OUTFIT | Windy affairs in a blue trench coat

coat: COS

T-shirt: Uniqlo

skirt: Zara

sunglasses: zero UV

earrings: SLY

clutch: Dezso by Sara Beltran

wedges: Zara

watch: Daniel Wellington

Wearing many of my favorite items in one outfit is always a satisfying feeling. I recently shopped at COS in Minami-Aoyama for the first time, and I immediately fell in love with their beautiful, vivid colors and clean silhouettes. Even though it is starting to become a bit warm to be wearing a trench coat, I still couldn't help picking out this pretty electric blue belted trench. One of my goals is to incorporate more vivid colors in my wardrobe, so might as well start boldly, right? 

I kept the rest of the outfit minimal but clean, with a simple round-neck T-shirt, a black and white pencil skirt, and casual wedges from Zara. These cat-eye sunglasses from zero UV are one of my favorites at the moment - they add some sass and edge to this outfit, and the frames are so unique as well. I also added some touches of color with the beachy clutch from Dezso, sparkly earrings and a striped watch, all bearing motifs of the ocean in one way or another. And as you can see, the day we shot these was extremely windy, to the point where Lisa and I thought we were both going to be blown away. But because we always somehow end up shooting in pretty severe winds, we've both learned to use it in our favor. I think the trench coat looks much more alive in the wind, don't you think?

最近ハマっているアイテム達を、一つのコーディネートにまとめると、すごくいい気分になりますよね。今回は、このお気に入りの刺激的なブルーのトレンチコートをメインにコーデを組んでみました！COS南青山店に初めて立ち寄って、すぐ好きになりました。素敵な色合いのお洋服、しかもどれもシンプルだけれども綺麗なシルエットばかりのもの。結局、このブルーのトレンチを選びました。これからはもっとカラーを着たいので、思いっきりアウターでその目標をスタートするのもいいかな、と。

トレンチのブルーを目立たせるために、トップスやスカートはモノクロに。今回は様々な小物が大活躍してます。zero UVのサングラスは、フェミニンでエッジの効いた形で、とても気に入っています。クラッチ、イアリング、腕時計はすべて海をテーマのものを選びました。もうすぐ海の季節ですからね！この日は風が特に強くて、吹き飛ばされそうでした！でも、コートが風になびいて、綺麗に見えるかなと思います。どう思いますか？

All photos by Paint with Stars Photography