As a follow-up to yesterday’s , a clarification: it’s actually less about back-to-business dressing and more back to having places to go and people to actually see. Same difference perhaps, but the bottom line is actual outfits are required again. Which, naturally, has me pulling out more polished pieces from my closet ( skirt, above, jeans, , heels, , below, all this past week), wearing ones that straddle the August/September divide (think , track shorts with and a ), , , and a blazer, inspo below) and looking for more freshness. What I’m loving so far: ’s swingy striped skirt, green perfection from , a luscious , this Celine Trio bag (trialing it in right-now blue—you can rent it too from by using my code MARLIEN), along with a no-fail , but I really want to bust a new move with the major (last pic), plus almost , a parka (to blow their minds), and so many skirts, culottes, pictured below, for so little at .