What I'd Wear Wednesday: Layered bustier

What I'd wear today if I could: a look like this one (by Trina Turk from a few years back -- this is a goody from my ol' Style File) -- a bustier over a crisp white shirt. I loved this look when I saw it a few years ago, and I saw it at the mall again recently. I think a simple bustier or corset over a white shirt just looks so fresh and so fall. Pair these two elements together, add dark jeans or some nice pants and cool ankle boots, and you've got yourself an amazing date-night or night-out-with-the-girls look. Hat optional. (And my humble recommendation is to skip the hat altogether if you're going out after dark.) If you already have a bustier from, say, summer, you can keep wearing it into fall this way.

Now my quest is just to find a nice bustier. I know Bebe and Charlotte Russe stores usually carry bustiers, and you can order them through Victoria's Secret. Or eBay.

Oh, and I've also seen some shirts made to look like a corset over a shirt, but they're just one piece -- which is fine -- but the two-piece real thing is more chic.