Throwback Thursday: Novelty Basics, Matching Handbags and Shoes, Work Pants in the Summer

Welcome to another week of Throwback Thursday, posts from a year ago this week that can still help you upgrade your style. Check out the highlighted posts from yesteryear below.

Novelty basics are pieces that look like novelty items but function as basics in the wardrobe, like hybrid pieces (like if a basic married a novelty and they produced a child) that have both the function of a basic but the interest of a novelty. These are great pieces to own because you get the best of both worlds, you look updated and trendy while getting a lot of mileage, value and use from them. Read more about novelty basic wardrobe pieces.
Do your shoes and handbag have to match? Now, while you may know they don't, the image above definitely does not support them having to match and if you're a regular reader of this blog then you definitely know where I stand, I still want to address it because there is someone out there right now wondering this, and possibly running all over God's green earth trying to find a handbag to match their shoes. Read more.
So you have these work pants that you can wear just about all year round. They're neutral enough in color that they are versatile and can get you tons of mileage. The only problem you have found is, because these neutral colors are in basic colors, like grey, brown, navy, olive or black, they don't exactly look or feel summery during the warmer months. In this wear to work post, I am going to show you how to make these stalwart trouser basics summery for work so you can feel just as bright and cheery as the season itself. Read on.