How To Rock a Cropped Sweater

On Saturday we welcomed the first flurries of the season to earth. As they fell, people cheered and congratulated them on completing their long descent from the cotton candy skies to our chaotic world. That is, some people did. At heart, I am a summer child and am nostalgic for nights of fireflies in mason jars and dancing in the heat at music festivals.

Maybe the coldness will inspire me to adventure somewhere warmer; fall off the face of the map and drive off into oblivion. Explore abandoned desert camps and find scraps of burlap left behind by another bunch of someones. Or maybe I'll just make some hot chocolate, curl up in bed and hibernate for a few weeks. Who's with me?

For today’s outfit I grabbed the cropped sweater I picked up from Urban Outfitters and stared at it for a while wondering how I could wear it without feeling totally frozen. I decided to do some clever layering techniques (aka wear a longer tank underneath and pair with a mini skirt) to mimic something I’m pretty sure I saw in the September issue of Marie Claire. Add on some tights and my beloved velvet combat boots and you’ve got an outfit made in transitional cold weather heaven.