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What To Wear When You Feel Weird And It's Raining - 3 Good Outfits

It eventually stopped raining.

Laurel Pantin
Mar 17, 2023
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It’s been raining in LA, nonstop, since the beginning of the year. At first it was charming, then I heard it’s actually drowning the trees here - they’re not equipped for so much water - and then and then. And then my kids turned a year older. And then I turned a year older, and I cried a little, feeling sorry for myself for being tired. Stupid. And not in a sexy way.

I was thinking about “get out of your comfort zone” and “think outside the box”. Push beyond your boundaries, do something scary, wear something unfamiliar. But honestly, there’s a lot to be said for just not. At all. Burying your head in your kids damp post-bath hair, staying home and putting on something soft. Sometimes. Especially when it’s gloomy out.

I’ve wanted to synthesize something coherent about the recent collections, I’ve wanted to put in to words the feeling of being seen (Rachel did it for me), but then… it was raining, so I rubbed my face against my daughter’s cheeks and put on something soft. The nugget fro…

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