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BDIB, chunky ring, floral, garden, gingham, gold accessories, maxi skirt, nautical, outfit, pattern mixing, petite, sandals, short, stripes, summer, thrifted
Floral Striped Tank – TJ Maxx
Purple Maxi Skirt – thrifted $2
Blue Gingham Shirt – Target
Braided Metallic Sandals – TJ Maxx
Bracelets – World Market and thrifted
Earrings – Target (recent)
Chunky Gold and Acrylic Ring – thrifted $4
In continuing the theme of mixing stripes and floral patterns, in this post, I’m wearing a top
with the pattern mixing already built-in. Makes it pretty easy to wear this trend. See the
last two looks here and here. Normally, I wear this wide cut top with skinny jeans for balance,
but decided to do it differently by pairing it with a maxi skirt. Since the weather has been
uncooperative, I created my own summer, by keeping the top untucked for a breezy look. I
resisted the urge to tuck and belt and I liked it. The accessories in various gold tones is what
pulls it all together. My favorite is a recent thrifted chunky acrylic ring with gold insert.
Isn’t it a beauty?! 2 rings in one, which I didn’t discover until I brought it home and started
wearing it. A score at $4. I’m keeping it real short, since my skirt has maxed out my brain
space and I’m incapable of writing anything clever today. Happy Tuesday!
Be sure to check out Bloggers Do It Better at Pretty Shiny Sparkly to see how others wear
their maxi skirts.
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See how I wore a sheer maxi skirt in The Art of War.
Check it out here.
I love this outfit! One because purple is my favorite color so the maxi is awesome and two because of the pattern mixing you have going on. And score on the ring! That is awesome
Who is giving up these pretty purple skirts? I found a midi skirt in pretty much the same color at a thrift store, I love it.
This look is casual, but still great with the printed top and pretty sandals.
Thanks for stoppin’ by. I really like your flowy purple skirt worn with a tribal print blazer. Very pretty!
I just love the color of your maxi and I think the florals and stripes look great together! =)
Thank you! I’ve been wearing a lot of floral and stripes lately. I like the contrast between the organic and geometry.
How did you make your hair!!!! I want to learn that!
Oh thanks, Hallie! It’s really nothing complicated. The messier, the better. I took a couple strands of hair and twisted them on the sides (pinned them in the back to hold in place). Then created a low, messy bun. To make it more relaxed I pulled out some wispy strands in various places to frame my face. I’d love to see your hair up… although your long hair always looks amazing down!
1. I forgot that your layout changed and was super confused until I could find the comment link. I just had to share that moment of specialness.
2. I just thrifted some incredible skirts, too. One of them reminds me of this one, actually. It is a very similar color! I also got a KILLER green one that I can’t wait to wear. So excited to be finished with my 30-for-30 challenge. HellO closet.
3. I like that you went for a more casual, breezy approach despite the fact that this little state of ours has other plans entirely. Lemme tell you, it is draggin’ me down on ever level. I want to wear my summer clothes and can’t. At work we are supposed to be making incredible summer promo sales but no one wants summer things, either! *sigh* At least we will get our week of warm weather in August before fall starts, right?
1. Thanks for the feedback. At first, I was confused, too, since the comment link is not located in an intuitive spot. There’s nothing I can do about it’s placement due to the template. Hopefully this isn’t too much of a deterrent.
2. Can’t wait to see how you style your thrifted skirts. To tell you the truth, I’m not completely sold on the look of maxi skirts on me. Definitely prefer to show some leg. Hah.
3. Yeah, going casual isn’t usually my thing with skirts, but I felt like trying something different and ended up liking the laid back vibe of this look. I so desperately want the ease of summer to be present everyday for the next 30 days, but maybe I’ll have to start accepting the reality that our 5 days of heat have come and gone for the year!
nice mixology!
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This is a very unique mix. I never would have done it. YEt, I instantly loved it! Thanks for the maxi mixing lesson!
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“Chief Blonde”, thank you for stopping by I’m still trying out the maxi look and working on ways to wear it that are more me!
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