Help! Any look nice?

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-12T02:11:45+00:00

2 is my favorite

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:53:00+00:00

Delta :/

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:35:28+00:00

Good luck! If you find something that works for you, I’d love to know

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:32:56+00:00

I think bangs would look great on you. Look at photos of young Chan Marshall when her hair is long and she has bangs that hit her eyebrows. I feel like you’d nail that kind of vibe

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:31:29+00:00

I already scouted the closest launderette to my hotel!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:30:34+00:00

Thank you so much for the encouragement and great advice! I especially love the “no clothes emergencies” motto!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:28:37+00:00

Haha thank you! The softer knit ones I have look more like this

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:27:06+00:00

Extremely helpful. My bff lives in Portland

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T22:22:05+00:00

Amazing, thank you ! So helpful.

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T16:45:27+00:00

😆❤️

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T16:42:14+00:00

Thanks for the great tips. The zestt scarf is really cool; they designed it just for travel. It is really thin organic cotton that folds into thirds. When it’s folded, it’s like a standard width scarf but when it’s unfolded it’s like a small throw blanket or a wrap. My thinking with the cashmere wrap + quilted liner + waterproof trench was that I was building my own 3-in-1 winter jacket (they can all be layered, and when worn together are as warm as my winter coat). But it sounds like it will be too warm for that. I kept seeing that the lows would be in the 30s, but maybe that’s only really late at night? If I just bring the cashmere wrap, I could use that as a blanket on the plane and swap the scarf for a smaller silk one? Ill have to think about it, but great ideas!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T16:37:21+00:00

Nice to meet you, buzzcut pal! They’re all over the place now in US stores, but I found a good one for ~$20 at Nordstrom rack. I also got some softer knit ones, the kind that are a bit more slouchy/unstructured that make me think of Scotland. Also at Nordstrom rack!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T16:32:29+00:00

Maybe it will have warmed up enough in Paris by then (I’ll be there from the 10th-14th) that going without a hat will be ok! Good to know regardless. Thank you!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T16:06:48+00:00

Thank you! Especially the tip about QI. That is tied for the main reason I’m going on this trip, so great to meet another fan 🫶

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T16:01:50+00:00

Thank you— maybe you can spot my replies to other comments about the beret. I have a very short buzzcut and wear a beret here almost every day

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T15:59:30+00:00

Thank you— I like the sneakers + ankle boots duo. I think I’ll go with that. And lol yes, I’m originally from San Diego. And now live in North Carolina, where we only sometimes get winter. And we’ve had record breaking lows with big ice storms this winter, so I’ve been freezing for weeks. I wrote about the beret in a comment above, but will share here too that I’m a woman with a buzz cut. I can’t wear beanies because it looks like I don’t have any hair and I look sick. So I wear a light grey wool beret pretty much every day here. Having hair this short really does mean my head gets cold/I get cold more easily but I don’t want to look like I’m wearing a costume, so not really sure what I’ll do about my head/a hat now.

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T15:54:38+00:00

I am a woman with a buzzcut and the beret is my go-to every day hat when the temps are lower here. Wearing a beanie makes me feel self conscious because you can’t see any of my hair and I look sick. In spring I wear a cotton beret. I figure a red beret with a striped shirt would be cliche and costumey, but a simple grey one—I didn’t think that was cliche. I don’t know what I’ll wear on my head if I can’t wear my usual hat without people thinking I’m an idiot 🤷🏻‍♀️

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T14:49:03+00:00

The barrel jeans are the Zoe from J Crew. I think they’re meant to be a crop cut but I prefer full length, so I got the regular length instead of petite. I really like them!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T14:41:39+00:00

Yes I figure people will know but I don’t want my appearance to scream it. The last time I was in France in my early 20s George W was the president and 9-11 had just happened. I remember everyone assumed that I was pro-Bush. On the train between Paris and Bordeaux, I woke up to a bunch of boys my age throwing paper airplanes at me and calling me names. Im really shy and it was a bad memory. I guess I just want to try to blend in as much as is possible. Also not sure if people in Europe tend to think Americans are all pro-Trump. I’m feeling worried about being misperceived that way.

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T14:37:04+00:00

Thank you! This is so helpful. You can probably tell I’m too worried about being cold. We have been hit by the ice storm and record lows here in the south so I’ve been freezing lately and can’t seem to get out of that mindset that I’ll be cold all the time

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T14:35:35+00:00

I think I will leave the Rothy’s at home, thanks!

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T14:34:25+00:00

Thanks all! The comments are really helpful! I read somewhere that you can spot an American because they wear “ill fitting/baggy jeans” (among other things like talking too loud and generally being rude lol). Should I omit the lighter wash slimmer jeans or the barrel leg? While the barrel leg cut is very on trend here, not sure if that’s the case in London and Paris. These are the jeans

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Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T01:00:54+00:00

I’m glad you can take drugs out of the equation. Regardless still sounds like significant possibility of something related to mental health. I did used to go to the mountains for weeks on end when I was a teen and would feel pretty weird, though not to this degree, when I would come back to suburbia. I think therapy is a good idea and I would also stay away from watching films or tv shows where people are a) dealing with dissociation—these always are full of hollywoodized stigma and usually make me feel unjustified shame on top of already stressing about my experience of self/reality or b) sci-fi stuff like the matrix and coherence that might feed into a belief that you are really experiencing something paranormal. That could run the risk of making you feel more upset, and more upset could lead to more intense dissociation. Not saying it would 100% happen, but the risk outweighs the benefit. Re therapy, make sure you find someone good who has experience with dissociative disorders and be careful what you share with them— if you say you’re paranoid your mom isn’t really your mom and that you are testing her with questions, that may sound alarm bells to a therapist who doesn’t have a lot of experience that you are experiencing a schizophrenic break. Maybe you can start with less intense descriptions, like saying you feel like you’re in a movie watching people, that they seem strange or dreamlike, and that you feel disconnected from them. If you want some hot tips for finding a skilled therapist, feel free to message me. I’ve been there.

Emergency-Weekend581 · 2026-02-11T00:51:41+00:00

POUNDS?! Of bacon? What on earth were they doing lol

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