Funky Friday: Stripes and Tropical Print

Hello, my friends! Today's outfit was created with the express purpose of having a striped outfit for Shelbee's (link*) and Nancy's (link) "Good Buy/Good-Bye" post, coming up in a couple of weeks. So if you're here from that, thank you for visiting and welcome! 
*all links 'cause I love!

I pulled this outfit from the line-up of semi-created looks I put together last week (a lovely mental health exercise), when I remembered that the Stripes Theme was coming up. I whiffed on the Tie-Dye Theme (I don't own a single piece of tie-dye), so I thought I ought to make an effort this time. 

I planned this look around the trousers, which are delightfully stripe-y. 

• Blouse - Scotch & Soda, vintage store, Vancouver; last seen here in August 2020 with a black leather mini (Flashback there)
• Trousers - INC, thrifted; last worn here in May 2020 for a Zoom call
• Shoes - Prepare Guide, Fluevog; last seen here (2nd outfit) for brunch and shopping in a bubble dress in June
• Panthers jacket (below) - NFL Shop; last worn here in June

I've had these pants for 3 years, but have only worn them four times including today. They're extremely comfy - pull-on! - but lack pockets (grrr). However, I will forgive them, as I love the flared hems, and how the stripes are lined up properly on both legs and seams! 

Now that flare/wide legs are a "thing" again in fashion, I might keep these out for fall/winter to get more wear out of them, although this stripe screams "summer" to me.

I've always worn them with solid colours due to the black and white stripes, but why not experiment? 

When I realized that this top had black and white striping around the neck, a little lightbulb in my head went off. *boop*

The digital print on the front has a flamingo, water lilies and a couple of big fish (my hand is hiding the orange one there). 

The back is nearly sheer - it has wee dots and stars and is a very pale pink. 

I'm wearing my newest camisole (by Kayser), purchased here for $2.95. I don't track my camis, so it will no doubt go down to pennies per wear over the years. 

Masked up - this teal and gold one worked nicely. 

I felt very funky in this outfit, even though I didn't really see anyone until my workday was over. 

• Mask - by Mom

Outerwear - we're back to our normal summer temps, in the high-teens to low 20s. Ah, it feels nice to wear a jacket again!

I have a lot of jackets - I'm a bit of a jacket/coat junkie. 

I liked the bookends of aqua in the stripes (more stripes!) on the sleeves and cuffs with the shoes, And this sporty look went with the more casual vibe of the trousers. I'm not sure where this look fits in my Style Profile...Funky? Graphic? 

After work, I met up with L, Spence, Nick, Greg and Arnold at the Garrick's Head Pub (Laurie and Ally, you've both been there with me). I had dinner and hung out for a bit, and then went home to watch more Olympics (yay for our gold-medal winning women's soccer/football team!) and chill with Vizzini. I tried to take a picture with him in the morning, but he was being very squirmy. 

The stuff: 

These have easily been my best Fluevog purchase of all of them (and I've bought a lot). In addition to the FIFTY times I showed them in the Flashback (here, enjoy!), I have worn them 5 more times since then. I'm aiming for 100 wears! Only 45 outfits to go, hee hee.

Simple bling: 

I liked how Mom's ring went with the print (green/pink). It's so pretty - I thought about Mom all day, whenever I looked at it.

• Cuff - vintage fair
• Olivine/coral ring - Honolulu, Hawaii, c. 1977, Mom's
• Fulvia Ring - Wendy Brandes
• Earrings - consignment

The bigass earrings were a bit of a pain with my mask. How we suffer for fashion! [dramatic swoon]

A very happy weekend to all of you - thank you so much for stopping by!