Fierce Fridays!

"You can dress braver than you feel" - Rae Angelo Tutera

I found the quote in this awesome Buzzfeed article and it has become my new fashion motto and the inspiration behind my new plan: Fierce Fridays!

One of my New Year's resolutions (I'll post about them later) is a continuation of the project I've already talked about on here - I'm going to revamp my wardrobe and develop my own style. I started this a while ago by doing an inventory of my wardrobe and donating everything that did not fit my body or my style. I'm continuing it with a new plan designed to dip my toe in the waters of the fashionable. 

I've decided that every Friday is now Fierce Friday! Fierce Friday is my own personal holiday in which I wear whatever the hell I feel like wearing with zero fucks given about whether the outfit is "appropriate" - for my gender, for my age, for my body type, etc. I announced my intentions around the dinner table and on Facebook so I wouldn't wimp out, and I kicked off the idea today. Here's my first outfit:

Bright red "Ride Me" bicycle t-shirt.

Sparkly scarf.

Combat boots and sparkly leg warmers.

Fishnets and gold nail polish.

I honestly had no plan for this outfit beyond "wear all the fun stuff!" but I think it worked. I really wanted to wear my fishnet shirt, but it's cold out and also that shirt is completely inappropriate for work because you can see my nipples. I love the bicycle "Ride Me" t-shirt but rarely wear it because it's sexual - which makes it a perfect Fierce Friday shirt. I decided to wear it over the fishnet shirt, thus solving the nipple problem. I also wanted nail polish but instead of coordinating I just wore my favorite color - I think it worked anyway. I was going to be walking about in the cold so I decided that was a good excuse for wearing my sparkly leg warmers. I wore my favorite combat boots because they're my favorite and they're good for snow. For the rest of my outer wear I went with my green military-ish coat, my comfy black hat, and the sparkly black scarf I never wear because it's super feminine. I decided the scarf would be balanced by the rest of the outer wear and frankly even if it wasn't I'd already committed to sparkles and fishnets so I just went with it. It's not hip or sophisticated, nor is it particularly pretty, but this outfit did make me feel like I could dance about and stomp on things, which was a pretty nice feeling. Yay!