Clash Day

Mixing patterns makes me a little silly.

T-shirt and cardigan: Target
Skirt: Anthropologie from consignment shop
Belt: Vintage from consignment shop
Sandals: Tiny shoe store in Melk, Austria
Necklace: Brian Moody

If you're wondering if I plan to wear this belt every day this week, the answer is yes. Yes, I do. I realize I have worn this belt every day since Saturday, but it's just so versatile. I also realize that I wore a belted cardigan yesterday, but I don't care because this outfit is fun and it needed a belt. It needed this belt. This is officially my new favorite accessory.

Now let's talk about my other clothes, because although a belt-only outfit would be a real fashion statement, it would definitely not be work-appropriate. I got inspired to mix some patterns today by BiblioMOMia, who mixed stripes and florals yesterday. I'm normally a little skittish about mixing patterns (the little Southern belle in my head keeps saying, "Tacky! Tacky!"), but with someone to copy, I feel much more comfortable. So I pulled out my stripes and checks and flowers, and I think this works. The patterns are in the same color palette and the effect of the stripes is diminished a little because of the cardigan, so I feel like it looks quirky and cute, rather than Clash Day during Homecoming Week.

Not that I ever participated in Clash Day. I dressed up for Homecoming Week once in eighth grade, for Oldies Day. I wore a poodle skirt and everyone else wore their normal clothes. I made myself hold my head up and bebop through the whole day in my poodle skirt, but threw it in the back of my closet as soon as I got home and never dressed up for Homecoming Week again. Which is a shame, because poodle skirts are about the most fun skirts can have.