OOTD (Casual Cobblestone)

This post is for mrs.anketell who requested some outfit ideas for the Dream draped v-neck sweater (aka "Yoga" sweater) in heather cobblestone. I posted a couple of outfits here (it looks really nice with the carmichael popover) but I wore it today for the first time in the real world (the world outside my bedroom where I actually need to wear clothes). I have to say that if I still LOVE the cobblestone color, I realized that there aren't so many colors that I can pair with it (at least in my closet) as it's not quite grey and it's not quite brown. In the end I chose the semplicity of a white painter tee.

In my opinion, if you are going to wear this sweater with a simple tee you need a necklace to prevent it from going totally casual (not that there is anything wrong with casual. As you know I am casual most of the days). I decided to try the Northern Lights necklace in gunmental, that I bought a few weeks back when the stores were running a 25% off promo on jewelry (after seeing it on Andrea from The closet chronicles. Glear blog BTW, check it out if you haven't yet). I had a hard time in choosing betwen the golden one and the gunmetal and I went with the gunmetal because I have a lot of grey sweaters/tees for the winter.
Anyway, I think it looks great with this sweater:




For a look a little bit more sophisticated, you can wear a Victoria cami or other ruffled-neckline cami. I love the Victorias because they add some pizazz (is it really a word?) without adding bulk (but I don't wear them alone, only under cardigans). They still popback on the website and if you happen on one in your size I wouldn't hesitate to grab it, especially in a light color (they are even worth paying the shipping IMO if you don't have anything else to add to your cart):



While I am at it, I wanted to show you the Cashmere zip cardigan that I got yesterday with that crazy sweater promo that the stores are running (must resist buying 42 cashmere sweaters). I got it in the heather saddle color (which is as camel as you can get at JCrew this season) and I love it. I am happy to announce that this one doesn't suffer from tight sleeves syndrome and it hits me below my hips. This is my usual XS and I can even conceive wearing a long-sleeved shirt under it, yay:





Are you taking advantage of the sweater promo? Are you buying JCrew cashmere this season?

An Outfit with the Already Famous Jaipur Skirt

Last week I went to JCrew to return some stuff and as I walked into the store I saw that they had a new skirt in the same fabric of the Jaipur tunic. Because the tunic didn't work for me but I loved the print, I immediately grabbed the skirt and even if I wasn't 100% convinced I decided to bring it home with me and try it in better conditions (like, with heels instead of loafers). This past weekend everybody was talking about this skirt on the JCA blog, and I am happy that I bought it before hearing all the buzz about it (at least I know that I didn't buy it out of fear of missing out on it, as sometimes happens with popular items).

I am a little bit surprised that the skirt has so many fans actually because the style is the same than the Tie dyed Wednesday skirt and I was under the impression by reading the comments left by other JCAs that there wasn't a consensus on it (but I must be wrong because I see that it is almost sold-out now on the website).
Anyway, in case you are wondering, the Jaipur skirt too is short, short, short. Even shorter than the wednesday skirt because for some reasons it tends to sit even higher on the waist (at least on me) and pouch more because it is linen. But unlike the wednesday skirt, it doesn't look good belted, IMO.
These are the pics from the fitting room, with the white popover that I was wearing that day (you can see that this time I decided that I would rather be barefoot than try it with the loafers):




Once home, I tried to pair it with something that I have. It is an easy skirt for sure and it can be worn with a simple tee, as the print is stunning by itself (this is the painter scoopneck tee from last summer, bought for very cheap):



My champagne Jackie is a good match (the color of the skirt is more ivory than white):



In the pics above I was wearing the Cate slingbacks from last spring but I'm going to wear it more with flats. I loved it with my Miu Miu embellished peep-toe flats from last year:



Now, I have been invited to a private jewelry event at the Collection store this Thursday, with cocktails and the JCrew jewelry designer Lisa Finkelstein (it's the first time ever, since I am not a cardmember and these events are usually reserved to cardholders, and when the SA handed me the invitation I felt like I had won at the lottery) and I was planning to wear this skirt (weather permitting) with an old DVF cropped jacket (that I bought a few years ago at a sample sale and I almost put on ebay because I thought that I wouldn't wear it any longer) and the bauble necklace in soft violet:




I hope that this post was useful to those who have heard about this skirt without seeing it IRL (it is store-only for the time being)!

What do you think of this skirt? Would you buy it after seeing it in these pics? Do you think that it's too short on me? Do you like the outfit that I plan to wear?