Feeling out of sorts with my summer workwear options. I had said I was going to just bide and wait for fall planning. I lied. I am trying some summer refreshing .

Here is part of what I did—I got a few tops at Loft ( I swear I had sworn off Loft) and a few items at WHBM. Showing 3 Loft tops and a WHBM skirt in potential outfits.

1-Gray loose-knit sweater, AT cotton-blend pants from last year. Red reptile flats were my best available option to be a little dressier than clunkier slip-ons.

2-3 Rust cotton sweater with new WHBM pencil skirt (with wedge pumps only for special) and with Kuts.

4-5 Paisley sweater with pencil skirt & with new woven white belt with Kuts

The 3 sweaters are to help with my feeling that I needed boxier tops. All 3 seem to go with black pants, several pencil skirts, and blue and white jeans and can shift from summery to fall-ish color palette depending on accessories. The rust sweater looks pretty good over a buttondown as well for cooler temp. The large-yarn weaves skew more casual than may be my wardrobe goal for work, but I think okay for summer. Would like to try with different jewelry such as pendant necklace.

A pencil skirt in this type color has been on my wish list and just turned up. Note—I do not have low-heeled footwear for it currently, but have aspirations for one of several types of nude-ish flats, to create a spring-summer alternative for my occasional skirt days. So, am counting on its being classic enough to wait.

I have the odd feeling I may have purged sweaters like 1 & 2 some decades ago, but I like them. These are not “investment” pieces but I would want them to work for summer into fall.

Do you think these items can function as style refreshers with existing pieces? I should have shown more dark work pants, perhaps. Styling options? Thank you for reading and comments.