Conscious Layering is a Lie (the jury's out on Uncoupling..)

I'm out of control.

Accessory-wise, that is.

I mean- in lots of others wises too, but we'll save those convos for another day (read: never).

What I really wanted to talk about today is the strategy behind the jewelry/accessories that I wear.

The specific aspect of it that I wanted to address was the fact that there is no aspect to it at all.

In fact, there is no strategy to begin with.

So essentially, you can just ignore everything that I've said thus far.

Glad we're getting somewhere.

Fer realz, though - what I find interesting about this whole social media-derived phenomenon is that there are so many "tutorials" and buzzwords and hashtags nowadays centered on how to compile your jewelry in an adequate fashion.

#wristgame #armparty #ringstack etc etc etc etc

But in truth, I put nearly zero thought into what I group together on any given limb at any given time.

blazer: Helmut Lang via iona, shirt: my sister's (similar), jeans: Gap, accoutrements: lots'oplaces- including Left of Right Jewelry & Goodwill.

The key (for someone low maintenance and drawn to haphazard dressing, like myself) is to literally look like I slept in, showered in, and proceeded to pretend-to-work-out-but-really-just-casually-stroll-on-the-treadmill-while-watching-You've-Got-Mail-for-the-30-thousandth-time in my particular selection of jewels.

But that's my M.O.

You do yours.

Even if your "party" is instead a solo pink-dress-clad prom appearance by a 16-year-old w/ gumption.

Go for it.

And to prove that we're all just idiots and like to make things up, I found a couple of online "layering rules" and then found a couple of opposite "layering rules" by equally qualified individuals:

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