Daily Outfit: 13th January 2010
[ 13 January 2010 ]
First outfit of the new year! Hello! This is me, standing in a space between some buildings in the East Village. I am also braving sub-zero temperatures! For YOU! Never let anyone tell you I don’t love you! Brrrrrrr!
This is a pretty simple outfit — I wore it to the coffee shop, where I attempted to do some work before deciding home was just more cozy.
I am wearing…
Knit hat by Visage (NZ)
Black & white striped boatneck from Forever 21
Pink tulle skirt from Forever 21
Black blazer by Silence + Noise
Black stockings
Heels by Balenciaga
Frames from Urban Outfitters
I am not wearing enough layers for the temperature. I’m just glad I made it home alive. Anyway, it is all a bit Tim Burton goes to the ballet, isn’t it?
Isn’t this a great little area for photos? I love it. There are rusty bits, perilous hanging wires, wobbly staircases & strange stripes on the ground. There are blackened windows, odd holes in the concrete & spraypaint blotches.
But the best thing? While I was teetering around, exploring, I happened across this. It’s a dreamcatcher — not so weird. Kind of eerie that is hanging up between two buildings in the East Village, but not the end of the world. But then I looked closer & realised… someone strung a dead bird into the middle of it.
I took a photo of myself in front of it. My expression quite eloquently captures how I felt about the whole thing.
(In case my expression isn’t as eloquent as I think, here is what I was thinking: WHAT THE $%^&?! See also, CREEPED OUT! What does it all mean?!)
I have finally managed to get back into heels again, after days of snow & practically living in an old Pendleton men’s shirt paired with a black slip, ripped wool stockings & a pair of motorcycle boots. It was not super-glamorous or photogenic, but it sure was comfortable! My current obsessions are stripes & this hat, which I think I have worn every day since I got it (Christmas). Do you have a uniform which is helping you survive the icy tundra — or sweltering antipodes (lucky!) — at the moment?
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Gorgeous outfit and a beautiful shoot location. Where in the East Village is that?
Cute shots, lady! I so want to know the story behind the dreamcatcher!
That skirt looks a wee bit to thin to be wearing in freezing cold weather. Lolz! FROSTBITE!
Anyways, I like it allot. I REALLY like the top part of it… The blazer is so cool!
Also, your hat and those glasses make you look a bit nerdy. But, it’s adorable. Lolz.
I ♥ this outfit! It has to be my favourite one of yours you’ve ever posted! Probably beause I love colour but don’t put much of it into my outfits! Casual and simple but still very Gala!
“Tim Burton goes to the ballet” – LOVE it. You’re braver than I am, Gala, that does not look warm enough for NYC right now! (says the person who lives in Austin, where 50 degrees is enough to make the locals freak out)
I don’t think I really have a cold weather uniform, but I do end up turning to my Fluevog engineer boots a lot. They’re so comfy, and warm, and I don’t have to worry about slipping about in wet weather!
The bird-catcher is…creepy. Is it weird that my first thought was “I hope whoever did that washed their hands afterwards”?
wonderful outfit as always and I love this alley you’ve found! new york is fantastic… the perfect backdrop for your outfit shoots.
Haha odd, I actually have one of those dreamcatchers in my house! It looks a little nicer and a bit less creepy than the one in your picture though I think. It has turquise beads on it, I think wood beads and a large pheasant in the middle
Yes that is definitely not enough layers for NYC right now… it’s freezing! But I applaud you because this is a fantastic outfit. I love it!
I myself have been wearing jeans everyday and a fur jacket and dr martens because I’m a chicken and it’s just too cold. I can’t wait for it to get a little warmer!
Ew. That’s totes creepy! My expression would have been, “run for your lives!”.
Luv the outfit too. Its very new-wave to me.
AWWW YEA! I have some amazing daily outfit picture ideas for you. Especially in your “backyard” :D
I hear you on the glamorous part. I have gone between docs and wedge flat platforms. Who’s going to freeze their toes in open toes shoes in this wind tunnel weather?
Stay warm!
I love this outfit, simple but gorgeous. Are your glasses clear lens, by any chance?
Oooooh, I love this! I want the skirt, and the jacket. And your creeped out photo is too cute!! Haha.
Ohakune where I am at the moment is weird weather – a bit like Melbourne, I suppose!
