Meet Sherry from Sherry K Letters!
Many people truly have their own style and wear what they love and what they feel comfortable in and I also determine many things I wear by these desires as well. I am, however, beginning to learn that while many people work hard to have their own mind in their style and do not allow anything or anyone to influence how they dress, the cold hard truth is that I am just not one of those people. I am beginning to see and embrace the reality that I am incredibly influenced in how I am dressing by who I am surrounded by.
I recently moved to Kansas City and the community I am surrounded by the most fits into the following look on most days… and they score very high on this scale: (I totally have the tattoo, 2 actually)
That’s right… I am surrounded by v-necks, flannel shirts and skinny jeans. I had a handful of very hipster dressing influences in my life when I lived in North West Arkansas as well but I was not surrounded by nearly as many as I am currently in my life. While thinking about composing this post I began thinking about what my current favorite outfit is and I suddenly noticed how hipster this outfit truly is. I began to look and I saw how my hangers and dresser drawers are slowly filling with vintage looking shirts, v-necks and that my jeans are equally balanced between regular boot cut jeans and skinny jeans.
My look…
My favorite outfit as of this moment in time cost me a total of 74.00. I work fairly hard at looking trendy and doing that in a very thrifty way. I rarely pay more than 10.00 for a top and try to pay no more than 30.00 for jeans and often through sales and deals I actually typically end up paying no more than 20.00 for jeans. I often do buy in branded stores on sale and when I am able to find good items, I buy at thrift stores. I also tend to inherit clothes from others often. There is one thing, however, that I do not mind paying a decent amount for…Shoes… it’s just the truth, shoes are always worth it. This outfit is no different in my common habits of shopping.
The cardigan: Old Navy- 8.00 (clearance)
The top : Old Navy- 6.00 (clearance)
The Tank: OP Brand Wal-Mart- 3.00 (after summer clearance)
Skinny Jeans: Old navy – 15.00 (after Christmas jean sale)
Charcoal Toms Shoes: Masons- 40.00
Paint On Toms: 2.00
Earrings: Home made clay tea pot earrings made by one of my roommates
Now, I am a girl, in light of this fact the likelihood of my favorite outfit changing next week is very high but for now this is what I am loving. I know that I am looking more and more like my surroundings but I am incredibly okay with beginning to shift my look into something new, it is always an adventure in the land of fashion and style and I truly love the journey.