Chocolate Brown with a Pop of Color

Hello, and welcome!

 Thanks for taking a moment to stop by my blog today

All of the brown tones are trending like mad this year,

thanks to Mocha Mousse being named

color of the year by Pantone

This really put brown back on the map 

after a fairly long hiatus!

Have you purchased any brown pieces this season,

 or are you wearing some neglected things in your wardrobe?

I have not seen one color

 so completely take over for many seasons-

brown is everywhere!

🤎🟤 🟫 🐻

I have been putting the few brown pieces

 I already have in my closet into rotation,

and this chocolate brown skirt is one of them

This outfit formula is an infinitely variable go-to for me, 

all year round, but especially for fall

 A jacket or sweater, layered over a blouse or top,

 with a skirt or trousers

Today I am wearing a beige cropped weskit style jacket

with a dark brown sleeveless top underneath,

paired with a chocolate brown button front knee length skirt

The jacket is structured and somewhat fitted,

 going along with the current revival

 of the eighties nipped in at the waist silhouette

A professional combination that never fails!

Just adding a few key accessories can make it special

I chose, an unusual bag

 to add interest to this basic combination

The bag is decorated in various shades

 of blue and green applied strips,

 with a square gold tone handle 

For jewelry I chose an enamel

  teal green color hummingbird in flight brooch,

 It is decorated with aqua rhinestones 

Other jewelry is a gold tone bar hinged bracelet,

 and cushion fossil post earrings dyed blue-green

  A long rectangular soft teal scarf is

knotted around my neck and tucked into the jacket

For shoes, I chose my reptile embossed

 Mary Jane sling backs, with contrasting tan trim

 I have had these for a long time,

and wore them frequently when I first bought them,

 and then rarely for a while

 Now they are back in style, and rotation!

I also styled a chocolate brown skirt

earlier this season,

 back in September with a short sleeve sweater,  

for a post titled "Classic Sweater Girl" 

These are two different skirts,

 they look more similar than they really are in the photos

 Both are button front styles, this one is linen,

 and the one I'm wearing today is a rayon blend

Funny how the linen one lived in my summer wardrobe,

 and the rayon one, with my fall and winter clothes

What do you think?

Maybe I don't really need them both!

  

A lesser worn skirt that is leaving my closet

in my fall/winter closet cull,

 is this wool plaid midi

You know I love a swingy, full skirt,

 but this one is a lot of skirt to handle!

  It is lined, which is good for wool, but heavy to wear

  I am ousting it, along with some other wool things

in my winter wardrobe for lack of versatility,

 that I can really only wear a small part 

of the winter season

A photo from a post 

of me wearing the skirt in the winter of 2022

This must have been a really freezing cold day,

because I am wearing boots, which is a rarity!

 Hope everyone has a good week!