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?
