Outfit: ASOS dress, similar: 4th & Reckless Satin Lace Trim Cap Sleeve Maxi Dress ($101). Vintage belt, similar: Uxcell Unisex Double Stitched Belt ($10). Princess Polly Lanter Socks ($12). Cole Haan Women's Lana Lux Remastered Penny Loafers ($160)
When I landed on "She's All I Wanna Be," the 2022 pop song from Canadian singer-songwriter of the moment Tate McRae, I interpreted it in a few different ways. Firstly, I was headed to the office followed by a fundraiser event and the lyric "She'll wear a tight mini black dress" took me straight to the black section of my wardrobe. While I could pull off something formfitting, a minidress didn't feel appropriate for the occasion, so I settled on midi length.
Next, I focused on the theme of the song (jealousy), and as I listened to the words, "She's got everything that I don't have / And she's all I wanna be / All I wanna be so bad," a lightbulb went off in my head to check my "Outfits to try" Instagram collection where I've saved looks I love for days I'm lacking inspiration. My polka-dot dress immediately reminded me of the outfit on the second slide of this Reformation carousel. Sure, the aesthetic is a little more academia-leaning than McRae might've been picturing, but I was happy with the end result — especially since these Cole Haan penny loafers are some of my favorite comfortable work shoes.
