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Monday, November 5, 2012

What I wore today: 11/03/2012 (Knit Two)

Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace

Layering a skirt over a dress is a great way to change up your look. Suddenly the dress becomes a top and gets twice the mileage it would get. And layering a sweater skirt over a sweater dress has the added bonus of keeping you nice and toasty warm. 

This dress (seen in full here) and skirt are both fine-gauge wool knits of about the same thickness, and since the skirt is a bit longer and much fuller, layering them worked perfectly. I felt many of the same sentiments expressed in this post about the delightful surprise of layering pieces in a way that makes them look totally different than they ever did before. It's fun to surprise yourself sometimes, isn't it?

A note on the necklace: it has green beads on it, so I often wear it backwards to show only the neutral metallics. I love that it can be worn either way! A friend at Anthro who has one too gave me the idea, a brilliant stroke I wish I could claim myself. Thanks, Kendal! (See the necklace worn with the green facing out here).

Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace
Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace
Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace
Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace
Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace
Sweater skirt over sweater dress outfit: brown leather boots, gay knee socks, patterned sweater skirt, sweater dress with ruffled shoulders, leather belt with gold sequins, Peter-Pan collar necklace

Sweater dress with ruffled shoulders - thrifted (seen in full here)
"Blue Messa Sweater Skirt" - Anthropologie
Leather belt with gold sequins - Anthropologie
Brown leather boots - Journey's
Gray knee socks - Target
"Sparked Agate Collar" Peter-Pan-collar necklace - Anthrpologie

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