Fashion For Nerds

I bought this dress and cropped jacket set the last time I was in Paris, and I just love the mod vibe. Over the summer I wore it with bare legs and sandals, but these pictures were taken when I wore it to a friend's party on a Saturday night. I played...

Ah, September; the month when summer really begins in San Francisco. This month has brought us the sunniest, hottest days so far this year, which meant some of those rare opportunities for both bare arms AND legs.
Friends, I have some big news: I'm now an official contributor over at Already Pretty! What I think it means for this blog is that my posts over here will be brief and outfit-focused, whereas my meatier posts will reside over with Sal. Stop by and visit...

Top and cardigan: Anthropologie; Pants: Karen Kane (a gift from Sal);
Sandals: Ara; Bag: East 
The outfit pictured here is very typical of what I've been wearing all summer, and came about because of a process I call "seeding," which I'll explain in this post. I developed this process as a way to assemble a travel wardrobe and manage on-the-road...

My feet hurt. I'm not talking about the sort of general soreness that comes with a day spent out walking, I'm talking about crippling pain that leaves me limping and near tears, flagging down a cab when I could easily walk the distance. It has taken...