After giving birth to J I was anxious to be able to wear all of my pre-pregnancy clothes again. When I returned back to work, I soon realized every morning that I kept picking the SAME outfits to wear to week after week. This was in part to the fact that I’m a bit larger on top (thanks to EBF) making it harder to find shirts that fit correctly but also because I had gotten lazy in my outfit selections. I can tend to be repetitive. Find a new song? I’ll listen to it over and over again. Order an excellent new dish at a restaurant? I’ll never order anything different again. I extend this same repetitive methodology when picking out an outfit. Once I find a combination of pieces that go great together, I don’t change. This monotony has really started to bother me the last couple of weeks. Maybe it’s the hormones or the fact that the last couple of months of pregnancy you have reached whale status, but I’ve really been wanting to change things up and start incorporating different pieces into my regular rotation of outfits. And I’ll be honest, I want to look my best. I would live in sweatpants and oversized sweatshirts if I could, but wearing a cute outfit really perks me up and I feel ready to tackle the day. Anybody out there know what I’m talking about? So where were we, ah yes, the desire to look cute.
So, since having a baby doesn’t exactly leave you with tons of extra income, I’ve been energized to put together outfits using pieces already in my closet. Enter my first foray into color blocking. Now, I’m nowhere to close to being a fashionista, but I’ve been reading some fashion type magazines/blogs and color blocking seems to very popular this summer. Basically it’s the incorporation of two or more blocks of color in an outfit. The color combos can be a little crazy, but they can also be fun. And after checking out several magazines for outfit ideas I was happy to see that I already had several pieces that I could pair together to make a totally unique, new to me, outfit.
Long story short, I’ve challenged myself to come up with 30 unique outfits all with pieces I already have in my closet. This is my inaugural first outfit using the color blocking theme. Now not all of my outfits will be CB but this was excellent motivation to play with some color. What do think? Would you try color blocking? Would you be interested in seeing goofy photos of myself to see the rest of the outfits I put together?
Front Door Fashion- Outfit #1
I’ve done my best shopping in my own closet. It’s amazing what new outfits you can come up with. I applaud you on the effort! I’m no fashionista myself but a magazine that truly helps inspire me is Instyle. It has a lot of good tips and wardrobe suggestions too.
Ooh, I’ll have to check out InStyle, thanks for the suggestion!