Remember that time when you were little, and most likely a tom boy and the only way you would wear a dress was if it was paired with jeans (or track pants)...? No? Just me?
Well then.... moving on.
So it seems my childhood fashion choices are coming back..... but hopefully it stops with the whole dress/jeans combo as I was a pretty unfortunate fashion icon back in my single digit days.
When staring into the abyss that I call my closet, occasionally a few pieces catch my eye and I know they need to be paired together. I wanted to ignore the fact that I was considering pairing a dress with jeans, but they just seemed right together. Somehow they complimented each other in a way that I wasn't expecting.
Let me show you what I mean:
Well then.... moving on.
So it seems my childhood fashion choices are coming back..... but hopefully it stops with the whole dress/jeans combo as I was a pretty unfortunate fashion icon back in my single digit days.
When staring into the abyss that I call my closet, occasionally a few pieces catch my eye and I know they need to be paired together. I wanted to ignore the fact that I was considering pairing a dress with jeans, but they just seemed right together. Somehow they complimented each other in a way that I wasn't expecting.
Let me show you what I mean:
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I'd like to think that by now I am almost a professional layerer (thanks to the world's most stylish New Yorker, Olivia Palermo). I actually find that if I haven't layered an outfit, it feels incomplete.
I posted about this dress a while back during the summer. I picked it up from Winners, and it is a sort of a trapeze dress with paneling and inseam pockets sewn into the paneling. Quite pretty, really. And because our Fall season happened quick quickly, I had never gotten the chance to wear the dress on it's own.
I find I am playing around with silhouettes, print mixing, textures, and shapes a lot more, so I am trying new things, and trying to keep my style different. I like the way uncommon pieces look when paired together, and I was quite pleased with how this turned out!
I paired the black, trapeze dress over light grey ripped skinny jeans. Because of the length of the dress, I belted the dress at my natural waist and sort of billowed the dress over the belt a little to shorten it. I then layered a black knit turtle neck sweater over top so the skirt peeked out as if it were a peplum. To add texture to the overall look, I wore a (faux) fur scarf, and snake skin textured leather booties with some gold hardware.
I posted about this dress a while back during the summer. I picked it up from Winners, and it is a sort of a trapeze dress with paneling and inseam pockets sewn into the paneling. Quite pretty, really. And because our Fall season happened quick quickly, I had never gotten the chance to wear the dress on it's own.
I find I am playing around with silhouettes, print mixing, textures, and shapes a lot more, so I am trying new things, and trying to keep my style different. I like the way uncommon pieces look when paired together, and I was quite pleased with how this turned out!
I paired the black, trapeze dress over light grey ripped skinny jeans. Because of the length of the dress, I belted the dress at my natural waist and sort of billowed the dress over the belt a little to shorten it. I then layered a black knit turtle neck sweater over top so the skirt peeked out as if it were a peplum. To add texture to the overall look, I wore a (faux) fur scarf, and snake skin textured leather booties with some gold hardware.
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