5 THINGS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
March 9
Citizens of Humanity Goldie Striped T-Shirt
Can you ever have enough stripey t-shirts? Asking for a friend. This month I added this one into my wardrobe. It is a far superior t-shirt compared to my other cheapy Cotton On stripey tee’s (no shade for Cotton On - it has a stable place in my wardrobe), but this Citizens of Humanity tee is soft and kind of weighty in a cotton blend jersey - which gives it a nice hang - like it’s not clingy in any way and will keep it’s shape. I’m also very keen on the longer sleeve and slightly boxy oversized shape. It’s thickness would mean that it wouldn’t be easy to tuck in, so it’s the kind of let it hang loose t-shirt - I can imagine it would be great over a silk shift style skirt. The base colour is not white white - more like an off white - and lastly, it is on sale so there are limited sizes left. Get in quick if you like it.
Citizens of Humanity Goldie Striped Cotton-Blend Jersey T-Shirt
Citizens of Humanity Flight Pants
Eeek!!! I have been looking for a good pair of combats forever! Honestly, years. Back in the early 2000’s (circa All Saints ‘Never Ever’) I used to have a pair of combats that I wore with the obligatory tiny midriff bearing t-shirt - that nicely showed off my belly button piercing* - and Adidas shell top sneakers. And here we are all these years later and I have found the perfect pair of combats. What goes around comes around - the flat stomach and belly button piercing may be long gone (RIP the flat stomach) but a good pair of combats are still a great addition to any wardrobe. Even in Singapore when we don’t get to wear anything other than shorts for 99% of the time. These combats are made of a cotton-blend twill so they’re a lighter fabric to wear and the pleat at the front is super flattering. I am quite tall and the length is perfect for me (my biggest challenge is finding stuff long enough) and the barrel shape is spot on. The only downside is that these are proving very popular and so many sizes are sold out. Normally I would be a 29 (a standard size 12 in the UK or Australia) but that size was sold out so I went with a 30 and will get them taken in an inch at the waist. A small price to pay for these combats which have me tripping down memory lane and feeling so excited to have a pair back in my wardrobe.
Citizens of Humanity Flight Pleated Organic Cotton-Blend Twill Barrel Leg Pants in Green
*this is a judge free space and in my defence, belly button piercings were cool at the time. no really.
OPI’m a Bubble Bunny Nail Lacquer
I am not a crazy colour nail polish girl - I have three go-to’s - a bright orangey red, a really deep dark red…and pale pink. So I was pretty excited to hear that OPI have listened to their customers and merged two of the most popular pink colours - Funny Bunny and Bubble Bath - and created OPI’m a Bubble Bunny. A soft milky pink that combines the best of the two individual colours. Apparently, users had been making this DIY combination - one coat of Funny Bunny with one coat of Bubble Bath so much so that it became a trend on Tik Tok so OPI released a new colour to satisfy what their customers were loving. Needless to say it sold out instantly - so while I’m recommending this, it’s a case of ‘keep it on your radar’ because so far I’ve not been able to find it in stock anywhere. The salon version is available but given I’m not a nail salon (and I’m presuming neither are you) we either need to wait for the nail lacquer for regular folk to become available, or ask our nail salon to order it in. Either way, I’m loving pale pink milky nails that make us look all kinds of understated chic.
UltraLip in Lucite by Glossier
My first ever Glossier product. I bought this last week in Melbourne and it is now my absolute new fave lip balm / pretend lipstick (I feel like I’ve discussed previously the fact that I can not wear lipstick because it makes me look feral, so I won’t go into that again - a lip balm is about as close to a lipstick as I can wear). This lip balm has enough colour to avoid me looking old and washed out, without being full colour. And it feels like, and looks like, a balm as opposed to a gloopy sticky lip gloss (I’m so over the feeling of sticky lips). Massive tick for me with this Glossier lip balm. There are a ton of colours - but this Lucite colour is a lovely soft pinkish that I can imagine would suit most people. The only downside so far is that I don’t feel like the lid clicks on tight enough. I worry that my usual toss everything into my handbag and just let it all rattle around, might (will most likely) result in the lid coming off - so I might need to think that through. Other than that, a great product.
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Hamnet may be having it’s moment in the sun with the release of the movie adaptation, but this Maggie O’Farrel book, The Marriage Portrait, comes close to the best book I’ve ever read - surpassing Hamnet for me. I loved it. From page one until the end. I had to seriously slow down my reading because I took it away with me to Niseko and within the first hour of the flight I realised I would have this book done and dusted within a day of the holiday starting if I didn’t slow down. So I, reluctantly, put it to one side for the entire trip so that I could savour it on our long journey back (which included 5 hours in Tokyo airport - a perfect book reading opportunity). Maggie O’Farrell’s writing is sublime. Her turn of phrase, the pacing of the story, the characters - all of it is superb and a pleasure to read. It is not a small book but as stated above, it is very easy to get into. As with many Maggie O’Farrell books, the central protagonist of The Marriage Portrait is a young female navigating an overbearing patriarchal society - and through strength and smarts, doing her best to survive. This is really a wonderful read. It’s not a new book so apologies to everyone who has read it before - but if you haven’t found your way to it yet, I highly recommend.