I am all about a small but hardworking wardrobe. While I may promote a lot of different clothes on here, the goal is for you to get inspiration, find your style, but buy only what works for you. I love color and print, but find basic in solid colors to ground my wardrobe and give me multiple ways to mix and match. Yesterday on the blog, I featured a cashmere crewneck sweater and styled it for a "desk to dinner" scenario with wide leg velvet pants and some luxe acccessories. Today I'm featuring the same crewneck sweater styled for a family get together or similar function. In fact, I wore this outfit this past weekend for Karl's family holiday get together!
Sweater: cashmere crewneck c/o Lord & Taylor (XL; plus size option) | Pants: Tux pants c/o Talbots (16P; plus size option) | Shoes: Nine West | Faux Fur Stole: Sole Society (old; similar) | Brooch: Amazon | Earrings: Emerald and White Topaz Earrings c/o Ross-Simons | Bracelet: gift (similar) | Bag: Clare V. | Lipstick: Lancome
The pants are the same ones I featured in this outfit post. I love these pants, they have the subtle tux stripe down the front, are lined, pockets, and don't get bagged out and dumpy looking with wear. I also wore them recently with a black merino turtleneck and leopard printed kitten heels. The faux fur stole I bought a year or two ago from Nordstrom, I think it cost maybe $35 and has been such a good purchase. I wore it in this blog post last holiday season, wore it with a green floral maxi dress in this blog post, and when I went to see Diane von Furstenburg speak at the Washington Post I wore it with a black ponte long-sleeved sheath dress, black tights, and black knee-high boots (it was a very cold evening!). Though green is nice for the holidays, honestly any color would work. I chose green because I love the color, not thinking of the holiday. The pin I picked up at Amazon last year. It's pretty great for being less than $20 and adds a bit of a holiday vibe to any look. This weekend for the family get together I didn't wear the fur, and instead wore the pin on the sweater. The shoes are the same ones I wore in yesterday's post and in dozens of previous outfit posts over the years. A pair of pointed toe black leather pumps is a wardrobe workhorse; if this heel height isn't comfortable for you go lower. With this outfit you could even do a flat; the pointed toe is what makes it look elegant.
Tomorrow I'll show a dressier look again with this same cashmere crewneck sweater. I hope this series will help you see how you can restyle and rewear things already in your closet without having to go out and buy a new dress for every occasion on your calendar!
