Both outfits are fabulous! This has inspired me to dust off my cowboy boots. I feel I must have one of those fabulous cardians too.

I love the fact that you have an iphone as an accessory with the second outfit.

love,
m!

I have been wearing this formula and didn’t know it, but I do love it. I like to substitute a cool rock and roll tshirt for the graphic tshirt. I only have a few that are womens cuts and fitted so I focus on those. Many of my favorites were not available on a womens shirt so I bought the unisex and gave it the “flashdance” treatment with scissors – cut the sleeves in to caps, cut off some of the length. I feel less like a J Crew clone in these and they really express my zeigeist. Plus they are a great conversation starter. I love when a college kid comments on my tshirt as I’m checking out at the grocery. At 43, I worry a bit that the rocker shirts are too young, but they also keep me young at heart. I’ve pulled out Siouxsie and the Banshees for the Halloween season!

Shari

Thank you so much for this post Angie, I really enjoy this type and it has so much useful information.

And thank you also for the mention. I did wear this formula quite a bit and like it a lot.

Love the cardi in the first look. Where can I get it/What brand?

I’m not a mom (yet. Within a year I should be!), but I love both of these outfits! I want both! I really need some cowboy boots and a modern cardigan.

Should cowboy boots be worn inside bootcuts or tucked into skinnies?

I have some trouser jeans that just wouldn’t go with my boots, and I have straights which won’t fit over boots. Maybe I need some bootcuts again.

This is a favorite weekend/casual formula of mine … though I often swap the jeans for a denim skirt, since I don’t have little ones to chase around!

I love both of the outfits Angie, you really know how to pick items with mass appeal. I know, I Know it’s your years of experience!

Outfit one I would wear to mother and toddlers or the park, whilst outfit two would be worn for trips to the shops.

I’m afraid I would fail on the healthy handbag score, I frequently have to carry six nappies, wipes, cream, nappy bags, extra children’s clothes in case of accidents, baby bottles, children’s books and toys, a blanket for if the temperature drops and that’s only for a four hour excursion. I would therefore like to add hubby as my number one accessory, he often lugs the bag around whilst I push the pram.

This is one of my favorite casual outfits. Sometimes I switch the cardigan for a blazer so I can get more wear out of those jackets that I used to wear daily at my old full-suit job, but I love skinny jeans and graphic tees.

Angie, as usual these are AWESOME!! Thank you – the visuals really really help!

Great! I’m going to try this today.

Wonderful outfits! Picture is worth a thousand words. I am so far behind on the new cardigan, which makes these outfits a bit challenging. I have not even tried them on in a store. Regardless, my weekend dressing has improved a lot since coming to this website thanks to posts like this one.

Still looking for the “new look cardigan” myself.I have found that many of them just add too much width to my hip region, which is quite unnecessary! I have longer slightly chunky ones that can layer over T-s so i’ll be doing that until I can find a newer style I like.but I love the formula, esp the ballet flats.They are my favorite shoe since I became a mom–they save your feet, your back, and your style since they always look delicate and put together.Wearing them today infact

My resolve to find “my” print t has increased by 1000% today. I never seem to find just the perfect print. Grey denim is also high on priority list.
My cascading cardigan is a tough color (raspberry pink) but I think with grey denim and the right top…could just work. Thanks for inspiration.

Angie, thank you for the post and showing some variations as well. I have been sporting this look with a regular “old look” hip length cardigan or blazer though I would love to find a new look cardigan that will work. So many of them seem overwhelming on a petite person which is why I am having so much trouble. I LOVE that first cardi and would like to substitute it into outfit two (which is more me) but I am afraid of all that volume around my trouble spots. I’ll keep looking…

Another brilliant post! Thanks Angie for refining these looks down to the essence. While I’m not a MOTG, us GOTG (girls on the go:^)) certainly can use this advice too. My job is very casual during the day, and since fittings, building things, sewing, etc – can be messy and often chaotic, these flop proof outfits come in so handy for looking put together and handsome while standing in a pile of fabric, pattern pieces and wire.

Angie, you deserve a medal of honor for giving us moms concrete, practical advice on how to dress daily. You’ve really made it impossible to come up with any excuse for not looking pulled-together and comfortable and appropriate every day. I salute you

Arty and Fun is so cute! I’m not a mom and I will definitely rock that look. Great suggestions!

-meream

These MOTG outfits were the catalyst to my style improvement efforts. It’s helped so much- I love these posts.

And I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, but I loved your info on how to make black tops work. Now that I’ve reached the point where black really is too draining, this will help me keep using all that black sitting in my closet without looking frightful.

I continue to be amazed at how incredibly helpful your blog is- on a practical, sensible how-to-really-put-together-an-outfit way. You’re the best.

Thankyou Angie. I love how you can see that for some of us things need to be visual and repeated to hammer it into the memory.
I am so happy because for the first time I do have the proper garments in my closet to pull these GOTG (Grandma On The Go) outfits together.
I LOVE the new cardigans. Actually this is the first time I have loved cardigans and not felt like they were just wrong, as in, the old style that button up the front and hit at the hip, or the kimono style that had sleeves hanging into everything. For myself, I never really liked the shrumken cardis. I’m enjoying my cascading, and boyfriend cardigans to pieces.
Tanya, is that a black neck tie you are wearing on 10-8? CUTE!

Ooops. That is supposed to be shrunken, not shrumken, cardis.

I would happily wear both these outfits (though sans the cowboy boots because they are not my style at all). I love this formula. I’m the farthest thing from a MOTG, but it’s such a versatile formula for anyone who has a casual but active lifestyle.

The beauty of this is …anyone can look pulled together, polished and finished no matter who they are..MOTG or not..and I love the visuals”)

You have put a tremendous amount of thought and time into this..where do you get your energy…:)

Thanks so much, Angie, from another grandma on the go!

I think I’m in a bit of a fashion rut, so perhaps this will give me the boost I need!

This is perfect, and so helpful. Thank you for giving suggestions about what to wear with gray jeans. And seeing Tanya really brings the formula to life for me!

Great start for your Autumn MOTG series! Your Polyvores give concrete, stylish images to your formula.

Thanks for showing this in different styles. I had been wonderling how to pull these formulas together in a modern classic way. I had been thinking that a graphic or embellished tee wouldn’t fit into my style, but now I know exactly how to put it together. Thanks for the visuals!

I have about half the outfit on today and feel fat. I love my graphic tee, it has a turquoise design on it and love to wear it but god I really feel fat, even with a small wedge heel on. I am trying to get with it this season and have a lot of clothes but somehow nothing I really love. Have to get it in gear before Nov 1. Fall is a really hard and unenjoyable season for me.

Angie, you are a rock star! Loved seeing Tanya’s looks too. Thanks for allowing me to piggy back off your advice, it’s such a helpful style exercise for me!

Thanks for the shout out, Angie!

I have found myself wearing some variation of the MOTG formula more and more lately. They’re so easy to use. Great post!

Love the outfits! Where can I find the Beatles tshirt & the black/white wrap shirt? I have cardigans but need the hip, trendy shirts!

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