uniform...

I attended a Catholic school with a crazy strict dress code for 9 years. Sadly, it was pre-Gossip Girl uniform dressing. I really, really hated the fuss of trying to look like everyone else and would routinely get in trouble for wearing ice blue nail polish (it was the 90s OK?!!) or earrings that were too dangle-y. I always found there was a lot more effort in wearing my uniform (making sure it was clean, ironed, etc).


There is another uniform that I do believe in-- that failproof formula of getting dressed that looks put together and effortless. The perfect example of uniform dressing is Emmanuelle Alt. She always nails it in her uniform of amazing jackets from Balmain to Rick Owens, skinny pants, and tough chick booties. The texture of a super soft drapey jacket with fur trim balanced by the skinniest of skinny jeans and the sharp angles of her boots are EPIC.