Pattern Mixing For Fall

Head to Toe: Dress, Kmart // Skirt, Thrifted // Booties, Seychelles // Flaca Jewelry // Beret, street vendor // Socks, Marcmarcs I've always subscribed to the maxim that it's not how expensive something is, but how you wear it. And if you want proof of that, it's this outfit. This flannel tunic is from Kmart—I needed an impromptu change last year and snagged it on clearance across the street from my job for $10—and I always get compliments on it. So for fashion week, I figured why not go skirt-over-dress and pattern-on-pattern? Oddly enough, it all kind of worked. I got stopped by more street photographers wearing this than any other day, and I had to laugh and...