Sweet friends and fashionistas, opening my fashion haus to share what I’m wearing 01.2020. Maybe you remember that one of my mental health goals for Wellness Weekend 2020, #WW2020, is: get dressed every day (not active wear), wear a dress or skirt to church. Figured by making ‘getting dressed’ a wellness goal, I would be more likely to do it. Then going to try to share most of my outfits in at least 1 monthly post here…further inspiration to get dressed everyday.
Lest you think I’m sitting around home all day in my birthday suit, I do put on clothes. It’s just that I usually throw on yoga pants, a tee and sweatshirt. That way I am dressed to go to the gym for an hour with PC after he gets home from work…at 5:00 pm. But that means for a whole lotta hours I am sitting around in active wear not being terribly active!
So, let’s get started. There’s not one pic of yoga pants. I promise.
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Gray Stitch Fix Sweater, Jeans and Boots
Does this 41 Hawthorn Sabo boat neck embroidered sweater look familiar? That’s probably because you saw it in this post last fall. This time I am styling it with Loft Outlet skinny jeans, Style & Co. gray boots (similar, similar) and gray knit boot cuffs (similar, similar).
I think this was a Cia-sitting and running errands outfit.
Camel Loft Skirt, Turtleneck and Boyfriend Cardigan
A church outfit. Loft Outlet camel skirt (similar, similar) paired with an H&M cream heather turtleneck (similar, similar) and Loft maroon boyfriend cardigan, Frye boots (similar, similar) and knit boot cuffs. This very conservative look was a stretch for me. You know why? Because it isn’t matchy matchy. Which probably makes it more interesting but less safe (from my perspective).
You should see me! I walk around holding this piece of clothing up to that one trying to see if they ‘match’ in color. Is that the same shade of green in the print of this blouse as in the color of these pants. It’s those whole horrible’ no white after Labor Day,’ ‘no pattern mixing,’ ‘crazy matchy-matchy’ rules I grew up with.
Snapped this shot at H&M after church. We always walk around the outlet mall after Sunday service. But I am so sad. Our Loft Outlet closed yesterday. For-ever. I always thought it was doing a brisk business but I guess not.
H&M Plaid Blazer, Jeans and Turtleneck
One of the pieces on the Get Your Pretty On fall capsule wardrobe was a plaid blazer. I shopped from one end of the outlet mall to the other trying on blazers. The best quality and best price (that I could find) were at H&M. I bought 2!! Actually wore this outfit today, for breakfast with my friend Lorena. My black and white plaid blazer (similar, similar) with a black H&M turtleneck, Old Navy button fly, high waist, super skinny jeans (similar, similar) and DSW Mix 6 black flats. Threw on a chevron print scarf for a little pattern mixing.
Was so glad to have this blazer because after our breakfast that ran into well lunch, a storm and cold front moved in. Just wished I had on socks, too!!
Style Imitating Art
This last outfit is one I put together for this week’s Style Imitating Art challenge with Daenel, Salazar and Kim. We are styling our interpretation of the fiber art below, a piece selected by Kim.
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The creator of this vibrant tapestry is the Spanish artist Carles Delclaux Is. The title of the piece is “Damunt de tu només les flors.” Which is also the title of a song and a line from a poem. It means: over your body, only the blossoms or flowers. To learn more, click here.
Cowl Neck Sweater Dress
For my interpretation look, I pulled out my new $12 Walmart cowl neck sweater dress (similar, similar) for the foundation of my interpretation. It’s purple pearl fleck color reminded me of the background of this tapestry. Had planned to just add a scarf, and this paisley one from Loft Outlet kind of replicated the colors and some of the shapes in the art. Boy, am I gonna miss that store. Then saw my H&M fringed boucle jacket (similar, similar) just hanging in the closet longing to be noticed and decided it was the perfect finishing touch. The print of my jacket kind of mimics the plaid swatches. Same gray boots from the first outfit.
See that circular thing peeking out of my boot, which I thought I had hidden but obviously not? That is a hard plastic cup from the dollar store which I use in storing my boots upright.
I have talked about this dress several times on the blog. Such a bargain. Can you say affordable style. The price is actually $12.99, which PC would be quick to remind me is closer to $13.00 than $12.00. But I always round down. Especially when it is something I want.
Hope you will run by Kim’s blog to see the interpretations of all those who participated in this round of Style Imitating Art.
