pin to present: sweater blazer

I love it when an "it" item of a previous season comes back the next time around - partly because it's nice to find things with staying power in your wardrobe, but partly because it sometimes takes me a while to get on board, and I miss out on my size. But never fear, the sweater blazer in camel is back, and I've already snagged one on sale - and I've already started copying my Pinterest-ed looks that feature it...

Admittedly, it's not quite the weather for it yet, but I've been having fun playing around in my closet with my new acquisition, with lots of ideas for styling it as soon as the temperature dips again (next week, it's looking like) - first up, this great post with a bunch of ideas for how to style a sweater blazer. Surprisingly, when I went to re-create this inspiration outfit, I realized that I don't have any black flats in my wardrobe at the moment - but I actually liked how it worked out when I subbed in some sneakers, making for a polished casual look that would be perfect for running around town. Isn't the idea to tie a scarf on your bag so cute too?

Next up I'll definitely be doing the floral blouse/sweater blazer combo from that post, and then I'm going to start copying Kimi's ideas and Grace's ideas too, since they also made me want to buy this piece every time I saw it on them...

Oh, and if you're looking for more ideas for mixing and matching pieces like this, check out the Putting Me Together Fall Challenge! The tan cardigan + white top + black shoes combination is totally included as one of the 34 outfit prompts, and you could definitely use this particular blazer as your "tan cardigan" in the challenge as it would go great with all of the sample outfits there. Check out the details on the guide (or my review of it) to get lots more ideas of how to wear these items!


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