Channeling my inner teen?

Well, sort of, but not really.  I recently went to the outlets once again.  Ok, not for myself, but for my husband's cousins that were in town visiting us (yeah, great excuse, right).  I try to go every season just to stock up on items I'll need for the season.  I can't believe fall is here!  I'm so in the mood for soft, creamy leather boots, a plush warm cozy sweater and a velvety wool coat. mmmm sounds like I'm talking about comfort food right? Yummy! Well, it is comfort for the soul in a way.  Anyway, I'm going off in a tangent here.  My niece requested I get her some khaki colored leggings and a plaid shirt.  I knew exactly what she wanted.  I headed over to American Eagle, where all the customers were 17 and younger and the sizes were extra teeny.  Apparently, leggings and plaid shirts are the main thing now with "that" generation- Gen Z or whatever you want to call them.  Everything is now a "---egging".  There are "jeggings," "treggings, "ceggings"-- you name it!  I remember back in the 90's when I was in high school, everyone wore plaid shirts with doc martins and listened to Kurt Cobain.  Apparently, plaid shirts are the 'in' thing once again.  So I bought these khaki cords which are also stretch leggings.  In other words, they are "ceggings."  I also bought my niece the plaid shirt, featured above.  I kinda digged them, and felt like channeling my inner teen, so I bought myself the exact same outfit!  I ending up buying double of each item, in a size bigger for myself, of course. 

However, looking at the outfit, I couldn't quite see myself in both items put together.  Although, it would probably work for my 16 yr old niece.  So my solution is:  "grow it up" a bit.

When I was at the outlets, I also visited Banana and bought this grey sequined cardigan, featured above.  I would pair the stretch cord leggings with the sequined cardigan to dress it up a bit.  I would pair a snazzy sequined skirt (like the Banana one featured above) with the plaid shirt.  A plaid shirt is rather ruggish and quite tomboyish.  So a sequined skirt would kind of "sophisticatize" (I just made that word up) the outfit.  I didn't buy the sequined skirt yet, btw.  But, I'm on the lookout for one!  It will be my new "basic" go-to skirt for the fall/winter.  You'd be surprised what item you can creatively make a "basic."

Hmmmm. What else?  I purchased a striped V-neck sweater at Banana (like the one featured above), but in navy/grey stripes, which I would also pair up with the sequined skirt and some warm tights!  Fashion is so much more interesting when you mix the unexpected and take some risks.  As Vera Wang would say, its all about blending and mixing fabrics and patterns!

Do this exercise:  Take two items in your wardrobe that don't match and wouldn't even think about wearing together.  Now go and wear it!  See, wasn't so hard?