hmm maybe my answers would be useful as what NOT to wear.
My wardrobe is very different winter to summer. Today I am wearing two of my workhorses - I don't work outside the home. Black background hawaiian shirt with medium large buff yellow flowers with some light cocoa brown and light sage green foliage. Paired with cotton sateen leopard pencil skirt. Favorite easy for fussy feet sandals: formed hard sole with 2 1/2 " height but also
1" front platform. Securely strapped below ankle and one band across toes. Have these in black with small tan X's stitched across front band and in medium caramel brown with same X's.
Why: I am just a Hawaiian shirt gal. My maternity wear over a quarter century ago was Hawaiian maternity shirts. This was before Big Lebowsky but it's a favorite movie of mine. The Dude abides. So, I like florals in various incarnations and I like the dappled quality of leopard and I like to mix prints.
The leopard skirt gets a ton of wear with both prints and solids and I have 4 Hawaiian shirts so that genre gets lots of wear.
My other summer staple is a thin chiffon overlayer print skirt. I usually like geometrics or abstract geometrics.
I have jeans for emergency fitting-in situations but don't own a jean skirt, chambray shirt or denim jacket.
I like that the sandals have a tailored element. I love anything with top or saddle stitching. I love the look of thin, elegant strappy sandals on other folks but they just show up that my own feet are not thin nor elegant. So I like more substance to my sandals.
ETA: although I have florals in various styles, I prefer a masculine cut garment with the feminine, lush print. Also, answering your question made me realize that I have 2 distinct styles or silhouettes. In some cases, I like some movement to my clothing - usually in skirt area or at bottom of pants leg (fluidity) but in other cases I like stillness and an emphatic element in my clothing - got everything nailed down.
