Black White & Leopard

I have been feeling wardrobe blah. I am not saying I have nothing to wear. I'm just overwhelmed, underwhelmed, don't know where to start lately type of mood. When I feel this way I just stick with something simple - black bottom, white top and a pair of leopard shoes. Clean and classic, better than blah and lost. My skinny Yoga Jeans have become a staple and honestly my go to piece. I don't understand why I hadn't found this company sooner. What's important is that I know about Yoga Jeans now and so do you. 

Plus, I swear my youngest son lost the remote control for my camera. One second I had it, the other second it was gone. I know the thing doesn't have legs so it didn't walk off. I swear I'll find it in a shoe or lodged in my pantry somewhere but I'll have purchased a new one because I've ripped through my house and not found it. Yeah!

This white tunic is great with skinnies or a slight boot cut pant. I'm not a fan of tunics with skirts, or slouchy pleated pants. A tunic, untucked, with a skirt does not have the right symmetry and "beauty" is simply about symmetry. With slouchy pleated pants the tunic has too much bulk in the mid-section. When is bulk in the mid-section ever attractive?

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Top - Joe Fresh

Jeans - Yoga Jeans
Shoes - Steve Madden (old)
Necklace - Stella & Dot
Bracelets & Watch - Links of London (old)

Best of Me - Coach Blazer

I love this Coach blazer. It just screams IVA, pretty obnoxious but it can't help it...

Paired with denim, a pencil skirt or over a simple blue dress, it just makes the outfit. Casual, formal or somewhere in between. It just does it all.

The shoes are the fun part of this outfit, leopard and the lady...

Blazer - Coach
Jeans - Paige Denim (from Puh-Nash)
Shoes - Stuart Weitzman
Handbag - Coach
Necklace - Joe Fresh
Bracelets - Coach (old), gifted

Mint Blouse - Pink Martini

I am enjoying the pastel trend so much so that I really want to buy some pastel jeans - I just can't find any with a higher rise (or thick fabric). My sister Ana told me Top Shop but I have not found the time to go. Anyone else having this problem?

Trying on the low rise ones has taught me to go up a few sizes so I'm not showing off my puckers and dimples. Still wanting to honour the pastel trend I've purchased a mint green blouse by Pink Martini. Just love it!

My husband had a casual evening work function and I wore the blouse and paired it with dark denim skinnies (big shock I know). Doing a pastel top is easier then a pastel bottom. Everything else I'm wearing is several years old (beside the necklace...more on that later), I didn't have to purchase anything new to go with the top.

Honestly, how fun are the leopard shoes with this outfit? I could have easily done black or even nude but leopard is unexpected and it works.

Now back to the necklace that is not on my neck. On my left hand I am wearing a Joe Fresh necklace as a bracelet that I just wrapped around a couple of times (thanks for the idea Ana). 

I decided to do all gold as the accessories. I could have a added a few silver bracelets as well. Metallics work as neutrals.

White blazers seem impractical but with this blouse it allows that to be the focus. Black can be harsh against pastels, where white brings it into spring and summer.

Blazer - Cassis (old)
Blouse - Pink Martini
Jeans - Paige (old)
Shoes - Stuart Weitzman (old)
Purse - Marc Jacob (old)
Belt - Tory Burch (old)
Bracelets - Coach (old), gifted, Joe Fresh (necklace, worn as bracelet on left hand)