Your Turn
What have you been wearing this month? Has the weather been unseasonably warm where you live? We have barely had winter at all. But there are snow flurries in our forecast for tomorrow and Thursday and again next week. Maybe I’ve spoken too soon?
Have a peaceful hump day, friends. Thank you for spending a little time here with me. And thank you for leaving a comment below. It’s always nice to hear from YOU!
Hugs and kisses,
Nancy
I love that tweed isch colorful jacket on that purple dress! That is a very good elegant and stylish outfit! But I also always love to see you on skirts and dresses above the knee. That length looks very good on you.
Christie Hawkes
Yes! I couldn’t agree more.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you!!!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you! Looking at pictures of this purple dress, I think it might be a little long. I belted the green one I have and it was much shorter. Maybe I should try a belt with this one, too. It was funny, in the reviews for the dress, women reported that different colors were different lengths. I think they were right.
Deb
What great outfits – I think my favourite is the SIA one at the end, those colours really do suit you!
As for the weather, it has been unseasonably mild here, only had a couple of mornings where we have woken up to frost. I keep wondering when a bout of cold weather is going to arrive – they have snow up in Scotland at the moment and I’m hoping it doesn’t move 400 miles south to where we are!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
We have a chance of snow in the forecast for 2 days in the coming week. But the groundhog didn’t see his shadow so we are supposed to have an early spring. If we don’t get snow this week, then I am ready for winter to move on out of here.
My kids like purple on me. I never think to wear it, though. Need to add more purple options to my wardrobe.
Shelbee on the Edge
Leslie, you have so many great outfits! I love your style imitating art outfit. The colors are so gorgeous. I am like you, getting dressed has always been a wellness goal for me. I had a therapist tell me many years ago that when I couldn’t control the chaos inside my own head, if I controlled my surroundings and outward appearance, it would begin to reflect inward. And ever since, I have used my clothing as a method of maintaining good mental health. It is kind of a survival skill for me.!
Shelbee
http://www.shelbeeontheedge.com
Leslie Roberts Clingan
How true!! Controlling how we look, how we dress to meet the day makes such a difference. I have days where it feels like nothing going on around me is within my control. So I turn to cleaning and getting dressed for the day. Cleaning is the way my OCD manifests itself. Not hand washing or checking to see if I turned the stove off, but vacuuming and putting things away. But I also always feel better when I am dressed and ready to take on the day, however crazy.
Kellyann Rohr
I love your goal of getting dressed everyday and not in active wear – I seriously need to do that too. You look great in all of these outfits Leslie! I really love the tweed jacket in you SIA look – tweed is so classic and on trend right now! Happy Wednesday beautiful!
xo,
Kellyann
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, sweet Kellyann. That tweed jacket was buried deep in the closet. Glad I rediscovered it.
em
Matchy match? Oh HellO!!! I am stuck in all of those rules! And if there’s one thing I’ve observed (but haven’t absorbed) from years of shopping for the kiddos at American Eagle, it’s that the NO match is the right match. I’m sunk.
But can I say how much you rocked the SIA outfit? The fact that it’s SIA is pretty awesome enough, but the combination of the boucle, the scarf and the subtle fleck on the dress is just perfection to me!
That H&M boucle score was a wonderful find! Lucky you!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
You are the sweetest thing!! Thank you so much. The SIA outfit seemed to be the fave. I think I felt most comfortable in the camel colored skirt. Maybe because it didn’t break any of those silly rules.
Dara
The purple dress looks great with that jacket!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you!!! Want to see you in your sweater dress.
Lise
I love the purple dress. He-he, I also always round down on the price, especially after I have purchased and telling OH what a bargain it was 🙂 Lise
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Atta girl. Rounding down is the only way. Thank you for the sweet compliment.
Juhli
Where did those crazy “don’t” style rules come from anyway and why did our Mom’s think they were important? My guess is that it was simply part of the post WWII conformity, get back to normal campaign to make women into happy housewives and consumers instead of important workers.
But your outfits rock! My favorite like everyone else’s is the sweater dress and blazer. Great colors and pattern mixing. My second favorite is the first with the gray sweater. So different from each other but you look fantastic.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, Juhli. I think my favorite look was the skirt outfit. I have always loved wearing skirts and they are probably the most ME!!
jodie filogomo
I love your inspiration inspired dress and jacket Leslie!!
