formal shorts, who knew!

So this weekend i am heading out to chicago and dan and emily are flying in and we are all going to go to the pitchfork music festival with orges. informative segue, pitchfork is this super hipster super elitist music reviewing website that swear like what. Well they are putting on a music festival and it is going to be awesome. For the event emily and i agreed that the outfits we choose to wear are v. crucial to blending and not being the butt of some hipsters joke. "look at that girl. is she wearing...an ironic t shirt! how lame!" That type of thing. So after much discussion we decided that two crucial additions to our wardrobes would have to be a vest and formal shorts.

Now i make the next statement with the full knowledge that there are many many fashion trends throughout my life that have looked absolutely terrible on me. A few examples: tube tops and strapless things in general, long hippie skirts and frocks, bell bottom pants. Having prefaced with this I have to confess i was made to wear mini pleated formal shorts. goddamn i said goddamn!! The mini short is just fantabulous and since i'm only 5 ft tall i don't look like a total whore wearing these types of things.

So i've been trying to channel kate moss and sienna miller as my style icons for this event (yes, i make this statement will a full sense of irony since these two women are mildly ridiculous. But this is a hipster festival and thus must we must go to that level). ths is kind of the look i'm going for on day one
but i'm gonna do a wife beater and possibly a denim mini, mainly because i couldnt' find the rightcolor of shorts to go with the vest. I will also not be wearing the boots because a) my legs are short and b) hello it's like 90 degrees outside! Add to that some aviators and BAM! ridiculous fashion!

Outfit option number 2
linen formal shorts with some kidn of top, not sure yet

outfit number 3:
i have a mini free flowing sleeveless dress that i could wear with leggings. yes, i said it, leggings. I might even wear my silvery sheer ones from american apparel. I"m gonna go try all this on right after i take a shower.

basiclaly i'm treating this like it's a costume party because that is the only way that i can rationalize wearing a vest. but seriously trust me on the mini formal shorts!