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Weekly Timeless Wardrobe #38: A Neutral 2nd Layer
December 8, 2021
Time for another 2nd layer! In honor of all of the gift-giving occasions in the recent past and near future, I’m suggesting cashmere sweaters! (and yes, you can indeed purchase a gift for yourself? Who better to buy, and who better to receive?)
I’m recycling last week’s skirts, showing them in a less dressy way. If you’re going to own a skirt, you may as well get some mileage from it, right?
Sweater – L.L.Bean; earrings – Talbots; silver bells necklace – Talbots; skirt – Talbots; bag – Sostter; ballet flats – Trotters
A simple, beautiful sweater can be worn with lots of things, and will always elevate your outfit by a notch or two; if I were to only own 1 sweater, it would be a black cashmere cardigan:
The same plaid skirt that you wore for a holiday neighborhood gather can be worn to work too….
Cashmere cardigan – Lands’ End; earrings – Little by Little; Black Watch skirt – Talbots; bracelets – Canvas; bag – Royce; shoes – Naturalizer
The brown toile skirt looks just as good with an ivory sweater as it did with brown. Beautiful leather goods and some jewelry toned to match is all you need!
Ivory v-neck sweater – Nordstrom; toile skirt – Miaou; heart earrings – Lele Sadoughi; necklace – Akola; bag – Kurt Geiger London; boots – INC International Concepts
A velvet skirt will never be casual, but it can be perfect for those occasions when you’re not quite sure how dressed up you need to be…
Heather natural cashmere sweater – J.Crew; pink tourmaline and pearl earrings – Vintouch; skirt – J.Crew; pink tourmaline bracelet – Lola Rose London; bag – Hobo; ballet flats – Sam Edelman
There are so many options with this navy corduroy skirt – this outfit would be perfect for work, or for dinner, or for brunch…
Classic Navy cashmere sweater – L.L.Bean; navy earrings – Milou Jewelry; corduroy skirt – Talbots; sodalite bracelet – Nest; bag – Thacker; ballet flats – SoftWalk
As with velvet, satin is inherent dressy, but dark moss green boots, bag and sweater take this skirt down quite a few notches!
Dark pine cashmere sweater – Vince; earrings – Milou Jewellery; scarf – Fiorio; slate green skirt – J.Crew; bag – ZAC Zac Posen; boots – Sam Edelman
Are you making any plans to wear a skirt this winter holiday season? I’m not planning; if anything comes up that I don’t expect, I will just pull out my workhorse black pleated skirt and figure something out!
love,
Janice
p.s. Three years ago, I was packing for Paris… sigh…
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