Swishy pants!

Pants shouldn't make noise. No one should wear pants that make such noise.

And so it begins...

5:30am - JFK. I am literally the only person (the only person, but there are plenty if birds. Inside the terminal. Yep. Birds in the terminal. Just flying around. It makes me uncomfortable) at the gate already for my 7 am flight to Vegas so I don't have anyone's fashion on which to comment. I know you're thinking, "Well Liz, what are acceptable travel clothes." I'm going to share what I'm wearing and why it works: a gray light sweater, black stretch cords, toms, a trench coat and a fake pashmina. Many of you have defended outfit choices by saying you want to be comfortable and, believe me, I am comfort's #1 BFF; however, you can still be comfortable without sacrificing fashion. The top is a perfect in between for hot or cold and since it's just one layer, doesn't necessitate the almost strip search that happens for any lady who dare to wear a tank under a shirt at security. (that's a rant for another time) I feel the best if my pant has a slight stretch. These are so soft they feel like pajamas. (no they are no pajama jeans) I don't really believe in taking your shoes off in public, but I LOVE bare feet, so Toms are the closest I can get to bare feet. The pashmina can double as a blanket and the trench can be folded into a pillow. I guarantee I'll be comfortable on this flight and I'll definitely be sleeping up a storm . Oh and bags, (also a rant for another time) since this is just a weekend trip, I have one for clothes and one toiletries/things to entertain me/a smaller purse/soy-tein noodles cause airport food can pretty much blow for anyone who's getting snatched (look it up - Mark Fisher Fitness) More to come friends!

Test from my phone

Since I'm traveling tomorrow and I know you all want to see amazing pics of my traveling companions, I thought I would do a test pic/blog from my phone. Here's the cuteness that is my sleeping cat Bea! Testy test test test.

why??????????

This blog is dedicated to traveling fashion. Why, you ask? Well, I travel a fair amount and I have been known to post some witty facebook status mourning the days when people didn't look homeless whilst traveling. People appear like they're all still college freshman who just couldn't be bothered to put clothes on for class and therefor came in pjs. I've posted enough of these statuses (stati?) that several friends have said...oh just post a blog about it.

So I grew up in the South. I remember, as a child, dressing to fly...like Sunday clothes. Now I admit that I don't go so far any longer, but I just don't understand this phenomenon of 1. bringing everything you own and everything from your bed (i.e. blanket, pillow, stuffed animal) 2. throwing on whatever it was that you wore to the gym yesterday, or whatever you slept in last night.

There must be a happy medium. So this blog is dedicated to the best and the worst of travel fashion (oh let's be real...it's mainly for the worst)

this blog's name

I don't like thinking of clever names for things like blogs. I feel such pressure, like that name is going to live on the internet forever and ever. So naturally, I look to what I know and love - musical theatre. And more specially The Sound of Music. This is one of my favorite exchanges in the movie...picture it: the von Trapps are determined to escape Austria so they begin to push their car quietly away from their home. Little did they know that Herr Zeller is waiting for such an escape and is ready to escort Captain von Trapp to his new command of the naval forces of the Third Reich(noooooooooooooooo). Thank God for a music festival! And thank God they can all sing! Oh No! Those travel clothes almost gave them away! (not to be confused with the "play clothes" from earlier in the movie) Oh yes, Maria is quick on her feet and dubs these travel clothes "costumes".

- You ask me to believe that you, Captain von Trapp...are singing in a concert?
- Believe me, it will be a performance beyond anything even I've dreamt of. Like you, Herr Zeller, l, too, am a man of hidden talents.
- Yes.
- Here, program.
- It says only the names of the children.
- It says the von Trapp Family Singers...and I am the head of the von Trapp family, am I not?
- And these travel clothes that you're wearing?
- Our costumes, naturally. This night air is not good for the children's voices

Costumes indeed. And the night air is definitely not good for the children's voices.

The von Trapps literally traveling in their travel clothes over the Alps: