This weekend the morning temperature dipped down below 50 for the first time, so I went looking for a cozy ensemble for church/work. I often wear something to church on Sunday AM and then redo it for work on Monday since I don’t wear my church clothes hard and the only person who will see me sporting the exact same outfit is my spouse. I figure if an ensemble worked once, I should milk it for all it’s worth, no? (Fun fact: the first picture is from this morning and the rest are from yesterday.)
Pants: My wine-colored cords were freshly back from the tailors, where they had gone for a little nipping in around the waist, and I was itching to wear them.
Top: It was cold enough for a proper sweater on top so I opened my sweater drawer to see what looked inviting. Light blue sweater – too lightweight. Pink/grey/white sweater – wrong color palette; the wine would drown out the blush pink and soft grey. But the off-white with snow leopard sleeves? Yes ma’am.
Shoes: I grabbed my dark grey/white snakeskin ankle boots to echo the off-white/grey palette of my sweater and add some interest, and we were in business:
Sweater: French Connetion, thrifted
Pants: Style & Co., thrifted and tailored
Boots: Lucky Brand, gift from my sister
Necklace: DIY from Goodwill parts
Blazer (blazer): Haberdashery Collection by Personal, thrifted
Jewelry: I wore cream-colored earrings to complement the sweater and boots. Did it need a necklace? Not necessarily, but it would dress up the soft textures a bit. The pendant with a stylized flower fit better with stylized flower earrings than my large “stone” pendant, so that’s what I chose:
Note: This is about 20 minutes after pulling it out of the drawer where it had sat, more or less Kondo-folded, since last year. Not bad wrinkle-wise, eh?
Socks: Since these cords went in for a trim up, they sit where they should on my waist…
Ahh, fit so much improved!
…which means the short legs are now really short and expose some ankle above the top of my boots. So I put on my thickest wool socks to give a cozy, chunky little layer there and keep my ankles warm:
Blazer: Last but not least, I had no idea if I’d be chasing my kid outside for half the service, so I went looking for a topper. With so much pattern going all already (including the texture of the sweater), my all-navy blazer was a nice neutral option. Plus the saturation/temperature of the color played really well with the color of the corduroys:
Initially I cuffed the sleeves because it gives blazers a fresh, modern look – but my sweater arms were long enough to peek out from underneath the blazer sleeves uncuffed and I liked that contrast, so I unrolled ’em.
Ta-da!
What’d y’all wear this weekend? Do you ever redo an outfit from one day to the next when you know you’ll be in a different context with a different audience?
