Wardrobe Tales

i really wanted the jacket in the second photo when the collection that i am wearing there was "new". not sure why i didn't get it then. my theory, based on knowledge of my shopping practices and patterns, is that i didn't decide that i wanted it until it was sold out at all my go to retailers. a couple of years ago, it showed up in a second-hand/pre-loved shop. i immediately scooped it up. some things are meant to be.

i am wearing rundholz mainline 225 (oxfords), rundholz dip 223 (brown trousers, sweat jacket and puffer jacket), rundholz dip 221 (hightops) and rundholz dip 220 (coveralls, overalls/jump suit, top and jacket).

wearing two lagoon pieces that i acquired (although i think the colour way of the zip-up woollen hoodie is described as crab reverse melange). these are the only lagoon pieces that i acquired. i acquired them just because i liked them best in lagoon. and i knew i could make them work with all my crab light pieces. i also acquired three crab medium pieces (so far) -- the jacket i am wearing, another jacket (that is more of a coat) and a pair of trousers (whose arrival i am still awaiting). given my purchase of pine print and flamingo pieces (along with the purchase of the lagoon pieces), this may be the first time since i starting collecting rundholz dip that i have consciously purchased a collection of multiple colour ways.

i am wearing rundholz dip 225 (all clothes) and rundholz mainline 225 (oxfords).  

a little obsessed with this archive outfit at the moment.

i am wearing rundholz dip 224 (pullover), rundholz dip 223 (jumper/overalls and jacket) and rundholz dip 221 (high tops).

for the new autumn/winter (225) rundholz dip collection, i settled on the crab colour palette fairly early on. and i went ahead building my new wardrobe never questioning that choice. then i looked at these photographs, the first of my new wardrobe. one of my immediate, unpremeditated, responses to the photographs was, "i should have gone with the pine colour palette shouldn't i have". it is no secret that green and red are my two favourite colours. so choosing between them is difficult. when i decided to pick red (crab), i remember thinking that i had more often picked green over red (for autumn/winter), so it was time to give red equal attention. today, thinking about my past choices, i can't say that it is true that i picked green over red more often. in fact, i have as many autumn/winter collections in green as in red. also, in making the decision, i did not factor in picking up these printed pieces. although i knew of their existence and it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that i would pick them up. so, really, i don't know what drove the choice of the crab colour palette. in any event, i did make the choice, so that's that. i suppose i could have stayed away from these printed pieces. but ... really? i don't think so. at the end of the day, i am going to say that i went the best possible way ... for someone who likes red and green. red for the solid pieces. and the printed pieces (for the love of green).

i am wearing rundholz dip 225 (all clothing and printed shoes) and rundholz 225 (black shoes). 

october is when i switch over to wearing items either from the new autumn/winter rundholz dip collection or from my rundholz dip autumn/winter ("2") archives. my rundholz dip 125 collection enters my rundholz dip spring/summer ("1") archives. here are some "leftover" outfits from my rundholz dip 125 collection.

i am wearing rundholz dip 125 (all clothes and greige sneakers) and rundholz dip 123 (black sneakers). 

usually i wear my rundholz dip clothing with rundholz dip (or mainline) footwear. but i am a bit of a sneakerhead. that side of me manifests itself usually when i dress for my athletic pursuits. but every once in a while i pair my rundholz dip outfits with some of my sneakerhead collection. a favourite sneakerhead sneaker of mine is the adidas samba. having nothing to do with my sneakers (of any kind), i think i am starting to like trousers that are not cropped way more than i remember ever liking them. also not sneakers related, the jacket in the first photo comes with a detachable hood -- i am currently liking the jacket without the hood. and with the sleeves hanging long (not rolled up).

as i have become quite comfortable reaching for denim the past several weeks, i am grateful that there is some coloured denim in the upcoming autumn/winter dip collection. it is often easier to transition to a new wardrobe with something that one is already comfortable and familiar with. i would like to predict that those denim pieces will be the first autumn/winter pieces that i wear. but i know myself well enough not to make such a prediction -- sometimes, for no good reason at all, i eschew what is comfortable and familiar. so maybe i should just say, first, that i have enjoyed wearing denim for the past several weeks, and, second, i am happy that there is denim in the upcoming autumn/winter dip collection. period.