November 10, 2010

Pete & Repeat


4/30 [11/9/10]
{Top & Necklace: J Crew, Cardigan: Nordstroms, Skirt: Banana Republic, Belt: Limited, Boots: Target}


4/30 [11/9/10]


In the 9-5 world in which I work - business/business casual is the dress code. Being a sorority shirt & jeans type of college kid I didn’t have many pieces that read “career woman” when I graduated. So with my diploma and first big girl paycheck in hand, I started the search for more “professional” attire (i.e. ill fitting suits and lots of black). Like most first jobs, I didn’t have the means to splurge on an entire new wardrobe from J. Crew (although that’s what I wanted). Slowly but surely, outfits were created and often {gasp} repeated. To be truthful, I’ve been a chronic outfit repeater most of my life. It’s true and now I’m putting it out there for my whole bloggy world to know.

I AM AN OUTFIT REPEATER!

When I participated in Kendi’s 30 for 30 challenge this summer (I only made it through 26 outfits…) I did it with intention to break my repeating nature. And it helped! The whole idea of the challenge is to work creatively with what you have. Whether that’s thinking out of the box for new outfit combinations, putting together different accessories or layering layering layering – there’s endless options to try. Not all make it, and truth be told, I haven’t completely overcome outfit repeater syndrome. I’m not sure I ever will, but now when I get dressed in the morning I make a conscious effort to try and do something different. Some days I do, some days I don’t. And that’s ok.



Repeat
{just in case you needed proof - here it is in the form my 3rd & 4th grade photos}

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9 comments:

  1. I love that mustard yellow cardigan with that olive-printed shirt! Such a fun, sophisticated look!

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  2. I'm not usually an outfit repeater on the weekdays, but on weekends sometime I have to admit I do it too!

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  3. I repeat outfits all the time as long as I don't wear them at the same places. LOL.

    Btw, I love your mustard cardigan, it looks fab with your outfit! =)

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  4. OK I Guess you have it worse than me. (capitalizing Guess was by accident but rather funny I think)

    but i always wear the same shirt with my khaki skirt and then shirt b with khaki pants. now mind you the khakis are even the same shade and I don't even mix those 2 things up. Then I have this other khaki skirt. I wear the same blue shirt with it every timehttp://colleen.akwire.net/_clothes/images/September7,2010big.jpg.

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  5. Before my blog I totally was an outfit repeater...I had a ton of clothes...but everytime I got something new it would go into rotation untill the next new thing...
    I love the mustard cardi...I need to get myself one that colour (after the challenge of course)

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  6. If it looks good, it looks good and there's no reason you shouldn't repeat. And this looks good! I love the "grellow" as Tania calls it.

    http://one-girl-vs-world.blogspot.com

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  7. Great cardigan. I love the color.

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  8. love your outfit today! the pieces and the colors! it's great (:

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  9. i am usually not drawn to yellow hues but i am loving that mustard color! and it looks great with the top you paired it with. i might need to rethink that color!

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