This is a quick middle-of-the-busy-week post to inspire you to
expand your wardrobe in a budget way. What do I mean? Well, since I’m on
a shopping stop for the time being (the summer drained my modest grad
student budget) I have to be creative with what I have. This means
thinking of new ways to wear certain garments. Now maxi dresses –
although I like how they make dressing up easy – are limiting in terms
of how many different-looking outfits you can get out of them when worn
in the intended way. Thus, what I occasionally find myself doing is
folding the top of sleeveless maxi dresses (strapless, spaghetti, tank,
halterneck) into the bottom, so that I, in an instant, have a new
high-waist maxi skirt to work with. It easily stays neat if you attach a
belt, and as such you can mix and match the top/jacket for a more
complex outfit, which is what I’ve done in the pictures below.
Another thing I also did here is to wear a long, leopard-print kimono
cardigan backwards to give the illusion of a normal top with a modest
cut. Now you may think this will work out great when wearing a jacket to
cover the back but then not so well without it. In fact, however, the
effect of a low cut back top (over a solid long-sleeve top as I do
cover) looks really cool, and so while inside teaching, I did not wear
the jacket in the pictures. That’s it for now, guys. Think outside the
box, even when it comes to your wardrobe.
Pashmina scarf: Ebay, shoulder pad faux leather jacket: Pitaya,
leopard kimono cardigan worn as top: Stradivarius, scarf print
multicolored peplum maxi dress worn as maxi skirt: Mango
