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OOTD | 2 Trends; Layers & Leather

By 11 Mar 2015 4 Fashionspiration, OOTD , , , , Permalink 0

So in a recent OOTD I said I was wearing old favorites, and finding new ones buried in the back of my closet.  It’s the same situation here, these pants are a new favorite of mine, in fact I hadn’t worn them ever before this.  This outfit is definitely a little bit edgier than the dresses I normally wear, but I really like it nonetheless.

 

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What I Wore:  Black Leather Pants (Piper Project)//Plaid Flannel Shirt (Gap Kids)//Navy Blue Sweater//Statement Necklace (J. Crew)//Heeled Ankle Boots (Lucky Brand @ Saks Fifth Avenue)

This is an outfit from a little while ago, when it was close to freezing outside, which is why there are so many layers and dark colors.  Luckily the weather has gotten nicer, and photo opportunities have become more frequent and common.  Anyways, in this outfit I really wanted to be better than my previous OOTD, which really caught people’s attention.  I thought it called for some drastic measures, so I whipped out the leather pants from the bottom of my drawer.

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I knew that this outfit needed some layers, after all pants and a sweater is something anybody could come up with.  Since I’ve really been enjoying the laid-back look of button down and flannel shirts I added this red and blue one to the mix.  Once I had that it was easy to add the navy blue sweater; they seemed to match perfectly.

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The accessories are really what made this outfit spectacular.  Despite what has appeared on my blog, I don’t actually wear these heeled ankle boots a lot so I was glad they made an appearance.  They’re really very simple, but I think that the classiness of the boots really contradict the bagginess of the pants, so it’s a pretty great balancing act.  At first I was skeptical, but once cuffed the pants everything seemed to fall together.

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I also added this necklace to pull the whole ensemble together. The colors really go together well, especially with the pretty pink tones of the circular jewels.  It’s not really my necklace, my mom’s actually, but it fits the outfit, so I just had to borrow it.  I’m also really glad that I went with a necklace that’s short and like a collar, rather than a long one with a pendant, as this makes the outfit look really put together.

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What do you think of this OOTD?  How do you style leather pants?  What about layers?  Let me know in the comments.

  • http://www.sketchbookcloset.com/ Katie Ng

    Super cute outfit of the day! I love the plaid and the textures!! As for me, I am much too timid to try leather pants, but you do it fabulously!!

    • https://xostylestalker.com XOStyleStalker

      Thanks! I think all the textures and layers are what makes this really unique.

  • http://samanthamariemerritt.blogspot.com halcyonvelvet

    love this outfit, all the colours work really well together

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    • https://xostylestalker.com XOStyleStalker

      Thanks so much! I really do think that the colors work together well too, even though some people say you shouldn’t wear both navy blue and black.