Ageless Style is a monthly style challenge and link up for women of all ages. Each month we pick a different theme and style an outfit based on that theme. This month's theme is "Transitioning Your Summer Clothes for Fall" and was picked by Rosemary.
You hear the same phrase at the end of every summer: "I can't wait for fall!". People can't wait for the pumpkin lattes, football season, and fall fashion. Being a Wisconsinite, I'm never in a hurry for fall because it just means nine long months of winter for me, and I detest anything to do with sports. However, I do love "pumpkin anything", fall foliage, and fall fashion, so I do have some things to be excited about! This year, fall seems very far away as we are having one of the hottest Septembers on record here in Wisconsin. It makes fall garden chores very difficult to do and fall fashion is out of the question, at least for now.
My usual way of transitioning from summer to fall is to wear summer clothes in fall colors; that way I stay cool but look like fall. I have done a number of these posts over the years: "Using Colors and Texture to Transition into Fall", "How to Style Summer Clothes for Fall", and "Transitioning a Summer Dress for Fall." In all three of these posts you will see how I incorporate fall colors and texture into summer-like outfits.
So to meet the challenge this month, I'm showing you the same concept (fall colors in summer clothing), but I'm also displaying the art of layering as in the fall we experience cool mornings and evenings but can still have sultry afternoons. This is an outfit I recently wore on a road trip out west where the mountain mornings were chilly, but the afternoons rose to a balmy 80 or 90 degrees.
I was in the beautiful town of Jackson Wyoming and although you will see all types of attire in Jackson, many people really dress up there, especially in a western style. I picked this outfit for both comfort and it's western-look (western enough for this midwest gal anyway).
My base started with a pale yellow sundress from Stitch Fix. Sorry, I don't have any full photos of me wearing just the sundress alone, but below is a half body shot so you can at least see what the bodice looks like. You can also go on the Stitch Fix site and see the full dress HERE! This is such a cute and comfy dress, perfect for traveling. The fabric is so soft and doesn't wrinkle. I saw this dress on clearance on the Stitch Fix website and picked it up for less than $25.00. In case you didn't already know, you can just buy items directly from Stitch Fix and not place an order for a Stitch Fix box.
I knew this would be the perfect fall sundress because of the pale yellow color and the creamy Carmel flowers in the pattern of the dress. I based the rest of my outfit off the Carmel flowers and layered my new Carmel Liverpool SPLURGE jacket over the top (See it was the worth the splurge, I'm using it already and fall isn't even here yet! See last month's Ageless Style post HERE if you don't know what I'm talking about 😀)
The rest of the pieces in the outfit include a sun hat (that western sun is intense!), a saddle bag (to complete the western look), and neutral sandals for long periods of walking to keep my feet cool and comfy. Looking back, I wish I would have worn my brown felt fedora hat as that would have looked more western, but when I was packing in August it was hot and my brain was in summer-hat mode so I grabbed a straw hat. And if I weren't walking so much that day, I would have chosen a cute western bootie. That would have looked so much more cute than these sandals.
Even though I would have changed out the hat and shoes in this outfit if I could, I still really liked the outfit and I felt very cute and confident wearing it. I got so many compliments on this outfit too, people especially loved the saddle bag.
Jackson Hole is such a cute western town! The shops are pretty pricey, I stopped in a fur shop and the average coat was going for $10,000 😀. So it is more of a place to window-shop than a shopping town for us regular folk. It was still fun to see all the western store fronts and enjoy lots of huckleberry treats!
As the day went on, it did get hot, so I took the jacket off and just carried it across my arm.
Now before I end this post I have both sad news and good news. Rosemary, decided to step away from our group for a while, but we also found a new member! Jennifer decided to join us! We are sad to see Rosemary go, but we are excited to add a new member.
We are also making a new change to our link up. We are announcing next month's challenge ahead of time so you can plan an outfit and join us in the challenge. That is actually how we met Jennifer; she joined us in the challenge and did a post on it. So if you want to participate in next month's Ageless Style, the theme is "Cozy October"! That sounds like a fun theme!
Now be sure to see how the rest of the ladies are transitioning their summer clothes for fall and link up with us as well.
Have A Great Day! Amy
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