Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. We really enjoyed spending some quality time with my family on my parents’ farm. I shared a snap on Instagram if you follow me there. Lots of fishing, playing with my adorable niece and nephew, eating my mom’s amazing food, and generally having a good time. It’s fun to trade my heels in for boots occasionally.
Today’s look is a totally recycled one. I love this gingham top. You last saw it here styled for a date night look. It’s one of my favorite pieces, but I’ll be honest, it feels a little one dimensional. I really wanted to get some additional wear out of it before the summer season closed, so I challenged myself to come up with another, more wearable outfit. Since work is where I spend most of my time, I added it to one of my all-time favorite pencil skirts and topped it with a jean jacket to make it office appropriate. I try to get creative with my workwear because it’s easy for it to get boring. It made me realize it’s easy to reinvent your workwear by styling a nontraditional work piece with more classic workwear for a polished and professional but non-stuffy look. How do you restyle pieces to make totally different looks or reinvent your workwear?
Shoes: Gianni Bini // Skirt: J.Crew (similar below) // Top: Zara (similar below) // Jean Jacket: Gap Outlet (almost exact) // Sunglasses: Prada via Ditto’s Endless Eyewear Program – use code STRAIGHTASTYLE for your first month FREE
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116 Comments
Can’t get enough of that peplum-y top and the polka dot skirt!
Rebecca
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Wow! What a fantastic combo! The jean jacket adds a casual touch while the skirt glams it up! Love the juxtaposition of it!
A great way to make work-wear fun! Sounds like a great weekend.
Lisa
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I love this outfit! Pencil skirts are always a good way to go
Kim
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You have definitely set the trend on reinventing work wear
loving the versatility Xxx
Go you!!
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What a fun remix. I love the added denim.
Rachel xo
Garay Treasures
I love how you mixed prints!
Alyssa | Glitter and Grey
I’m still in love with the blouse! I remember when you first wore it and loved that look, but this remix is great! Love it with the skirt and denim jacket.
Rachael
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This is such an adorable look! Love the gingham and polka dots! You look so chic!
Jill
Doused In Pink
We might have a similar style. I have this skirt too! Haven’t worn it yet but I love how you put it together here!
xoxo, -c.
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This look is amazing! I love that adorable peplum tank and that skirt is so fun too!
~~Megan~~
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Loving this daring outfit, combining two prints! Love your Prada sunnies too!
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I love the clash of prints. I love finding ways to re-style pieces.
Jenn | jenniferjayne.blogspot.co.uk
Beautiful! I love the mix of prints and how you paired two pieces from two different seasons to create a fresh look!
Red Reticule
Love how you re-worked your pieces to refresh them for work! This will help the ‘new pieces’ feel a new a little longer. You look great.
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I love the polka dot and gingham pairing. The denim jacket is perfection on top of them both.
Sxx
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you look so cute, I am loving the print mixing here.
xo
PinkSole
I love this gingham top
So pretty!
I love how you styled it on 2 different ways =)
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Oh wow!! The way how you’ve styled this outfit and matched different patterns together is wonderful!! You look amazing from head to toe. 🙂
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That gingham top is great. I can see why you like it! I try to take summer pieces into the fall and winter (it doesn’t get too cold where I live) by adding layers. This works quite well with a lot of pieces.
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