Photography by Angie Garcia
Happy Monday lovely friends!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! After some random severe weather (like tornado sirens blaring on Friday night), we enjoyed gorgeous weather on Saturday and hung out all day. On Sunday, Mr. S and I worked on some house projects FINALLY! We have some beautiful pieces from his Grandmother, and we’re trying to make room for the old and new! I did a quick DIY with an old shopping bag by framing it. (You may have seen on Instagram.) So fun right?!
When I don’t have time to “think” about an outfit, I reach for my uniform – a tee, blazer, jeans, and heels. The blazer and heels give the outfit a polished look. BONUS if you have a pretty piece of jewelry to throw on like this fabulous one-of-a-kind necklace by AK Designs. My talented friend crafted it from a 1920’s Eisenberg Original fur clip hand wrapped with gold-fill wire with labradorite and pyrite beads. I LOVE that it’s a mix of old and new just like my closet and home! A necklace like this would be perfect for Mother’s Day. Hint hint!
The Style Rx: Top off a tee and jeans with a blazer and heels. You’ll look freshly pressed even if it takes you less than 5 minutes. Wearing monochromatics (the same color family) steps up your game especially if it’s white or black!
Another “uniform” for workdays is a dress when I’m running late. There’s no matching required! Just dress, shoes, and go! What’s your go-to uniform?!
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them. – Bono
GET THE LOOK
VINTAGE blazer {similar} || ISABEL MARANT POUR H&M linen tee {similar} || MOSSIMO distressed denim leggings || COACH Chelsey heels via TJ Maxx {similar by Elaine Turner} || AK Designs rhinestone, labradorite, & pyrite necklace || OUI ETSY, GORJANA midi, BELARGO stacked rings || HERMES belt {in black/gold} || CELINE luggage tote via Last Call {in happy yellow} || RAY-BAN aviator sunglasses
We all have that outfit we reach for. Love how you styled this outfit.
Liv
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Thanks Liv!! What’s your go-to outfit?!!
Cute! Any tips for modifying for the brutally hot Texas summers? Don’t think I can do a blazer. Also what shoes would work besides heels? I don’t think I can carry my babies while wearing heels :) I guess I’m asking about a “summer uniform” but something that still looks put-together and stylish.
Tyler! Thanks for taking the time to comment and what a great question!! After Little M was born (July/Aug), I tried to look chic in a hurry by wearing maxi dresses. You can wear them with lower wedges (or flat thong sandals) to safely carry the babes around. I wore no arm jewelry but did wear some smaller necklaces/earrings. And cotton/linen scarves are another great way to accessories (or hide stains – LOL)!
Also, I found some great linen pieces – like a linen cardigan from JCrew (in this post: https://styleofsam.com/2012/08/05/cars-and-coffee-weekend-2/) or a linen blazer (if it’s a little chillier) as a great layering piece for the summer!
Hope that helps!! :)
Thanks!
Cute outfit!
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Thank you! xx
I like your easy fashion formula! I don’t wear it often byt jeans and a blazer is a great combination I admire so much on others like yourself Sam :) I got all excited when I found another Zara blazer, like my black one but in cream…of course it got wet in the Sydney storms and so now I don’t know what to do with it, poor thing stinks. even after spending the day outside in the sun to dry. I was looking forward to wearing it, have had to re-think all my outfits for this week haha. Somehow none of my other blazers seemed as right, haha.
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That’s so sad about your cream blazer! :( Maybe, you can do an interior spot test with some febreze to get out the smell! What a bummer!
But you’ve been looking mighty cute with your blazers for “corporate world”. Cream is such a great neutral color so I hope you’re able to get that one smell free!!
Thanks Sam! I absolutely drenched it in Febreeze – didn’t think to just test some first oops. Luckily there were no bad effects. but it still smells bad. Since it’s already got wet and not shrunk I might just wash it,even though it says dry clean only.
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I’ve totally washed things that were dry clean only!! Sometimes it turned out fine but sometimes not! Hopefully, your blazer will make it!! ;)
Can I just take this outfit off of you and onto me? LOL Jeans and a tee are what I live in :)
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This is an awesome go-to outfit, I love that it’s both classy & casual. I wish that I could wear heals around the city more, but I tend to wear them down within a few excursions. One day when I own a car maybe that will change.
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