How We Wore It // Holiday Plaid

Today I’m joining Brooke of Silver Lining for How We Wore It. I am so honored to be a part of this monthly series! Every month, Brooke sends out an outfit picture for inspiration, and 25 bloggers recreate the look with whatever they already have in their closet.

I’m a little late to the party and that’s because, somehow, I deleted the email from Brooke and didn’t know I was one of the 25 bloggers this month until yesterday. When I saw Brooklyn’s post and saw my name at the bottom, I realized I was supposed to be part of it. So I took some outfit pictures yesterday evening and here we are. This also explains why, I talked about taking a blogging break on Tuesday and yet, here is another post only 2 days later…

EDIT: I changed the date and time of this post and Tuesday’s post so the post where I talked about a blogging break would be on top.

Anyway, if you’re interested in this collaboration, head over to Brooke’s blog to sign up. But remember, space is limited!

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So here is the inspiration Brooke gave us this month…

from Because Shanna Said So

Here’s how I wore it… (Sorry for the dark pictures. I may re-take these later)

Flannel: Goodwill || Dress: Old Navy in the spring (similar) || Tights: Old Navy || Boots: Gifted

I got this plaid flannel shirt from Goodwill a couple years ago when Pearson and I dressed as “Canada” for a winter Olympics party. I love it and I wear it often, but I’ve never thought to wear it over a dress. I really like the look.

Leggings: Marshalls

I decided to swap out my black tights for some fun holiday leggings to make the look a little more casual and balance the flannel. Also, I love these and I feel like I can only wear them in December so I might as well wear them as much as possible, right? Also, how crazy is it that I was okay wearing no sleeves on December 9th in Ohio??

T-Shirt: OLD || Boots: Target OLD

Since I love these leggings so much, I decided to try them without the dress. Usually I don’t like wearing leggings for pants, because they aren’t pants. But I thought this might be okay because the flannel shirt is long and the leggings are pretty loose for leggings. I was right!

Especially when I tied the shirt around my waste to hide my bum! I love this look! Oh and I switched out the nicer ankle boots for a fun combat-ish boot. Which reminds me… The girl in the original inspiration picture was wearing brown boots and a tan cardigan. I didn’t do that because, for some reason, I still can’t get on board with the whole mixing brown and black thing. I don’t know why.

I did try it with a black cardigan though.

I also tried it with my black skinny jeans because this is closer to how I would normally wear the flannel. Honestly though, these jeans are probably tighter than the leggings. I like having one side tucked in though.

As for the details, I’ve been living in this necklace all winter. It’s just so simple and dainty and I really like the bare branch that matches the winter trees. And I love these ginger bread man earrings. They are festive without being too over the top. I’ve been wearing them a lot this month too!