HALT

In my very first Shakespeare show, the opening line was the notorious "Halt! An audience!" from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Looking back, I now laugh at that line for our little thirteen-year-old selves always took it so seriously, when it's actually such farce. That line always stuck with me though, (as did most Shakespeare lines, if you couldn't already tell...) and I've always related it to my style and the way I dress. "Halt, an audience," literally means, "Hold on, we have an audience, this is a show." I've always liked to reflect that in my clothing: hold on, I'm "performing," so I may as well look the part, kind of like As You Like It's "all the world's a stage" bit. 

Although simple, this is such a "halt!" ensemble, and I love the aura it gives off (a little Wednesday Addams, a little New York chic). I started with my black skate skirt and knee socks, which, thank god for Spring, I'm now able to wear without being freezing. I popped on one of my favorite Free People button downs, and simply added this long black coat from Forever 21. My beautiful Steve Madden pointed loafers gives me some more shape, and I couldn't do without my latte from Rex, duh.

♕ Photography by Jack Walsh ♕

"How far that little candle throws its beams! 

So shines a good deed in a naughty world."

[Merchant of Venice 5.1]

Cheers, xoxo