Outfit of the Day: I'm off to Eat my Emotions

Nate Berkus did a segment this week with stylist Lilliana Vazquez on 30 outfits for under $150.  The wardrobe included 12 "basics" that every woman should have, and then added 8 trendy, or seasonal items for this fall.  Without buying anything at all, I went shopping in my own wardrobe for some of the basic and trendy items I already had and this was one of my favorite concepts from the 30 outfits with my own spin on it:

Nate's:: White button up, Fall colored cardigan (theirs was Mustard), Fall Blazer, Dark denim Jeans, Brown Boots (one of the trendy items was a leopard print pump, though)

Mine:: White button up, check; Fall Colored cardigan, check, though I would adore a Mustard colored one; I thought it was too hot for a blazer this early in the season (its 80 degrees out there still!); Dark denims, check; I liked the line of my jeans so much that I wanted to keep the cute cuff so I went for my trendy animal printed pumps instead of boots, again, its hot so I don't really need boots just yet-- mine are a nude suede-esq snakeskin print slingbacks with a partially hidden platform and awesome gold studs under the arch.  

I added some accessories I love (an elephant ring, a ginormous bronze cuff, a teal charm bracelet, and a long gunmetal and black bead necklace), whipped my hair in a spunky pony and was out the door!

Way to go Nate and Lilliana!  I feel confident and comfortable in this outfit, and it's also age appropriate.  And I love that I was able to find some basics and additives in my own closet.  I might have been able to put this outfit together myself, but seeing an entire wardrobe on a website and having something already pulled together like that was super convenient and took little to zero thinking, which I like too. A+ for having a stylist in my closet :-)