30x30 - Outfit 30!

Blouse -Go International Target, Thrifted

Skirt -Vintage, Thrifted

Wedges - Jeffery Campbell

Belt - Vintage, Antique Mall

Last one!  Audible sigh of relief.  It's been a fun challenge but a long one. To celebrate the end of my challenge, I decided to go out with a bang!  Floral! Polka dots! Yellow! Red! A cacophony of pattern and color.  I think it's a fitting last outfit for this challenge.  Check back tomorrow for a recap of the whole challenge.  I'll be back to regular posting (and the rest of my closet) next week.

30x30 - Outfit 29

Blouse - Old Navy

Skinnies - Bullhead Black, Resale Shop

Flats - Calvin Klein, Dillard's

Necklace - Vintage, Antique Store

Bracelet - Vintage 

I actually wore this outfit last week, but didn't have a chance to photograph it.  I wore it on a day trip for work.  My boss and I went to measure a volunteer fire station for a small town.  I couldn't find any data on the town's population, but the county seat has a population of 1,355 and the entire county has 8,195 people.  So needless to say this town is tiny.  While having lunch in the county seat, I remarked to my boss that I was probably the first person to wear red pant in the town.  He replied that I was at least the first person to wear red pants and mean it to be stylish.  Haha.  Kara, small town trend setter.

30x30 - Outfit 28

Cardigan - Gap

Blouse - Old Navy, Resale Shop

Skirt - Jason Wu for Target

Wedges - Jeffery Campbell

This outfit is almost unphotographable.  You are witnessing my third separate attempt to capture it.  Any amount of sunlight and this blouse turns into a white blob near my equally white face.  I even photographed yesterday when it was overcast.  Still didn't work out.  Just for kicks and giggles, I'm going to post one of the terrible ones.

Here it is.  Wooo! Ghost blouse.

This one too.  Giant hands are funny.

30x30 - Outfit 27

Cardigan - Gap

Tee - Gap

Skirt - Elle, Kohl's

Flats - Calvin Klein, Dillard's

Necklace - Vintage, Antique Store

Belt - Thrifted

Yes, I'm wearing the same shirt as yesterday.  This 30x30 challenge is going down hill.  Quickly.  Good thing there are only three more outfits left.  Eek!  Next week I can finally break out the rest of my closet.  I'm quite excited.  This challenge has drug out a little too long.  The other times I participated I posted up to 7 outfits per week so the whole thing was over in a month.  This time around I tried to post 5 outfits a week so I wouldn't bombard you, the readers.  Add in a work trip with inconsistent posting and this challenge is going to be 7 weeks by the time it's finished.  That's almost 2 months.  I bet y'all are really ready to see me in some different clothes.  I'm definitrly ready to wear some different clothes.

30x30 - Outfit 26

Blazer - Gap

Tee - Gap

Skirt - Vintage, Thrifted

Wedges - Jeffery Campbell

Necklace - Vintage, Antique Mall

Belt - Vintage, Thrifted

Yes, I am wearing the same red skirt from Outfit 25 and yes, is does break some kind of 30x30 rule to wear the same distinctive piece two days in a row.  You've got to spread them out for maximum outfit diversity.  In my defense, Everybody, Everwear snuck up on me this month.  In fact, I didn't realize it was all going down today until I saw one of Liz's tweets yesterday.  Out of my 30x30 items what is more nautical than red, white, and blue?  Perhaps only stripes and rope!

30x30 Week 5 Recap

Well I didn't get very adventurous in my poses this week, did I? Except Outfit 25, foot behind leg and hand on other hip. Daring! My outfits were also rather subdued, mostly in the blue family, except for Outfit 25 once again.  Red!  One more week to go.  I have plenty of options left so I'm not sweatin' it.

Outfit 21
Outfit 22
Outfit 23
Outfit 24
Outfit 25

30x30 - Outfit 25

Blouse - Go International Target, Thrifted

Skirt - Vintage, Thrifted

Wedges - Jeffery Campbell

Belt - Thrifted

This outfit is another one that just seems so "me". Maybe it's just the red skirt. As I get older, I am really beginning to get a sense of the types of clothes I like to wear as opposed to the types of clothes I am drawn to in stores. It's import to distinguish between these two so that you don't have a closet full of clothes that you never wear. A lot of times I'm drawn to girly, frilly outfits. Ruffles, ruffles and more ruffles, but I know that in reality I wear items with a cleaner cut. I like my outfits to get interest from color and pattern, but not necessarily from shapes/adornments.  I do love a tie neck blouse though.  Do you find a disparity between what you are drawn to in stores and what you wear in real life?

30x30 - Outfit 24

Jacket - Mossimo, Thrifted

Tank - BDG, Urban Outfitters

Skirt - Elle, Kohl's

Flats - Calvin Klein, Dillard's

Necklace - Vintage, Grandma'd

Belt - Thrifted

Another good thing about a 30x30 challenge is that it actually makes me crave items that are in my own closet.  Things that I already own seem tantalizing, just out of reach.  I'm not really yearning to go shopping, but I am dreaming up outfits I'll wear when I have my entire closet at my disposal.  I guess that's the whole point of this challenge.  Realizing that I already have enough clothes for years of outfit remixing.

 

30x30 - Outfit 23

Blouse - Old Navy

Jeans - Gap

Boots - Frye, Resale Shop

Necklace - Vintage, Antique Mall

Bracelet - Vintage, Garage Sale

Belt - Gap

One good thing about a 30x30 challenge is that it makes me want to do a major closet clean out when I'm done.  That shirt I bought on a whim that never fit? And is still hanging in my closet a year later, unworn? Gone!  That funky vintage blouse that was just a bit too funky? Gone.  When I realize how many interesting outfits I can make with so few pieces, it makes my bulging closet look excessive and sickening.  Sometimes more is more (like in pattern mixing and accesorizing), but sometimes less really is more, especially when it comes to my closet.

30x30 - Outfit 22

Shirt - American Eagle

Skirt - Jason Wu for Target

Flats - Calvin Klein, Dillard's

Belt - Thrifted

Sometimes I think fashion blogging is all about seeing what wacky combinations you can get away with.  The statement jewelry, the layers, the pattern mixing. For this outfit I went with a gingham and floral combo.  I actually wore this to work.  I don't just blog these outfits, I wear them as well.