1: mid wash straight jeans, purple octopus tee, white/gray flannel buttonup, gold anchor/rose pendant necklace, blue canvas tennies

2: dark wash broken-in straight jeans, teal 3/4 sleeve cable pullover, gold beetle necklace, tan Huarache mules

3: Liberty tunic dress, black leggings, damascene bird pendant, tan Huarache mules. I bought this dress thinking it would be a fall item — layered with tights, sweater, boots — and I do plan to wear it that way but realized I could just wear it on its own with sleeves rolled in warmer weather. I wore it like that I think with a pair of canvas tennies and really liked that but struggled getting today’s outfit right. I tried layering what seemed like every cardigan in my closet over it and good grief nothing seemed quite right. Plus, with the leggings underneath it’s giving salwar kameez. Nothing wrong with that but not the look I’m going for, so I think I need to lean into some *contrast* to the boho nature of the piece. Next time I’ll try styling it something more like in photos 4-5. Suggestions welcome!

6: dark-wash broken-in straight jeans, navy/white gingham buttonup, fair isle sweater vest, gold anchor/rose pendant necklace, brown tassel loafers. This is one of those outfits that’s good on paper (Fair isle! Pattern mixing! Tassel loafers!) but I dunno, I just felt off in it. I’m struggling to style this vest in a way that feels really right. Again suggestions welcome! (I think I might know what the problem is…it will be interesting to see if anyone guesses what I’m thinking.)

7: olive chinos, blush/orange Breton stripe 3/4 sleeve, ceramic shell pendant, pink canvas tennies. I was going to put this outfit together with the navy/white version of this sweater and blue tennies, but discovered a hole in the elbow of the sweater so I switched gears. I feel vindicated in my “more and better” strategy and also my penchant for duplication!

8: mid-wash straight jeans, white/blue seahorse tee, white/gray flannel buttonup, ivory Aran cardi, silver caddisfly necklace, blue canvas tennies. I wanted to try cjh’s cardi-over-a-buttonup layering idea, and a day with an evening movie outing planned (necessitating layers that would accommodate widely varying temperatures) seemed like a perfect opportunity.

9: mid-wash cropped jeans, pink 3/4 sleeve ribbed pullover. I did not go out after getting dressed so you get my slipper socks as footwear. I *did* go out in a chaotic melange of loungewear to drop my teen off at a birthday party, and made an impromptu swing by an estate sale on the way back, at which I procured (among other things) a gently used knitting kit with many beautiful colors of Shetland wool (photos 10-11). I don’t knit but I plan to use this to seriously up my visible mending game. And I’m hoping to turn the fragment of sweater that has already been knitted into a throw pillow cover!

Thanks for looking and as always I’m grateful for your thoughts, observations, and suggestions!