THE AGELESS STYLE LINKUP
Nine ladies, forty and over, show you that style doesn’t have an age limit. A themed linkup takes place on the first Tuesday of every month.
This month’s theme is: Second Time Around. We’re exploring vintage and/or thrifted pieces. I’ve decided to highlight a thrifted piece that I customized to fit my personal style.
MY LOOK
Are you a thrifter? Before I moved to Georgia, I used to go to the local thrift store once a week to buy skirts. I’d go there with $20 and walk out with anywhere between 5 and 8 skirts, depending upon availability and sales. I loved it. Many of the skirts still had the tags on them and some were so unique that I just couldn’t pass them up. And others just looked like there was opportunity for tweaking and personalization. This burgundy wool skirt fit into the last category.
By itself, the skirt is adorable. It’s a burgundy wool pencil skirt with interesting seaming. But the seaming looked like it was missing that extra oomph, so I stared at it for a bit and thought Hmmmm, those seams look like vines…. Then the idea hit me! I went digging through my stash of hand crocheted flowers and found three that I thought offered just the right amount of contrast and fun and pinned them to the skirt. Side note: I crochet flowers to pin to scarves and sweaters to customize the looks. Finding just the right buttons for the center became an obsession, so I had to dial it back a notch.
I can’t remember where I found the necklace but isn’t it cute? Even though it’s orange, I tend to treat it as a neutral when I wear it. Do you do that? Treat colors as neutrals?
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THE CO-HOSTS
To find out more about my co~hosts’ looks, click on her name…
- Ana {Mrs. American Made }
- Debbie {Fashion Fairy Dust}
- Yvonne {Funky Forty}
- Diane {Fashion on the 4th Floor}
- Jennie {A Pocketful of Polka Dots}
- Nicole {High Latitude Style}
- Tania {50 Is Not Old}
- Shelly {The Queen In Between}
- Daenel {Living Outside the Stacks}
JOIN US
Linkup Guidelines:
- Visit each of the cohosts
- Link to your actual post and not your blog’s homepage
- Link back to the Ageless Style Linkup
- Visit at least 2 other links
- Leave a comment when you visit
- Have fun
OTHER LINKUPS
- Not Dead Yet Style ~ Visible Monday
- Classy Yet Trendy ~ Trendy Wednesday
- Pastries, Pumps and Pi ~ Who’s Wearing What Wednesdays
- The Pleated Poppy ~ What I Wore Wednesday
- A Pocketful of Polka Dots ~ Fabulous Friday
Be sure to check them out for more fashion inspiration,
