{"id":80742,"date":"2023-03-17T11:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=80742"},"modified":"2023-03-17T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:52:51","slug":"core-wardrobe-bias-cut-garibaldi-a-line-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-bias-cut-garibaldi-a-line-skirt.html","title":{"rendered":"core wardrobe: bias-cut garibaldi a-line skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve talked a bit about the <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/digital-hollywood-trousers-sewing-pattern.html\">Hollywood Trousers<\/a> I sewed for my core wardrobe <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/02\/core-wardrobe-hollywood-trousers.html\">last year<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/02\/core-wardrobe-again-hollywood-trousers.html\">this year<\/a>. They&#8217;re in regular rotation and will continue to be through the spring. I&#8217;m a three-season trousers person: can&#8217;t stand to wear them in summer, when I switch entirely to skirts and the occasional shorts. It&#8217;s a personal quirk, probably related to living in hot and humid Manhattan and now in drier and even hotter Madrid, but I strongly dislike the feeling of trousers on my legs once the temperatures rise.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, this year I also made these bias-cut, pull-on <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/garibaldi-a-line-skirt-sewing-pattern.html\">Garibaldi Skirts<\/a>, which are also seeing a lot of wear. (I used <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/02\/bias-garibaldi-slip-skirt-tutorial.html\">this tutorial for the waistband<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cp0YoX_DLLv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cp0YoX_DLLv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Liesl + Co. Patterns (@lieslandco)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>These, I expect, I&#8217;ll also be wearing well into the summer. I made one in each of the four colors I wear most: black, navy, camel, and cream. That way I can pair my favorite sweaters with them for a monochrome look (my favorite), but I can also mix and match them. And they work great with other items as well.<\/p>\n<p>These skirts and trousers get worn more than anything in my closet, and they make getting dressed so easy. On any day my biggest dressing decision is whether I feel like wearing a skirt or trousers, and in which color. The rest comes quickly: usually a <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/digital-womens-metro-t-shirt-sewing-pattern.html\">white T<\/a> under one of my sweaters, but sometimes a <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/classic-shirt-sewing-pattern.html\">Classic Shirt<\/a>, and then a blazer or a scarf for an extra layer, as desired.<\/p>\n<p>This is what my core wardrobe looks like: about 20 pieces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-80745 size-large\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2-760x989.jpg\" alt=\"Liesl's core wardrobe consists of about 20 pieces in a tight color palette\" width=\"760\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2-760x989.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2-500x651.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2-768x1000.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2-1180x1536.jpg 1180w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-pieces-2-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t wear these clothes exclusively; I&#8217;m a clothing designer, after all! But these are the basic items I wear most often, and when I travel I can pack a really tiny suitcase by focusing on these items and multiple ways to wear them.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who prefer more print and color, the general idea of sticking to a few key colors will still help you to develop a core wardrobe. And you&#8217;ll be happy to know that I branch out a lot more with print and pattern for spring and summer! Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liesl is back to talk about the Garibaldi Skirts she sewed for her core wardrobe, and why using a tight color palette makes it easier to get dressed every day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20866],"class_list":["post-80742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-garibaldi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/core-wardrobe-skirt-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-l0i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80898,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/04\/whats-behind-our-new-pattern-collection.html","url_meta":{"origin":80742,"position":0},"title":"what&#8217;s behind our new pattern collection?","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"April 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"What inspired our spring pattern collection? 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