Summer Fashion with Fall Expression

     I feel winter coming.  The fallen leaves are just a symbol..  We know it by the chill of the breeze, the frost on the windows, the crunch of the leaves, the stillness.......  The skies are not as clear.  But I'm a rebel.  Every year when the day-light savings time arrives, I revolt and don't change my clock and of course, after a month, I just seem more like an idiot who can't remember what time it really is.  And I'm the same way with fashion.  I'm getting the "oh no, it's winter time" itch and I still want to wear my summer dresses.  But it's not quite summer time anymore.  So I adapt them by creating add-ons.  Which simply means that I add a little of this, a little of that to create weather worthy attire that keeps hope alive.  And what I mean by "hope" is that summer feel during the fall chill.
     Saturday, I wore my new soft yellow summer dress with a brown sweater, a brown belt, brown wooden ear-rings with a yellow design on them, and Brown knee-high boots.  Really, it's all about layers.  You can do this all year round.  I believe you can take an item from any time of year and  reinvent the look.  Don't let the seasons be the reason your favorite shirt, skirt, suite, pants, etc go into hiding like they're in the witness protection program.  Sometimes we really need a reminder that things don't stay the same.  Perhaps hope can come in the form of an article of clothing that's worn "after its time".  Now I'm not  talking about those outdated items that need to be burned in a fire, deep in the woods, and buried six feet deep never to be seen again OR end up in a museum hundreds of years later.   For example, I've seen men wear a favorite t-shirt to it's death like an Apocalypse happened and disintegrated all the clothing stores .  They wear that same shirt like Linus lives in his blanket from Charlie Brown.  And ladies, if your husband has one of those, you have my permission to permanently misplace it.  And if that's too risky for you, Make it into a pillow.
     But that's not the insanity that I speak of.  I mean, "though an item may be out of season, it doesn't make it out of reason".  I challenge you, to experiment.  In today's economy, people can't go and replace their entire wardrobe just because the weather said they should.  A lack of cash can develop creativity, fast. Don't leave all the thinking up to the fashion magazines and super wealthy gurus.  Work with what you have.  Add a scarf, or jacket to a nice summer shirt.  Wear boots with a summer dress and a long sweater.  Though I've never tried this one, wearing stockings with shorts, high heels or boots, and a shirt and fashion jacket can be tasteful and chic.  Whatever you do, make sure that you're comfortable, cozy AND.......classy.  Anything we wear can become tacky without discretion.

So F.Y.I  when taking the seasons with you
          1)  Work your wardrobe. You don't have to replace it.
          2)  Layer up with scarves, jackets, warmer shoes, and seasonal accessories
          3)  Be cozy comfortable and classy

yellow dress - gift
brown sweater - salvation army thrift store
brown belt - $1.00 from salvation army

brown Knee high boots
$10.00 from a local discount store

wooden earrings

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