Creative Fashion Fixes

Two months ago, while stuck in the full heat of August in my air condition-less house (my A/C broke in the middle of the summer), I packed a couple suitcases worth of clothes to bring with me to school. At the time I gravitated towards cute shorts, skirts, and tank tops that screamed “SUMMER BABY, WHOO!” Only towards the end of my packing endeavor did I halfheartedly throw in a single pair of jeans and one light jean jacket “just in case,” with no real intention (or supposition) that I would ever need to wear them. In my mind, I figured Providence would remain at a comfortable 75 degrees up until October, when I would be going home anyway and could swap out my warm weather outfits for fall and winter basics.

And for three weeks, I was great! 80 degree weather mixed with Providence humidity meant that the only acceptable option was a crop top and shorts.

But now that autumn has hit with its full blown force, I’m in a bit of a pickle. With no proper jacket and only one pair of long pants, I’ve been forced to come up with creative measures to stay warm while walking to class every morning:

Because I have no scarves, I’ve had to resort to using whatever is available. Luckily, the residents in my building love to use gloves when dishwashing…

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All my cable neck sweaters are unfortunately still at home; but who needs that when you can simply weave real cables into…whatever this is!

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The one jacket I brought with me doesn’t have a hood, so rather than wear it and let my head get cold, I was able to cut a head-shaped hole into an alligator-textured blanket I found in the dumpster outside the Ratty.

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All of the dresses I have with me are sleeveless and leave my chest and shoulders exposed to the cold air. But with a lot little bit of tape and some golf balls, I was able to make something that not only kept those areas warm, but my head as well!

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Rather than look stupid by putting a bowl on my head in lieu of a hat, I thought the next reasonable solution would be weaving a bunch of spools of thread with my real hair. They’re basically like hair extensions, but much more practical!

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At this rate, I honestly probably won’t even need my parents to send me my fall clothes! I’m doing perfectly fine here!

(No, but seriously Mama, if you’re reading this – can you please send me a couple sweaters, jackets, and beanies? Those spools are giving me the worst strain in my neck, oh my god…)

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