{"id":7,"date":"2010-02-01T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/dressing-for-real-life\/"},"modified":"2017-03-06T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:25:09","slug":"dressing-for-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2010\/02\/dressing-for-real-life.html","title":{"rendered":"dressing for real life"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve fielded a lot of Formspring questions<\/a> over the past few weeks, several of which have asked about how much sewing I do for S and what her wardrobe looks like.<\/p>\n

I’m no Supermom, and I don’t even try to set myself the goal of making everything she wears. But we do have fun mixing and matching her wardrobe with things I’ve made and things we’ve purchased or have been given.<\/p>\n

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This weekend it was pretty cold here in New York, and yesterday we were meeting a friend for brunch. We wanted to wear lots of layers to stay warm on our walk to the restaurant. S chose her tights first, so that’s how her outfit started: with the mid-sized polka dot print. We picked out a long-sleeved thermal shirt for warmth, and layered a kimono-style top over it. (Yes, the Bedtime Story PJ top makes a great shirt, too.)<\/p>\n

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The floral print in the top was our large-scale print. Then we added the mini polka dot Sailboat skirt and topped it all off with her brown cardigan. There were a lot of patterns happening in this outfit, but we tried to pull it together with a tight color palette (brown and aqua) and a variety of scales in the patterns.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s fun to do serious mixing and matching like this. Don’t feel limited to mixing only the tops and the bottoms that come together in the pattern envelope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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