Yesterday I was at home with nowhere to go, but decided I was going to dress up just for fun… it was funny seeing my parents reactions, they thought I looked ‘cute’ & told me I need somewhere to go now! No way, it’s just fun to dress up!
I was wearing a grey frilly leather skirt, silver sandals, a black short sleeve top & turquoise neck scarf. Then it got FREEZING around 6pm so I threw on some thick stockings & black flats and my trusty old duffel coat.
I REALLY need a new cardigan.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the skirt. And the Balenciagas are making me swoon.
I wonder what the dreamcatcher is for? I wonder if it is some sort of talisman or something?
x
Balenciaga heels? Lookin’ fine – but this whole open toe shoe in the winter trend is not my cup of tea. Looks super cute but I just can’t subject my toes to it!
Gorgeous! I adore the pink tulle :) Definitely a sparkly lady who lunches!
Looking lovely, love the sharp blazer + romantic skirt combi!
um, hello! love that backdrop. i’m so a fan of that kind of texture. and that dreamcatcher is amazing — definitely use that again, girl.
love this look also. of course b&w are my go to colors. and sadly, my uniform as of late has been workout clothes. working at a gym & working out 6x a week has limited my wardrobe choices to zilch. fab earrings and a little lipstick and gloss goes a long way though.
this outfit is like gala having kids with nubby. love it.
+ ‘crouching’ photo is uber sexi
AUGH!!! Just looking at that poor bird makes me feel the need to bathe in Purell!
Love the outfit, though! Especially the skirt. Since Christmas, I’ve been living in my Jeffrey Campbell Potion boots! I love them so much and they are SERIOUSLY comfortable.
How pretty! I love the tulle skirt, it adds a touch of feminine prettiness that you pull off so well. Also Silence + Noise is an absolutely ace brand.
My uniforms are wonderful—I have a few, but my most recent has to be my favorite. I just bought the Da Vinci skirt from Modcloth in wine, and it is one of the most perfect basics ever. The color is gorgeous, the fit is perfect, and as a bonus it goes with SO MUCH. I like to wear it with white long- or short-sleeve tees/sweaters, black tights, my thigh-high oatmeal socks from American Apparel bunched around my knees, and my black equestrian boots. I love it! So cozy.
Btw, I LOVED the horoscopes the other day! I couldn’t be happier with what’s in store for Scorpio this year. Eee, can’t wait for college!
Great outfit :)
I’m working with a winter uniform of wooly tights, grey straight leg jeans with turn-ups, long sleeved top, tshirt, long cardigan, armwarmers, 2 pairs of socks, ribcage necklace and my long-suffering purple Dr Marten boots. And a scarf, always a scarf. I also got a spiffy new coat in the sales :)
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Unfortunately the UK goes batshit crazy at the slightest bit of snow and the whole country is in a panic.
Hey, any tips for dressing up for a night out without dying of hypothermia whilst waiting for a taxi home?!
I really can see myself recreating this look with my own wardrobe- so inspiring to see your outfit posts again!!
Also Gala, I’m happy to see the iCing I love seems to be coming back with more posts, which I felt like weren’t happening! Thank you, thank you, thank you for being inspiring and fabulous!
oh geez, that dreamcatcher is too creepy! i wonder it was doing there in the middle of a sort-of alley.
love the outfit, gala!
GALA DARLING Are they the real, authentic, cork & leather stacked heel platformed Balenciaga sandals that Mary Kate Olsen was wearing in the photo you used for your first article for Cosmopolitan magazine??? I have been lusting after those heels for nearly 3 YEARS!!! Where on earth did you find them???
I absolutely love your eye make-up. The white in the inner corner of your eyes makes them look gorgeous! You should share your tips about eye make-up =P
I love the tulle skirt. The contrast with black tights is beautiful. A+!
I’ve always loved the dark tights with light/white wispy skirt look I can’t get enough of comfortable black cotton blend tights. I’d suffer a little toe frost to get to wear those shoes!
Since I’ve started to bike to work I cut off all my long pants into shorts and put little skirts over them with two layers of tights and some kind of leg warmers. I wear platformish short boots too. Windbreaker and short coat keep me really warm on the ride.
Thanks for standing out in the cold for us we appreciate it. :)
Hey there bunny. Gorgeous outfit…but then again you always do!
