better. Just a little.
Okay, what I need to fix:
- The terrible collar, and buttons
- The Dress Shoes and Socks
- Dress Pants
- The Hugeness of your Pants
Assessment: I have some work to do!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, let’s get started. First, those dreaded buttons, and collars. Well I have a way to make the buttons unnoticeable. Wear a cute scarf in a magnificent contrasting color, to cover up the faux pair of adding these buttons. And now, the collar. I can’t cover that completely, but I can cover the shirt, and make the collar cute. Wear your favorite sweater over the shirt. It looks really great, when you pick a good one. And it looks…. NORMAL! Like you would layer it any day. So we cross one item off our list.
Okay, what I need to fix:
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The terrible collar, and buttons - The Dress Shoes and Socks
- Dress Pants
- The Hugeness of your Pants
Next, the dress shoes and socks. Okay, well at my school you can wear black ballet flats. And when you do, you don’t have to wear those terrible dreadful, gloomy socks. You don’t have to wear any at all. So if you find a cute pair of ballet flats, you’ve got two things off the list. And to brighten up the outfit, clip on a bow to the toe of your shoe. OR find one with something embroidered on the toe. Mine have gold cat faces 
Okay, cross that off the list.
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The terrible collar, and buttons -
The Dress Shoes and Socks - Dress Pants
- The Hugeness of your Pants
The dress pants. They look really businessy and boss like when you have those wide legs. So I wear a pair of pants from H&M. They cling to your legs like tights. But they have zippers in the front. And the fabric overlaps, to give you a black line down the front. They look well enough to wear without something covering the back. Unlike tights, which REALLY NEED something to cover the back. Cross that off the list.
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The terrible collar, and buttons -
The Dress Shoes and Socks -
Dress Pants - The Hugeness of your Pants
There’s not much I can tell you to do with the hugeness of your pants. If you absolutely MUST tuck in your shirt, only do it at the actual concert. For the rest of the time, tie it with a hair band, like you do with your oversized tee shirts. It’s not that hard, and the least expensive of theses fix-its. Well, we’ve crossed all our items off the list.
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The terrible collar, and buttons -
The Dress Shoes and Socks -
Dress Pants -
The Hugeness of your Pants
Au Revoir,
Style Stalker
