Sometimes I look and the mirror and remember that my ears are pierced. I don't know what it is about earrings, but I always forget about them. This drives my mother crazy. She can't leave the house without putting in earrings. I remember many times before going out that my mom would send me back into my room to put on a pair of earrings.
But today, as I was looking into the bathroom at my naked ears, I remembered how she grew up in a culture were wearing earrings was important. It was the final step to any outfit. And this got me to thinking about how many times I actually wear earrings a month. Once? Twice? None? Why are my ears even pierced? I remember that it was something important to do at the time. There was even a time in high school when I had more piercings, but, as you may have guessed, I kept forgetting to put earrings in and so they shortly closed.
I'm not promising that I'll start wearing earrings. But, for this post, I did something a little different: I designed outfits around earrings. If I do wear earrings, it's a last thought sort of thing. An "oh, I haven't worn any in a while and I should so my holes don't close up." But I found that it's actually easier than I anticipated creating an outfit off of one tiny object: the ears.
For my first look, I decided to focus on beautiful dangle, or as I learned, drop earrings. These are way out of my budget, but I fell in love with the moons and sun. I decided that I wanted to keep the rest of the outfit simple, and so I paired it with an oversized sweatshirt and ripped jeans. To accessorize, I wanted a fun and colorful satchel, printed sneakers, and tortoise shell sunglasses.
For my next outfit, I wanted something a little more French school girl. I started with a pair of golden studs and added a simple white top with high-waisted black shorts. To keep it a little fresh and edgy, I added a belt with neon accents, knee highs, and ankle booties. As well as adding my new favorite accessory: the wide-brimmed fedora.
For this look, I really wanted to push myself out of the box some. I started with a pair of fun and bright parrot earrings. I knew with such a statement piece that I wanted to keep the rest of the outfit fairly simple, but I also didn't want another t-shirt combination. So instead I went for a sexy, and yet tailored romper with bright coral stilettos (playing off the Tropicana theme of the earrings). To finish off the look, I wanted something even more daring, and so, I added a head wrap.
Lastly, I chose a pair of silver hoop earrings. I find hoops to be the hardest earrings to get away with wearing. I don't know why that is, but for me, they are. Since I had the hoops, I knew I wanted something edgy, so I started with a leather biker jacket. I then surprised myself, by pairing it with a denim dress, cowboy boots, and turquoise ring. But I really like the complete look.But today, as I was looking into the bathroom at my naked ears, I remembered how she grew up in a culture were wearing earrings was important. It was the final step to any outfit. And this got me to thinking about how many times I actually wear earrings a month. Once? Twice? None? Why are my ears even pierced? I remember that it was something important to do at the time. There was even a time in high school when I had more piercings, but, as you may have guessed, I kept forgetting to put earrings in and so they shortly closed.
I'm not promising that I'll start wearing earrings. But, for this post, I did something a little different: I designed outfits around earrings. If I do wear earrings, it's a last thought sort of thing. An "oh, I haven't worn any in a while and I should so my holes don't close up." But I found that it's actually easier than I anticipated creating an outfit off of one tiny object: the ears.
For my first look, I decided to focus on beautiful dangle, or as I learned, drop earrings. These are way out of my budget, but I fell in love with the moons and sun. I decided that I wanted to keep the rest of the outfit simple, and so I paired it with an oversized sweatshirt and ripped jeans. To accessorize, I wanted a fun and colorful satchel, printed sneakers, and tortoise shell sunglasses.
For my next outfit, I wanted something a little more French school girl. I started with a pair of golden studs and added a simple white top with high-waisted black shorts. To keep it a little fresh and edgy, I added a belt with neon accents, knee highs, and ankle booties. As well as adding my new favorite accessory: the wide-brimmed fedora. For this look, I really wanted to push myself out of the box some. I started with a pair of fun and bright parrot earrings. I knew with such a statement piece that I wanted to keep the rest of the outfit fairly simple, but I also didn't want another t-shirt combination. So instead I went for a sexy, and yet tailored romper with bright coral stilettos (playing off the Tropicana theme of the earrings). To finish off the look, I wanted something even more daring, and so, I added a head wrap.
Alright, so I can't promise that I remember to wear earrings on a more daily basis, but it is a nice challenge to try every once in a while.
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