What to Wear This Week 002

Plus what I bought in February

Hello and welcome to What to Wear this Week: Part 2 (part 1 found here). I assume that if you are a reader here you like to think about clothes and fashion BUT I highly doubt that any of us feel as though we have tons of time on our hands. Enter: 4 ideas for helping you get dressed when you are feeling uninspired/stuck.

Nothing I’m proposing here is ground-breaking or original to me but rather a simplified collection of ideas for you to peruse for use.

IDEA ONE: MONOCHROMATIC

Here’s what you are going to do today: go into your closet and pick one of your favorite items to wear (maybe it’s your favorite pair of jeans, maybe it’s a blazer you love, maybe it’s a simple t-shirt). Now find items to complete the outfit in; (a) that same color or (b) a similar tone.

If your brain immediately went here and you are writing off this idea because you don’t own cherry red pants and top, my I present some more (attainable) suggestions;

not me running to my closet to combine my navy trousers with a navy sweater and adidas!

IDEA TWO: PLAY WITH YOUR BUTTONS

Remember last time when I charged you with grabbing your trusty button down to play with layering; go get that same button down for this one too (see, we are using what we already have!). If you can’t stand it, go get a button down cardigan instead. Now scroll the below ideas for how you can button your shirt in different ways to create different effects. I did my very best to find an image of Amy Smilovic’s button down hack and couldn’t but she will take the very bottom buttons and button it behind her back so her shirt creates a shrug; VERY cool. If you grab a cardigan try buttoning it up backward.

love a buttoned up collar with the lower buttons open

nothing ground breaking here; wearing your button down as intended

a personal favorite; buttoning only the middle few

IDEA THREE: A NEW PROPORTION COMBINATION

I recently wrote about how Hannah Louise Poston made a YouTube video about the different proportion combinations;

1. Oversized Top + Oversized Bottom

2. Oversized Top + Slim Bottom

3. Slim Top + Slim Bottom

4. Slim Top + Oversized Bottom

So your assignment this week is to pick the combination above that you turn to the least. In our modern time of oversized everything I have to really convince myself to wear slim top + slim bottom; BUT when I went to my closet with that intention, I was surprised at how much fun I had putting an outfit together. Especially because slim + slim doesn’t mean you have to dress like a Kardashian.

Similarly, I think we are often told that the best combination is opposite top/bottom (i.e. Oversized Top + Slim Bottom OR Slim Top + Oversized Bottom) so maybe it’s your time to play with both your pieces being oversized. Just try for a fresh silhouette with this one.

oversized + oversized

slim + slim

slim top + oversized bottom

oversized top + slim bottom

IDEA FOUR: CREATE HIGH-CONTRAST

I admit that I have logged off of TikTok for the time being so you won’t see any video links from there for now but I had bookmarked this one that I saw a few weeks ago as a great idea for bringing a fresh idea to your wardrobe. oklaurizzle does a great job of explaining the concept of high-contrast outfits but the idea is combining pieces that you normally wouldn’t. This feels similar to a vibe-sandwich because the best way to create contrast (as you’ll see in the video) is sporty with girlie, but I pulled my favorite inspirational pictures I found I was most drawn to button down shirts layered with track pants so maybe start there? Or tell me how you like to create contrast!

@oklaurizzlecreating imteresting outfits by creating a high contrast 💓 #tiktokfashion #stylingtips #fashionable #personalstyle #outfitideas #outfitinspiration #copenhagenstyle #cphstyle #scandinavianstyle #scandistyle

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One side affect that I’m hoping will take root after my NO SPEND is being happy with the clothes I already have. However, I love shopping so I thought I’d use my newsletter to become a more thoughtful shopper. Certainly putting together a rundown of what I bought in a month is one way to be accountable to not buying randomly.

So here’s what I purchased in February;

brown suede shacket (purchased off etsy perhaps at the end of January but I didn’t receive it until February and got some great wear out of it despite the typically cold CO weather)// birkenstock cannes sandals in cream (I saw these on Ali Pew and immediately fell in love, I generally think on things for a while before purchasing but when I found them on smallable for 30% off and the only size left was MY size, I hit “purchase” quite quickly) // brighton belt (bought off poshmark after my friend, Samantha, tipped me off, $14!!) // sezane cody jumper in navy (someone please stop my knitwear addiction— but don’t actually)

a late edition this month was this incredible vintage Carven jacket from Etsy