FORM AND FUNCTION: HOW TO DRESS LIKE A GIRL WHO IS GOING TO BE OKAY

Photo by Andrea Hernandez

It's almost the end of the semester, it's getting warm again and summer is right around the corner. Your mental health has been through the wringer, your to-do list is longer than your situationship's list of excuses and somehow you still showed up today looking like that. Take a breath, grab something sweet and remember: we are going to be okay.
CLAW CLIP: It took three minutes and looks intentional. That's the secret.

LATTE AND SWEET TREAT: Non-negotiable. Load-bearing, even. When the world feels like a hydraulic press, you find joy where you can get it—and today, it tastes like an iced vanilla latte and whatever pastry was left in the case. She deserves it. She knows she deserves it.

LAPTOP: There are approximately 10,000 tabs open and one Google Doc titled "Manifesto" with nothing written in it. Is she thriving? Absolutely. Is she also one email away from closing the whole thing and staring at the wall? Possibly. Either way, the laptop is open and that automatically means she’s being productive, right?

BLAZER: Did she wake up like this? No. She woke up in a panic and threw on the first thing that said “my life is together.” Perfect for a 9 a.m. class, a last-minute interview or a very calculated run-in with an ex. Classy, comfortable and quietly threatening.

TOTE BAG: Overstuffed and slightly mysterious, this bag contains a journal she writes in when things get really bad, a book she's been 40 pages into since February and at least one item she genuinely cannot explain. It contains multitudes. Kind of like her.