This is what I think. I think that just because I feel like crap, because I feel like I can’t function anywhere near properly, doesn’t mean I can’t put on clothes in the morning. Lots of people, including myself, have a tendency to reach for sweats when they feel bad, as if clothes only matter when you’re feeling happy or good. I admit, I have done that many times. But I’m trying to think of it like this: clothes can actually help you feel better, you can say, “hey, I feel like my life is ruined, but maybe if I put on some Proenza Schouler pre-fall inspired boyish clothes, the day will be just a little less bad.”

When things are tough, I want my clothes to be a small source of comfort, and as tempted as I am to think that clothes are so unimportant compared to what’s important in life, how can something so shallow as a pair of ankle boots make you feel any better, I’m going to avoid doing that, and say that maybe clothes are shallow, but anything that can make you feel better is worth trying.

Wearing: Oak shirt, H&M sweater, Harputs Own nylon swacket, Milly shorts, Proenza Schouler ankle boots

xx,
Lauren