So you asked “Do you have a uniform which is helping you survive the icy tundra” and the answer for that is Yes I do. I got this great knitted hooded scarf from KarmaLoop (sorry I got the last one.) that I can pull up over my mouth if it gets really cold or make it into a really bunchy scarf. I also wear a sweater over my work clothes, then a wool coat, also a pair of velvet soft gloves with rosebuds sew in. If I am wearing a skirt with tights, I wear leg warmers. Other than that, I am pretty toasty when I have to be outside for the bus or for my ride. Danielle
FROM THE SWELTERING ANTIPODES:
Lots of light layers in black, white & dove grey with plenty of asymmetry
Swedish sandal-clogs & simple black leather sandal-flats OR my uber-compliment-inducing Chloe faux black&white ankle sandal-flats ;)
LESS jewellery [too HOT!]; just ONE or 2 spectacular pieces
Coral pedis & a liquorice-all-sorts for the mani
An assortment of sunnies, from Gucci-chic to perspex-posers
Chanel #5 Eau Premiere
& when it all gets “a bit too much” , just the BIKINI, SUNSCREEN & a SMILE :D
Just bought that skirt and was having a terrible time deciding what to wear with it…and now I know! Thanks, Gala!
too cute! i’m realizing i have a serious affection for stripes these days.
I love the heels. Very sexy
Wellington is finally sunny! Yay
But I’m off to Auckland this evening, so typical that nice weather turns up and I’m not able to enjoy it :)
Ugh, Im in Florida and it has been in the 20’s and 30’s in the morning, and sometimes not getting over 40 degrees in the day. That’s INSANE. Plants are freezing, I’ve been scraping ice (ICE!) off my car every morning before work, its insanity. This is FLORIDA! Central Florida! We aren’t even close to the coast. I was born and raised here, seen snow once, so this is just silliness.
In any case, I have about 4 sweaters, 3 pairs of jeans (Im a dress and skirt kind of girl) 3 scarves and 3 jackets I’ve been heavily rotating for the past two or three weeks. Tights under dresses are just not cutting it. But I am enjoying wearing my boots. I do miss the wedges/heels though! I think it’ll be up in the 70’s later this week, which is good news.
I love that tutu! Very cute with the stripes. And the dreamcatcher… wow!!! Sweeeeeeeet dreams! ;)
Very cute! Stripped anything is a yes. All the time.
There’s a pair of jeans I’ve been wearing that I cannot remember the last time I washed. Come to think of it, it’s a little disgusting. Otherwise, I’ve been wearing a wool peacoat that smells like Cherie by Dior and a black and white scarf, along with pink gloves, three pairs of boots, and an endless amount of sweaters. New Jersey mornings couldn’t get colder.
that looks like something i would wear on a damn near daily basis. hotness!
LOVE this!
I’d like to say that I’ve been loving your photos of late! That learning how to use your fancypants camera stuff
On the topic of wardrobe basics and obsessions, I have been living in jewel-colored fleece, black ankle wedge boots, a violently purple high-necked wool coat, and light blue fingerless gloves. Eyesore in Harlem – that’s how it’s done!
GALA! I have almost the EXACT same soft pink tulle skirt from Urban Outfitters! I haven’t worn it yet, but I’m dying to :) You make tulle look so bad-ass.
I love the way the wires look like vines or tree branches. Urban nature.
Argh! head explodes Your outfit is so gorgeous. I love the casual-but-dressed-up feel it has going. Plus, I wish that I was having cold weather right now. Australian Summer = :(
Oh gosh, I’m also a bit wierded out by the dead bird dream catcher. I bet it has a good story though!
This outfit is absolutely fabulous — wispy-white and gloomy black, all forming a foamy bath of whimsy!
I’ve got a winter wardrobe, all right. It mostly consists of the BEST pair of leggings ever, which I acquired abroad, and allow me to wear skirts and dresses in -15 degrees F weather. An example of my current winter-proof wear can be seen here:
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I am sorry, but I WILL knock you out if I ever see you passing by in those heels. I am claimed by the Balenciaga. Good luck for you that you don’t live in NZ anymore ;)
I absolutely, completely, and entirely, LOVE those shoes. Seriously, I think I have a problem.
Actually, I’m loving the whole outfit, especially that lush skirt. It’s kinda ballet inspired, and I’m really into that kind of thing right now.
Alex x
haha – yeah, it’s very ‘tim burton goes to the ballet…on the way to the office.’
