I haven’t done a casual post in a while, so: ta-da! This is an update on one of my fave casual outfits from last year. I love grey, black and khaki with a pop of blue; it’s a nice, neutral, hard-to-screw-up palette. There are lots of (light) layers happening here which make this a great — wait for it — transitional outfit. If you read more than a few fashion blogs, you’re probably starting to get really tired of that word. Transitional. Honestly, at the risk of sounding cranky pants, I’m getting tired of hearing fashion bloggers enthuse about fall when it’s nothing more than a purely theoretical concept. Many bloggers’ “fall” is basically my summer. There is nothing inherently difficult about dressing for, say, 70 degree weather. Here, fall means that it’s low 40s in the morning and maybe mid 60s by the late afternoon. And that’s the best case scenario; in a few weeks, it will probably snow – bye, bye fall.
Ahem.
Where was I? Ah yes, transitional. Lots of light layers are a good solution to 20-degree-swing days. Which brings us back to this outfit. It’s one of my weekend stand-bys. It’s comfortable but a small step up from athleisure, which is always a bonus. All the pieces are older and well-loved, and they provide great mom-on-duty service. There really is no reason for me to be cranky about any of it, except that I hate fall on principle. It’s a trying time.
Is it spring yet?
Just don’t start talking about “elevating your outfit” that one is the worst.
I had to google 40F – that’s 4.5 degrees roughly! Oh my word, that’s winter to me. And I hate winter.
Autumn here has been really soggy so far, hovering around 12-19 degrees (53-66F Google tells me) but just wet and damp. In years gone by Elodie and I would collect the dry autumn leaves after they’d fallen from the trees but this year it’s all just a soggy mess. Shame as I was kind of looking forward to doing that with Felix but we have managed to collect lots of shiny brown conkers instead.
Anyway yes, years ago I unfollowed every blog that is the type to talk about “fall” in mid-August and generally follow people that dress for the actual weather they are experiencing as they aren’t shilling new stuff all the time. I like your casual autumn outfit (I really struggle with the word fall, can you tell?!) 🙂
Holla on being tired of the word “transitional.” The use of the word makes it seems like fall and spring aren’t really seasons at all, just transient spells between the “real” seasons of summer and winter. I like the layering technique required for spring and fall to accommodate for the temperature swings, it’s fun to play with layers!