And you had me laughing about staying in yoga pants to be ready for working out later in the day. I’ve tried that before but it didn’t work for me. No surprise there, ha ha!! But we have been taking a walk some evenings, and I just put on sneakers. That’s been working so much better.
OXOX
Jodie
Leslie Roberts Clingan
You cutie pie!! Isn’t it terrible for me to get dressed for our 5 pm work out at 8 am??? Trying to do better over here. But there are still some days that happens.
Rebecca Jo Vincent
I used to wear cowl neck sweater dresses in high school – I LOVE they are back in style
Leslie Roberts Clingan
I had a cowl neck sweater dress in college at the end of the ’70’s. My sister coincidentally bought the very same dress and we showed up somewhere wearing it at the same time. I think to a play!! Ha!! But we look so different that no one realized we had on the same dresses.
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
I really love the colors in the outfit with the camel skirt. I don’t wear skirts or dresses very often and I miss them! I should make a point to wear a skirt next week, maybe for bible study! Ha! So sad that your Loft Outlet closed! 🙁
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Leslie Roberts Clingan
I am so sad our Loft Outlet closed, too. It was kind of crummy because the poor employees didn’t know until everyone else did. They were shocked, too.
Really going to miss that store.
Yes, wear a dress or skirt to Bible study. I am trying very hard to wear them to church. Dusting off my heels too!!
Laura Horton
I can’t think of a better goal to get yourself motivated and ready for the day! You look fabulous, Mr Friend!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, sweet girl!! I am having fun getting dressed these days.
Mica
this is a great goal to have and you’ve had some very stylish outfits! I think the camel skirt with the burgundy is my favourite though, what a wonderful outfit on you! 🙂
Hope that you are having a great week 🙂
Leslie Roberts Clingan
The camel skirt was my favorite too!! Thank you so much.
Jill
You always put together the best outfits! I love your plaid blazer and the purple dress with the tweed jacket is so pretty!
Jill – Doused in Pink
Leslie Roberts Clingan
You are the sweetest thing to say that! Thank you. Have enjoyed getting dressed more than ever lately.
Donna
I absolutely love your style, Leslie. Your outfits all look great — it’s hard to choose which one is the best!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, Donna. It sounds so funny to hear that I might have a style!!
Christie Hawkes
Hello Leslie! You look dashing–as always! I love seeing what you are wearing. I wish we lived closer, so I could hire you for my personal stylist. I work in an office, so I have to get dressed in real close every day. When I get home I can’t wait to throw on yoga pants or pajama pants even! I do my best NOT to get dressed on the weekends if I can help it. 🙂
Leslie Roberts Clingan
You are so sweet, Christie. I am not always successful in getting dressed every day. Today I have been in yoga pants since I crawled out of bed. But hope to do better tomorrow.
Cindi
Great outfits. You look great in all of them.
As for me? Flip flops and activewear is about all I can do right now.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Oh, Cindi, I wish I could do flip flops and activewear while RVing on the Florida coast!! Enjoying your posts and photographs from the beach.
Kristin
Cute outfits! I love the skinny jeans and ballet flats look but I have never been able to successfully pull it off. I’m too ‘hippy’ I think. And it’s funny about the active wear because I just found THE cutest sweat pants that have pockets and a cuff at the bottom and I’m all about wearing them with my birkenstocks or slip on sneakers and a chambray shirt and scarf to ‘dress’ them up. LOL.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Your new active wear pants sound so cute. I have a couple pairs of black joggers that I wear like street clothes. But I don’t think the world really wants to see this grandma in yoga pants!! At least not outside of the gym. So glad to have you come by.
Amy Johnson
Fabulous looks! I love that sweater dress!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, Amy. That Walmart sweater dress was one of my best purchases in a long time.
Joanne Tracey
Again I’m loving your looks. You have a way of mixing things up. Now, if I was to post my looks it would be: Monday – Bali beach dress, Tuesday – Bali beach dress, Wednesday – slightly neater dress for working at a coffee shop, Thursday – beach dress…. and repeat.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Oh, to have a beach nearby to wear a Bali beach dress to. When I was in college, I went through a kind of flower=child moment where I wore an embroidered cotton dress from India just about every day. It was very free flowing and comfortable but immediately wrinkled the moment I put it on. My mother detested that dress and told me so! Not sure where it disappeared to but bet my mom had something to do with its disappearance.