Casual Friday

Grey jacket from Kohls, red sleeveless from Target underneath.  Dark blue stretch jeans (so comfy) from Old Navy (sweetheart cut), and black Toms.

Octopus necklace.

New skull necklace I picked up doing a bit of after school shopping.

I also stopped by Encore Shoe Dept. and was happy to see that they still have my favorites, so I picked up a backup pair. 

Now I know some of you are thinking, "I thought goths are supposed to be into DIY and thrifting."  Well, to be honest, my job is very stressful at the moment.  I spend nearly every waking hour teaching, lesson planning, or grading.  Only now is the workload starting to lighten up, so maybe I'll have more time for projects soon. I also find that you can get away with more if you mix and match clean-cut pieces from mainstream stores with a darker color palette.

After the Bell Rings...

When I'm not working, or when I'm out of town, I can get a bit more flamboyant.  Here's an outfit that I might wear out for the evening, without the tights if I think I might run into coworkers or parents.

Subdued School Ma'arm

I teach in a small town, so I have to be very conservative in my clothing choices.  I typically play with a gray scale color palette, accented with bright splashes of color.  I have to limit the days I go full grey/white/black to a minimum, to avoid arousing the ire of parents and coworkers.    Hence the name of this blog - Muted Macabre.  If I am to chance dressing darkly at all, my efforts must at all times be understated.

Here are some outfits from the past few days:

This is what I wanted to wear, but I ended up going with a white jacket, as pictured below.  I felt as if I had been pushing it with the black a bit to much earlier in the week.

Outfit number two:

The pants are gray pinstripe.

Corp goth, indeed.