Outfits Not Just Clothes

As the bits of scattered leaves in these pics indicate fall is here friends! Autumn is such a rich sartorial season what with prints, textures, and layers. Here I'm very much serving Autumnal Office!   blazer/belt-Gap(similar here and here ), top-Anthropoloige(similar here ) via Phoenix Boutique , pants- Banana Republic , sunnies-Kate Spade, necklaces-- Mejuri and Benevolence LA , rings- Mejuri , bag- J.Jill , boots-- Kelly & Katie via DSW What I really love about this outfit is the colors and silhouette, both feel very fresh after a sticky summer, but also timeless, a classic outfit formula of turtleneck, trousers, and a blazer.   If you follow me on Instagram , you may have seen this post  of these trousers that I wore to work for a full day (a day with in-person meetings) and neglected to fully remove the tag. 🤦 but no one noticed, hence the advantage of a looser trouser trend.  You may recall this blazer from several other fall outfit posts in past years, here and here

 Last month for my birthday I indulged in a practice I haven't done in ages. I tried on clothes I had not intention of buying at  Anthropologie ! The line-up! Does anyone else do that? Grab what looks interesting or something outside of your comfort zone and then experiment in the dressing room?  More shorts here ! Similar T-Shirt here ! Jeans and you may have seen my reel of trying these on. 😉 These pants were kind of wild in the amount of material and pleats. Can we still talk about if something is flattering? Or is flattering now a coded word? Let's just say I don't think I have the height or the waist for these trousers.  Don't get me wrong, I DO have a waist, just not a waist for which these pants work best.  Now THESE pants (similar here ) form Scotch & Soda are more up my alley. Tried them on with the blazer I wore to the store and my loafers to get an outfitting sense of how they can work.  I loved the collegiate feel of this sweater , tried it on with a