I am one of the people on the forum who "wears my style" every day, so my daily outfit selection reflects my personality and includes wardrobe items that I truly love. I do not plan outfits in advance, so outfit selection is done day by day and is based on my style adjectives - soft, fresh, classic, sleek, practical, light; and my style statement Genuine Composed (Gryffin's suggestion of Sincere Grace enters my mind as well ---thanks Gryffin)
I also keep my 2019 intention word and color "Wellness" and Turquoise in mind. Finally, before choosing and outfit I integrate all the above with the weather, my emotional state, and the planned activities for the day.

Today's outfit is a silhouette I adopted after seeing something in an Angie post and I love it so much that it is one of my all time favorite combinations. I suppose it may be a sartorial preference? I love pairing wrap dresses with Jean's and long cardigans. I have done this in all sorts of versions but today was the first time I paired a cashmere wrap dress with a cardigan. I I had to travel about an hour in an unusually strong windstorm to get to work. Most of the local schools were either closed or on a several hour delay. I felt tired from poor sleep due to the loud wind noises all night. To help me regain my positive Center, the day called for something extra soft and cozy, somewhat neat, but also practical enough that I could manage a stressful drive.....I was thinking of large trucks or SUV's being blown out of their lane on the highway, fallen trees creating barriers for travel, etc.

I have no idea how or why I wanted to wear this particular silhouette instead of skinny jeans and a cozy turtleneck, but for whatever reason a bright sunny pink camisole seemed to call out to me and looked warm and cheerful. I love the neckline which is a soft cowl. I think it looks fresh and somewhat light and definitely soft. The cami reminds me of gently rolling ocean waves and that along with the color are the reasons I can identify as to why I love the camisole as part of my style. (I should add that I am a swimmer and grew up boating and doing all manner of water activities so anything that reminds me of the gentle flow and movement of water in a pool, ocean or lake makes me happy.)

The second item I chose were my Jean's. I love skinny Jean's. They are practical and comfortable. I particularly love the fit and look of this style of J Brand Carolina Jean's. They have a high rise and the inseam is 32 inches which is perfect for my longish legs. I am low to medium contrast, and these are a fairly even medium wash. I prefer either this of a medium dark wash. These Jean's are not hemmed. I usually prefer a hem, although I like the way the fraying of these look when I wear sneakers
I obviously wore boots today!

I am a big fan of wrap dresses, and have a fairly large collection. I like that they are sleek, femine, classic, and they are also soft and light. For extra comfort and softness today, I quickly had an inspiration to pair my grey cashmere wrap dress with a long blue cardigan sweater that would echo the wave effect of the camisole. I have never put a long cardigan over a sweater wrap dress before, I have only done this with my silk wraps.

I feel great whenever I wear combination - wrap dress, Jean's, long cardigan. Maybe it's the right mix of feminine with the toughness/authority from the Jean's? As a female physician of a certain age, I think a certain amount of toughness of character has always been necessary. Long cardigans fit me better than blazers when used as toppers because they stretch over my slightly wide, slightly IT shoulders, but still allow for the smaller bone structure of my torso. I love the motion of them when I walk. They have a playfulness I appreciate. Some of you are aware that I have previously made a superhero cape analogy and perhaps there is a hope for sending a subliminal message that I have some power or authority but am still genuine and sincere, etc.

Accessories are important to me. Glasses are part of my signature as are bangels and my watch. I tried all three pairs of my glasses, red, turquoise and crystal. The turquoise and red both looked good, but I liked the turquoise best. I had an idea of adding some cheer to the dreary day by using some warm weather jewelry. I pulled out a turquoise stone necklace, some gold hoops, and a colorful wide bangle seemed to tie everything together. I also added my nametags and keys which I have to wear at work. I like the colorful necklace used to hold my nametags and consider it to be part of my daily outfit.

For boots, I wanted some texture, so I picked my fur trimmed Aquatalias. I find these very comfy and warm as well.

Overall, I felt excellent about my outfit today despite being sleep deprived. My hair is getting longer and is due for a trim at the end of the week. I snapped this picture after chasing down some runaway trash bins so my dress and sweater may look rumpled from being smashed under my coat. Any wrinkles fall away quickly....but not instantly!!

Cheers! It's me!