Jess in Germany: Guest Post #3

I'm Stephanie, usually writing over in my little corner of the earth, and I've been entrusted by Jess with her Blogger password and administrative powers this week to ensure that the guest posting goes smoothly. Thus far, it's been successful.

So it seems as though Jess's readers miss her. Hundreds of you flock to her site daily and leave insightful comments, but this week you've gone away. I need you to come back though, because I need help.

I'm going to be featured in an upcoming issue of a magazine. Which magazine, you ask? Well, I'd love to tell you but because my mom recently told me she Googles my name regularly for fun, to see what's on the internet about me, and I don't really want her to find my blog (she found my Linked In - business networking! - profile and thought it was an online dating site), we'll have to play charades.

Magazine.
Two words.
First word - not fake, but _ _ _ _.
Second word - not difficult, but _ _ _ _ _ _. Got it?

Anyway, this article is on women and spending habits, and since I live in New York City, work at a nonprofit and have a penchant for expensive restaurants, I was one of the women chosen for the feature, which I'm thrilled about. I'll document every single expenditure for a whole month, then they'll set me up with a financial advisor who will likely tell me to stop eating out and I will whine that I refuse to cook in an apartment with mice.

The magazine is sending a photographer and hair/makeup person to my (run-down, slum-like) apartment on Saturday morning to take photos for the issue. Not only am I completely paranoid about the lack of space for a photo crew in my 600 square foot 2-bedroom, but there has been a mouse making cameo appearances in my living room for the past two weeks and my apartment is only slightly nicer than a rent-controlled slum and also? I have NO IDEA what to wear.

The casting editor suggested the following: "summery", "khaki", "cute". This does not help me in the least bit. A dress or a skirt? Capris or bermuda shorts? Short sleeves or spaghetti straps? I don't want to wear anything too flowy or too tight.
I like the above outfit, but maybe it looks too old (I'm 24)?

I really liked this dress until I saw that it was denim. A denim dress? Maybe it won't seem so denim-y in person, but all-denim outfits are generally never good.

So my question to you is: If your mug (and outfit!) were going to be permanently documented in a national magazine for the general public to see, and you were approximately 5'8" with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes (oh, and skin that hasn't seen the sun in a while), what would you wear?