Sunday, December 26, 2010

Cuse Closet: “The Hills are Alive”

Cuse Closet peeks inside the staff's wardrobes to find out where we're going and how good we look getting there.

All my life, I’ve been a self-professed Sound of Music fanatic. This obsession was supported by the codependency of my friends who’d happily pass the hours with me, singing the soundtrack in sequence from start to finish, complete with harmony parts (we were choir kids ‘nuff said…). And in fourth grade I jumped at the chance to be Maria, singing the film’s title track for an afterschool Broadway Revue production.

Earlier this week, as the prefinals projects were mounting I found myself wanting to listen to the movie soundtrack again. I am still leery of downloading whole albums onto my computer so I settled on listening to it on YouTube. Maria’s naïve confident voice perked me up and I was shocked by how close in age I am now to the character.

Today’s outfit was a subtle testament to the film. A striped blue tunic that I layered under a gathered jersey knit dress had a folky feel similar to what the young nun wore while traipsing around the Austrian Alps. Even while on the run from German Officers, Maria never encountered snow, I was not so lucky so for However for practicality’s sake I layered on an oversized grey cardigan over my Maria dress combo and to keep the whole thing from getting to twee, I finished off the look with a pair of black lace-up boots.

-Emily Montgomery

Blue and white striped oxford tunic- bought this summer while studying in Madrid

Chocolate brown pintuck dress- boutique in downtown Syracuse

Oversized grey cardigan- Eddie Bauer Outlet store, Seaside Oregon

Grey tights- American Apparel

Brown corseted belt (previously worn) - Madewell

Fringed black boots- Value Village

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