Making It Work
Autumn's arrival has thrown up a few challenges in my wardrobe. My usual wardrobe at this time of the year has involved jeans in every shape and form but not so this year. I am currently surviving on a couple of skirts, 2 3/4 sleeve shirts and a few dresses. Needless to say, I am sick to death of all of them and desperately trying to reinvent new ways of wearing them all. I am, however, determined not to add any more rtw to my wardrobe.
I got up this morning to the autumns first frost. Minus 2 degrees celcius was rather a shock, especially when I was putting out the washing in the early hours. The one thing you can be certain of with a frost, is a sunny day and today, I knew, would not disappoint. It is not uncommon for the day to climb into the early twenties by mid morning so layering is a must. Today's outfit started with new leather boots which conveniently arrived in the mail yesterday from Amazon. The brown in the boots matched the brown in my favourite upcycled blouse. Rather than stick to my normal black Vogue skirt with this blouse, for some reason today, I reached for this rather under used Colette Meringue skirt. I am not sure why it is rather unloved and forlorn in my wardrobe because, actually, I quite like it! Because it was frosty and I work in a glass house (I kid you not, my office is 75% glass), I also began the day in a charcoal coloured light weight merino vest by Maya which was discarded as the day warmed up.
The verdict....I actually quite like brown and grey worn together. It is not something I have ever done in the past as far as I can recall. I guess that is one benefit of blogging, stepping out of my comfort zone.
On a side note, I am contemplating joining up with Me Made May but I am not sure whether I will have the time to take daily photographs. If I do it, I think I will need to post photos weekly. What do you think?
I like that combination too and I think you should give MMM a try. Plenty of people do a weekly photo wrap up/session as daily uploads can be quite time consuming.
ReplyDeleteI think I may have to go this way. Apart from the photo taking I really enjoyed it last year and still like to look back for inspiration from time to time.
DeleteYummy boots - they were the first thing I noticed! I think the whole outfit looks great. I had a major wardrobe malfunction this morning and broke the zipper on my tall black boots so the outfit I ended up wearing was a real mish mash. Currently trying to decide whether to get the zipper replaced... or buy new boots ;-)
ReplyDeleteDarn! Sometimes it is just as cost effective to buy new ones. I have recently replaced my black ones because the heels needed work. I couldn't have worn the old ones anyway because they would echo too much on the concrete floor at work. I need rubber soles.
DeleteI love the boots too :) This is my favourite outfit so far this week - it's tricky to figure out what to wear in this time of changing seasons. Thanks for sharing your beautiful outfit with WW xo
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am glad you like it! I may have to make something new for next time.
DeleteI like brown and grey on you too. MMM is a good exercise if you have a goal in mind. I found it exciting last year because it was my first MMM and I met lots of stylish sewers too.
ReplyDeleteLast year was my first time as well. By the end I was really pleased to not see a camera but it is nice to look back on.
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