Lately the weather has been pretty much perfection. So yesterday was the first official bike ride of the year…
THE STORY
…bike as in motorcycle. Typically when we’re out cruising I see totally bizarre things that I can’t wait to tell you guys about; for example the hillbilly stonehenge and the most fabulous chicken campground ever. This time though, we didn’t buy a ticket to an alternate reality. Just a nice quiet ride with my hair blowing and the smell of summer on the air. Isn’t it strange how you can smell a season coming in the air? Seriously. If you live somewhere that you’re fortunate enough to experience all four seasons in all of their glory, you can actually smell them coming right when Mother Nature is about at the tipping point into the next season. Each season has it’s own distinct smell. Fall is kind of earthy and cool with a mix of leaves and overripe apples. Winter is clean, crisp and cold. Spring smells like rain, dirt (but in a weird good way) and fresh plants. And summer? It’s a mix of warm sunshine and a hint of flowers. Seasonal scented candles aren’t a gazillion dollar business for nothing, although no scent in the world beats the real thing.
THE OUTFIT
This is another one of those outfits where I threw together a bunch of pieces that just probably should not work together. Harem pants, a floral kimono, stripe top and a faux leather moto jacket? Sounds like craziness I know, but somehow the pieces all worked together. The key was the color scheme. I kept the bottom half neutral with the gray pants and black peep toes, and all of the top pieces had an element of blue in them. Thus, at least in my opinion, it all just worked. And bonus points because even though I wore this to work, it felt like I was wearing pajamas all day.
THE TIP
If you want to give mixing discordant pieces a try, then be sure to have one unifying element amongst them. The unifying element could be color, texture or print. In this case, I kept the colors in agreement with each other so seemingly mismatched pieces all worked together to make an outfit.
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Jacket: Forever 21 (Similar); Kimono: JCPenney (Similar); Harem pants: Boohoo (Similar); Sandals: JCPenney (Similar)
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