Short Shorts

July 15, 2016

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One Teaspoon shorts
Raye sandals (c/o REVOLVE)
Aritzia hat (similar)
J. Crew bag (c/o) (similar)
Rayban sunglasses
Keltie Leanne Designs ring (c/o)
Strut Jewelry ring (c/o)

I was so excited to wear my denim shorts in San Francisco. It hadn’t truly been warm enough to wear them in Vancouver yet this year, and I’ve been really focused on fitness for the past few months, which I suppose meant that I thought when I put my shorts on, I would magically have the body of a completely different person. In reality, of course, I put my shorts on our first morning in the city and, much to my dismay, my legs were still my legs. This is not my way of fishing for compliments. In fact, even if every single one of you were kind enough to reassure me that my legs look just fine in these shorts, I wouldn’t really believe it. My legs have been a sore point for me since I was bopping along with Mousercises on the Disney channel in kindergarten. I have come up with exactly no effective strategies to make myself feel less self-conscious about them, including exercising regularly. But life is short and summer is hot, particularly in California, so I wore the shorts, anyway. The sky high sandals, on the other hand, I had to take off after I took a small tumble on the very large hill where we shot these photos – no matter how much I love a good heel, they just do not mix the terrain in San Francisco, and so I wound up forced way out of my shorts comfort zone, not only wearing shorts, but wearing them with sneakers. I think the last time I wore shorts and sneakers at the same time was, well, the last time I was in California, when I was barely twelve. And I survived, although I admit that I like the look of this outfit a lot better with the sandals, which are without a doubt my favourite things that I’ve found on REVOLVE this year. But, admittedly, my outfit from earlier this week is a very close second – and if you missed the REVOLVE sale this week, you’re in luck because I have a second one of those outfits to give away; details on how to enter to win are below! (Contest is open internationally. Note that the outfit being given away is a size SMALL.)

J’avais tellement hâte de mettre mon short en denim à San Francisco. Il ne faisait toujours pas assez chaud à Vancouver pour un short, mais je me suis mis au point sur ma conditionnement physique depuis le mois de mai et donc, je suppose, j’imaginais que j’allais découvrir ma morphologie complètement transformé quand me mettais mon short. La réalité, bien sûr, c’était que j’ai mis mon short notre premier matin à San Francisco et, malheureusement, ma morphologie restait la mienne, y inclus mes jambes courtes. Je ne cherche pas des compliments en vous racontant cette histoire. À vrai dire, même si chacune de vous m’assurait que mes jambes étaient bien dans ce short, je ne pourrai pas vraiment le croire. Je déteste mes jambes depuis mon enfance – je fais des exercices « Mousercises » signé Disney à mes cinq ans afin de les changer. Je n’ai aucune idée comment me décomplexer sur leur sujet – je fais même des exercices au quotidien, je vois des changements mais mes complexes ne changent pas. Mais la vie est courte et il fait chaud en Californie, donc j’ai mis mon short quand même. Les sandales, par contre, je n’ai pas porté pendant longtemps. J’ai trébuché sur la colline ou nous avons pris ces photos et je me suis rendue compte que même si nous avons l’habitude de porter des escarpins partout, le terrain à San Francisco et les escarpins ne font pas bon ménage. Et donc, je me suis trouvée très loin de ma zone de confort, portant un short avec des baskets. Je crois que la dernière fois que j’ai porte une tenue similaire, c’était pendant mon dernier séjour en Californie, à mes (presque) douze ans. L’expérience n’était pas si horrible que ça, et cependant, j’ai certainement préférée mon look avec les sandales, qui sont sans doute ma meilleure découverte de chez REVOLVE cette année. Ceci dit, ma tenue de lundi les suit de très près – et si vous avez loupé les soldes chez REVOLVE cette semaine, vous avez de la chance, car j’ai une deuxième tenue à offrir. Vous trouverez les détails du concours, qui est ouvert à toutes mes lectrices, ici-bas. Veuillez noter que la tenue est de la taille S. Bonne chance !


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10 responses to “Short Shorts”

  1. Ah, will you look at those row-homes!!! How fabulously charming & gorgeous! As for your shorts enthusiasm? Me too! Always get so excited to pull them out, but my legs are a whole other story. Haha!! I’m sure if you saw mine, you’d have a whole new appreciation for yours! 😉 And I must say this outfit is super fab, love how you it together!! xo

    Girl & Closet

  2. Sarah says:

    I feel you! Shorts are a hard thing to work with when it feels like everyone’s attention goes right to your legs. But I’m glad that you’ve worn them anyway (and tried doing SanFran in heels, you brave soul) because this outfit is so perfect. I’ve been following you since I was in high school and I feel like I’ve grown with you and your style! You’re so amazing, never change!

  3. Gabi says:

    Lovely outfit, been wanting to buy some short shorts, the bohemian inspired too goes great. And as for the legs, they look amazing! We will all look back when we are old on pictures of ourselves and see how truly beautiful we were, “flaws” and all.

  4. Cee, your legs look awesome girl! I love those sandals and that top is gorgeous! Love this look on you. So pretty.
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  5. Lyddiegal says:

    I would have been truly, jaw-droppingly impressed if you’d told me you had made your way up and down the steep San Francisco streets in those heels. While beautiful and charming, those streets are a workout! I bet your legs looked amazing by the end of the day from that alone 😉

    Also, I need that eyelet top in my life!
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  6. I happen to think your legs look quite gorgeous.

Cee Fardoe is a thirty-something Canadian blogger who splits her time between Winnipeg and Paris. She is a voracious reader, avid tea-drinker, insatiable wanderer and fashion lover who prefers to dress in black, white and gray.

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