Hello, and welcome to my blog
I hope everyone had a happy Labor Day Holiday Celebration!
Summer is winding to a close, but as usual,
I am not quite ready to start dressing for full-on fall
September is one of my favorite months,
weather wise, where I currently live, in coastal Maryland
There is only the slightest hint of the coming fall in the air,
and the weather is just perfect!
The heat and humidity of August is behind us,
and I am looking forward to the glorious,
temperate weather that follows
There are plenty of hints that autumn
is on the horizon in retail-land, though
I noticed the Halloween decor is out in full force, already!
How about you?
Are you ready to make the shift to autumn?
Today, I am styling an outfit that spans the seasons
With a layer here, and a tweak there,
it could be worn almost any time of year
I chose a white pucker textured tee shirt top,
with a long denim skirt
The skirt has an unusual asymmetrical waistband
and a side-front slit at the hem, for ease of movement
Denim always makes a return in the fall,
but this year it is trending big, especially denim skirts,
along with western wear, in general
I imagine you already have a few pieces of denim in your closet
to participate in this trend without buying a thing,
if you desire!
Carrying one of my larger satchel bags,
this one is red, (no surprise, here)
with big silver tone buckle hardware
on the handles
Wearing a silk square scarf in a riot of bright colors,
in an abstract floral pattern around my neck
I went with silver tone jewelry
since the hardware on the bag is so large and noticeable
Wearing a hammered cuff bracelet,
back to front post earrings with quartz stones,
and a cute 1960s vintage cat pendant
(which is actually pewter)
For shoes, I chose faux suede cognac woven slides
Here is a denim skirt that I purged
from my closet last year, and wonder why
It is a knee length, straight dark wash denim-
a classic that never goes out of style
What was I thinking?
This outfit is from autumn 2022,
and knee length pencil skirts are trending again this fall
On another topic,
the series I had been doing throughout the summer,
highlighting items leaving my closet,
was very enlightening for me
It really made me think about
items that have been in my closet for a very long time,
and only worn on the rare occasion
It has also helped me see that some of those
infrequently used items are definitely worth keeping!
Hunting down pictures of me wearing those
purged items was eye-opening
It was easy to see that it was time to let go
of some of the items,
but not so clear on others
I plucked plenty of things out of the to-go pile
to give them another chance,
and get creative styling them differently
I decided to continue this series
You will see it again later in the autumn,
featuring fall and winter items
so watch this scape if you are interested
leaving my closet for consignment,
so watch this scape if you are interested
The process and the visual
has been really helpful for me
and has sparked a lot of ideas!
For today, I am picturing the earrings
I am going to part with this season
I have loved and worn every single pair
of these many times
The only reason I am purging them
is that I have had such a lot of trouble
getting fish hook style wires through my earlobes, lately
I even had the problem ear re-pierced
but still no luck!
I think fish hook earrings and I
are going to have to part ways,
and I am going to have to embrace post styles and clip-ons
Anyway, I hope someone enjoys these who has more cooperative lobes than I do!
Hope everyone has a good week!