I love the heels.
this has given me huge inspiration for an outfit to wear in london to somewhat impress a boy i’ve been crushing on for 3 years
thanks gala!
ah isnt that a cute look! now Im looking at my dreamcatcher slightly oddly though…
OH AND. the ultimate recipy to survive the cold: (and trust me on this, I live in Finland, in a city by the sea & everything.. it’s R E E A A A A A L L L L Y Y Y Y cold in here) three pairs of leggins & rock’n roll spirit, bit slouchy boots & tunic. pairing that wiht ANYTHING is cute & still warm.
ohh the winter outfit… oversized mens wool sweater + scarf + jeans + snow boots. D: such is life.
I’m going through a phase of wearing tights under jeggings (I remember in ye olde days some teacher once told us that doing that was unhygenic (?!!?) but I CARE NOT, my batty is COLD)
Anyway I normally wear this pairing with a big statement jumper or a flannel shirt with a tres belle dove grey pashmina, a lovely skirted wool coat and buckled suede pointy ankle boots. And I feel pretty glam. Who says the winter months were unstylish ones? Probably no one I just imagined it.
I am living in Ottawa so it’s super freezing cold and has been snowing everyday pretty much for the last three weeks it’s all gross and slushy and icy. To keep warm and stylish I pile on the socks like 3 pairs inside tall army or wedge boots(no one can see them and my toes stay toasty warm). I have bunch of different super warm knitted scarves my favourite is a bright plaid(red and forrest green) scarf. I love slouchy berets. I then either warm leather gloves or knitted gloves that go up to mid forearm(best things ever get yourself some). My favourite winter item by far is my big black coat which is fitted, has a faux fur edge and a beautiful renaissance paisley detail in the fabric that you can see if you look closely. Leggings are the bomb too. I must admit that the majority of winter I feel like wearing all black all the time. To keep things colourful I usually wear bright lipstick though to keep things a little glamorous.
God I love the shoes, you are gawgus darling…
Amazing outfit! I love everything about it, although I don’t think I’d wear the wide stripes. They make me look even shorter than I am, hehe. But you rock them!
My winter survival outfit would have to be warm leggings and my sister’s Gap men’s striped thermal shirt. So warm and comfy, and oversized in that perfect way. Also my amazing faux fur black snow boots. Love them!
Hi Gala,
Love your blog and fabulous ideas and comments. I don’t know if I am seeking advice or what, I’m just really feeling horrible because of this:
Last year I made a stupid comment on a blog (definitely not an insult or flaming, just an unintentially insensitive comment – for which I later apologised). The blogger then was happy to print more of my comments and everything seemed normal. More recently on the same blog I made a comment about “getting off my head” (later realising that the blogger may have thought I was referring to an accident in her family) – God …foot in mouth or what!!! I tried to apologise on her blog yesterday about making these two “unintentionally redonculous blog comments”, however this has made me look like the coldest,rudest, nastiest person ever!!! Neither of the comments were meant to be offensive or hurtful and they were definitely unintentional!! Any thoughts??
Not just ANY bird, a pheasant! Must have some deep meaning. It is a bit bat-shit crazy but macabre artsy also.
My favorite part is the blazer. More girls need to wear those. Because it’s adorable.
i am right there with you, Crysti Couture – totally macabre artsy. i kind of love it.
my uniform (for days spent at home, at least): thick leggings, a thin shirt, flannel, thick socks, heavy denim jacket from the 90s. currently searching for some good leather boots, suitable for upstate new york. it’s a lot harder than i expected.
I’ve been doing a lot of motorcycle boot, vintage motorcycle jacket, knit tight wearing too lately. Down here in the Dirty South, we’re not particularly accustomed to this below freezing weather that we’ve had recently!
Why would someone put a dead bird in a dream catcher? I thought they were meant to keep the bad dreams away, not induce them?
My winter uniform has been, motorcycle boots, some form of skinny bottoms I can tuck into them and whatever t-shirt is at the top of the pile. I’m hibernating and completely uninterested in braving the cold— unless I have to take out my puppy— until I start school at the end of the month.
OH my gosh, Gala, you really really need to share your makeup (especially eye) tips- they are super de dooperdy amazing!!
Two words: long underwear.
I live in the Canadian Prairies, where it can regularly dip below -30C, although the weather fairy has been nice to us recently & it hasn’t been below -10.
That dreamcatcher (er… birdcatcher?) is so bizarre!
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