docholligay:

@rhiorhino asked:

Hey Doc, about that last reblog: would you have any particular recs for formal clothes that the OW nerds might wear? You have super fantastic taste and I think it’d be really interesting to see your take on it

Number one: Thanks. 

Number two: This is my first half (I will do the other two girls after dance class) of the OW nerds formalwear party. 

For Lena, I see something altogether playful in a three piece tweed style. The color palette would offset her well, and the cut of it, as well as the subtle striping, would make her appear a little taller and broader.

Tomboy Toes actually makes men’s shoes for women’s sizes, and that’s what I think she’d go for here, in a simple brogue that goes with everything. 

I do think she’d use the simple earthy palette to allow herself to really experiment and go nuts with her shirt and tie combos. Maybe every so often she pushes it too far, but in general I think she has a good eye for how a simple purple paisley can hit against the green-brown of her suit. 

If Lena is ‘your English professor who gets too drunk and recites the Jabberwock’, then Fareeha is presidential in bearing. She doesn’t have to work with her frame–she’s already tall and broad, and I think a straight structured dark blue suit would offset that well, with strong, broad colored ties and well-shined oxfords that signal a control and a power and a leaderly bearing. 

Her only concession to any sort of frippery is a simple silver tie bar that Angela gave her, with the date of their anniversary inscribed simply. She never forgets to wear it.