A Week of Outfits: Kayla Sossin

This summer season, my buddy Kayla wore all denim to her birthday picnic. “It’s my go-to daytime look,” she advised me. “I stole the shirt from my mother, and I put on these $40 sneakers to dying.” Impressed, I requested if she’d be up for sharing a full week of outfits, and fortunately she stated sure…

Shirt: J.Crew, comparable. Denims: Rag & Bone. Footwear: Banana Republic Manufacturing unit. Sun shades: Ray-Ban.

“This boat portray is from First Dibs, and it’s my favourite factor I personal. It’s 5 toes tall and was initially $1500. I couldn’t justify spending that a lot, so I went on-line and acquired it right down to $800! I can’t negotiate in particular person as a result of I get too nervous. I come from a protracted line of Jewish ladies who don’t pay full worth for something, and my mother and nana would have been like, ‘Come on!’”

Gown: Shona Pleasure, comparable. Bag: Marshalls, comparable. Heels: Jessica Simpson.

“This gown is my go-to date night time outfit. My fiancé Jeremy and I normally go to dinner at Bar Bête in our neighborhood. I’ve small boobs and don’t all the time want a bra, however I can’t have my nipples everywhere. So, I put on these spherical pasties. ”

“I simply acquired into Jones Highway Magnificence; I’m an enormous fan of their Miracle Balm. For nails, I like pale pinks. I used to chew my nails a lot. I used to be like, it’s an anxiousness factor, I’m an grownup, I hate it, and my buddy was like, get gel polish so you’ll be able to’t chew it. That was my technique, and it labored.”

Shirt: Vince. Pants: Abercrombie & Fitch. Footwear: Banana Republic Manufacturing unit. Roadrunner allure: Take Me With You. Sun shades: “I stole them from my dad; they’re very outdated Armani.”

“I’ve been carrying listening to aids since I used to be eight. When there’s background noise, like at a celebration, it’s laborious for me to listen to – the phrases get garbled. I’d prefer to be extra social in these conditions, however it’s powerful if I don’t perceive what somebody’s saying. You don’t need to be the one who is like ‘What?’ ‘Whattt?’” It takes extra vitality to be in these environments; it’s value it, however it’s laborious.”

“I didn’t tie my hair again till I used to be 24 as a result of I didn’t need folks to see my listening to aids. Now strangers generally stare at my ears. It’s advantageous — perhaps they see the little tube and suppose, What’s that, an earring? Nevertheless it actually bothered me after I was youthful as a result of I didn’t need folks to know that a part of me. It’s laborious sufficient to develop up as a woman, an adolescent, a younger girl, with out being completely different. For a very long time, I felt like one thing was unsuitable with me, as an alternative of simply, that is how I’m.”

Sweatshirt: comparable. Denims: Reformation; “they’ve the very best denims and so they’re all the time on sale.” Footwear: Banana Republic Manufacturing unit.

“Our canine, Lenny, is the very best factor that ever occurred to me, apart from Jeremy. I advised Jeremy I wished one thing Lenny-themed for Valentines’ Day, like a type of mother necklaces with their children’ initials. I wished an ‘L’ one, and Jeremy was like, That’s insane. Then he found these customized pet sweatshirts. I put on mine on a regular basis.”

“As a interest, I run a bakeshop on Instagram known as Shortcrust. I make customized birthday muffins and elaborate floral cupcakes, and I be part of pop-ups in farmers markets and craft gala’s, just like the Hester Road Honest and Brooklyn Pop-Up.”

Blazer: Banana Republic, comparable OR comparable. T-shirt: Reformation. Belt: classic. Denims: Reformation.

“I work for NYC’s emergency administration company, and I put on this outfit to the workplace after I must look good. The classic belt is stolen from my mother — she acquired it ages in the past in Florence, Italy. She’s going to see this weblog put up and be like, You have to return all my issues.”

Footwear: Caron Callahan, pattern sale.

“I work in a really male-dominated discipline, and after I first began, I lacked confidence. I might look ahead to course from senior folks, even after I already knew what to do. However then I spotted, I acquired this job for a purpose, and I work my ass off, and I can belief myself. I’ve had loads of poisonous bosses and completely weird experiences, however I’ve lastly developed the arrogance to know after I’m proper and when to push, versus when to close up. Surprisingly, the flexibility to acknowledge after I don’t know the reply additionally makes me good at my job. I work with loads of material consultants, and I’m very comfy listening to different folks. You possibly can’t have each single reply each single time, you must depend on the crew. Everybody contributes one thing.”

Thanks a lot, Kayla!

P.S. Extra folks share their week of outfits, together with a stay-at-home mother who loves clowncore and a scientist with a brand new child.

(Images by Julia Robbs for Cup of Jo.)

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